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SME V tonearm versus Rega tonearms on Michell Orbe

Does anyone have experience comparing the SME V tonearm on a Michell Orbe turntable with a Rega arm, either a stock Rega RB 900, RB 600, RB 300 or RB 250, or a modified Rega arm (e.g. Origin Live RB250)? I am interested in using either a Benz Micro Ruby 2 or Koetsu Urushi as the cartridge. If you can give advice regarding sound or set up capabilities, that would be most appreciated.

Scott
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marakanetz
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Believe it or not that's it's OK to compare these arms. I believe that analogue setup starts from CARTRIDGE first and ends with phono.
The downsides of Rega arms are tonarm and phono wires, somewhat suspension and counterweight. By modifying cheep Rega arms with Origin Live or Incognito, you will rich an increadible level of performance that is THE match to SME arms(just much less $$).
After Ingognito mods in my RB300 I've realized that I had to do it along with buying my GyroDec.
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