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Rega Apheta 3 on Rega Planar 8:  Any idea on screws torque values ?
An even better bargain for a quarter of the Rega price but double the quality: A german Wiha fixed 0.4 Nm torque wrench.   https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Wiha-TorqueFix-2850-Torque-Screwdriver/dp/B007TTRYI6 czarivey and Dover, I'm totally wit... 
Rega Apheta 3 on Rega Planar 8:  Any idea on screws torque values ?
275$ is way too expensive but 99$ for a Hazet is reasonable ...   https://www.ebay.com/itm/153544197732    
Rega Apheta 3 on Rega Planar 8:  Any idea on screws torque values ?
Just talked to Rega. Apheta 3 is also 0.4Nm.  
Rega Apheta 3 on Rega Planar 8:  Any idea on screws torque values ?
II asked my distributer to check with Rega. In the meantime, as advised above, I will close it very gently just so it does not move.  
Hi Fi news test LP destroying my Apheta 3 cartridge + another cheap cartridge (another TT)
Yes. Rega insisted on using FedEx.  
Hi Fi news test LP destroying my Apheta 3 cartridge + another cheap cartridge (another TT)
I looked at the tip of the bent Apheta 3 and and it is still there. I can only guess that something else was stuck there in the manufacturing process or... it is the tip of my second TT which was also damaged. I forgot to inspect it before I threw... 
Hi Fi news test LP destroying my Apheta 3 cartridge + another cheap cartridge (another TT)
I'll surprise you, but I have no complains to Rega. Hi Fi news on the other hand...  
Hi Fi news test LP destroying my Apheta 3 cartridge + another cheap cartridge (another TT)
The cantilever snapped on both the Apheta3/Planar8 and on another 50$ TT which I used as a reference test: I looked at the Test record via a stereoscope and found at the exact spot where the cantilever snapped something embedded in the grov... 
Linn Karik CD transport : "--" is displayed
I opened the Karik and using an ohm meter I found that the switch dosn't work. Spraying it with servisol solved the problem. Display is back :-)      
Linn Karik CD transport : "--" is displayed
I tried all options. One of them was putting the switch into non sleep mode prior to powering the Karik  
Linn Karik CD transport : "--" is displayed
If not the switch, what else?  
Linn Karik CD transport : "--" is displayed
I tried it and it doesn't work. Maybe the switch stopped functioning...  
Rega planar 8/Apheta : Tiny needle arm collapsing on itself
Antiskating was set to 0.5 and right left balance was ok. Using a stereoscope I was able to picture the broken tip of the Apheta inside the groove. Can anybody explain the copper wires. Is the diamond tip connected to any copper wire?      
Rega planar 8/Apheta : Tiny needle arm collapsing on itself
I just played the same Hi-Fi news test LP on a 50$ TT and the same thing happened. The record is a TT killer.  
Rega planar 8/Apheta : Tiny needle arm collapsing on itself
The crack sound happened during playback about 10 seconds after the beginning. For 10 seconds I heard good sound from both left and right and then a crack followed by silence. This is an Apheta 3 that came with my new planar 8 which I'm using for ...