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In the original wiring all the tonearm's grounds are connected together with the left channel cartridge ground (blue wire+ headshell+base). This is a bad practice that nowadays is discontinued by all manufacturers except Rega. The new harness keeps the base+head grounds have a separate ground wire.

@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ijThank you - that’s what I’ll do. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze fitting five wires up that tube!

Quite simple. With the signal wires there is also the armtube ground. Using the existing wires to pull the new one pose an integrity risk to the ground wire that is very fiddling to repair because is soldered to a plate that is screwed under the knife bearing. Is way simpler to draw the new wires into an empty tonearm that risk hours of headache in installing a new ground.

If a customer comes in with a Series III for rewire I'll be more than happy to make a video about it. Cheers Mark

Sorry for the late reply. It seems that bias belt are discontinued. I'm looking everywhere from some time, but no luck

Thanks for the words of appreciation! If you are refurbishing a R200 that needs to have the bias belt replaced be aware that those belts are available nowhere, for R200 and all RBxxx tonearm we have rewire kits available. Check out our other videos. Cheers Mark

@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ij its the type with the spring loaded tracking dial…wether I will get into the spring housing to damp the spring with thread I rather doubt…i have an Ittok mk2 as well but will try the rega first…then sell the lp12 and retain my Ittok for the garrard once replinthing is done …skeletal is my preference I will visit you site re wiring kits and have subscribed.

If it has a round dial on the side is a R200, and is not spring loaded, is belt activated, if it rotates without resistance or kicks back means that the belt is broke.

Hi It can be purchased here: www.thevinylsource.co.uk/product-page/sme-3009-3012-rewire-kit-extra-low-capacitance-cable-full-litz-wiring Regards Mark

Glad that it helped. If you want to use the same harness the link to the shop is this: www.thevinylsource.co.uk/product-page/sme-3009-3012-rewire-kit-extra-low-capacitance-cable-full-litz-wiring Cheers Mark

Hi As far as I know the manufacturer of these belts discontinued the production some times ago, and nobody seems to have any stock left.

@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ij thank you! My stubbornness compels me to find a solution regardless, wish me luck!

Hi Different manufacturers use different methods to ground their tonearms, a metal clip inside the arm tube is quite a common method. Best regards Mark

I don't use solder with silver instead of lead, that was, and is, designed to be used by plumbers to avoid water contamination and never was meant to be used for wire soldering, but the 'high-end' audio dealers sell it for a premium... That's the audio market today. Cheers Mark

​@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ij I'm engineer in electronics. Bilitone and Multicore LMP are THE BEST for Hi-End (after almost 50 years of experience) . With your permission of course

Hi I never recommend anything that I didn't extensively use myself. However, I can give you some advice: 1) Avoid insanely expensive cables, all in all are all made from copper and rubber. 2) If the seller advertise unrealistic features, use words just to hypnotise the buyer or that the cable has a sound, steer clear. 3) Use a section no larger than 14 AWG, that's enough to carry nearly 1000W of musical power 4) Make sure that you are buying OFC and not CCA cables. Enjoy the music and keep you bank account in good standing. Mark Sinclair

Hi One of the grounds is connected with the internal horizontal bearings with a copper alloy clip, but it has been proven to be irrelevant in ter of humming. The second one is inside the arm tube; you must remove the arm tube releasing the two retaining screws at the end of the armtube close to the pivot. Removed the armtube you will find a alloy steel clip where you need to solder the new ground. Hope it helps. Mark

Thanks. Indeed, the audio isn’t good because Joanna’s microphone failed and I had to manage removing the stereo and trying to make the best of a failed video. Nevertheless, I will follow your suggestion for the future Cheers Mark

@@Mark-ej3oi Thank you Mark. I enjoy your sbannel. Cheers

Sorry for the late reply. Indeed, the only supplier of these belts confirmed that are discontinued. Thin rubber belt won't work, is needed a rather strong timing belt with 1mm pitch.

I know, SDI has a reorder of 14 weeks from several months. We stocked some belts time ago and when the workshop will end those, as long as SDI continue to be out of stock, then game over.

???? what tension? Please explain. I rewired and replaced the bias belt in around 200 Rega R200 tonearms and I cannot figure out what you mean by 'tension'

To remove the plastic base you have to remove the armtube and the yoke. To do so you, first, have to remove the brass but visible inside the main pillar after you removed all the wiring. This nut not only keeps in place the yoke/armtube compound, but it works as an adjustment nut for the tension and the vertical play of the two bearings responsible for the horizontal movement, proceed with care. Hope it helps Mark

Hi If you need a tutorial for rewire your Rega R200 (the only S shaped tonearm from Rega) the video is here: th-cam.com/video/Hr2Zbq1iwDQ/w-d-xo.html A range of rewire kits for all Rega tonearms is available here: www.thevinylsource.co.uk/ under the 'Shop' tag. Best regards Mark

Glad it helped!

Hi Victor I must disappoint you, but Cardas does not, and never did, manufacture rewiring kits for tonearms. They have a line of Mdin-terminated cables instead. The 'incognito' rewire is not manufactured by Cardas and there is no guaranty that there are Cardas wires inside visit or contact Cardas if in doubt. In the HiFi market there are too many BS teller that are borderline, or often straight into, scam or fraud. Here what Josh from Cardas wrote to me time ago: 'What often happens is that people buy our connectors, such as our cartridge clips and/or our DIN connectors, and then attach them to wire from another source. Then they very conspicuously (and somewhat misleadingly) use our name in their listing, in an effort to get clicks. Since they are using Cardas connectors, eBay does not consider this to be a trademark violation' Mark

Definitively The Vinyl Source doesn't sell recapping kits. Recapping is a time consuming process and the set of caps is different for each model of amplifier. On top of that a professional desoldering station is recommended to minimise the risk of damages to the printed boards.

@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ij oh,theres adout 40 caps,pretty small. Its a tapedeck,highend.

What can I say? If you go on eBay for The Vinyl Source you will find at the moment of writing 46 sold rewire services with this wires, and more than 100 kits and this is just a fraction of what we sold because circa 70% of the rewiring jobs come from our website and are not recorded on eBay. I think that our record says that we are right.

I’m in the UK by the way

At the moment there is a shortage of those belts even my supplier in the US (SPD shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/product/?id=A_6B18M140030) has a lead time of 14 weeks and they don't supply any spacer. Be patient soon or late they will be available again

Still will no longer supply 😢

@alanbird7635 Have you found any belts? SDI will not supply any longer

Hi If the wires are bouncing against the inside of the armtube is easy to check, remove the counterweight stub and have a visual check. It might depend on the quality of the rewiring kit, there are some nasty products out there made with cheap stiff wires unsuitable for tonearms.

@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ijthanks for the quick reply it was the ISO Kinetik Kit with the litz wiring similar to yours. Do you have an email I can email you a video of what’s happening so you get a better idea of what’s going on?

@@soupathand Sure, no problem, write to info@thevinylsource.co.uk. Please add a view of the inside of the armtube if possible. Cheers Mark

@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ijthanks, just sent the email!

You are most welcome mate!

Indeed, the R200 is a brilliant tonearm even for today's standards. If you aren't confident to go for a rewire by yourself you can use this service www.thevinylsource.co.uk/product-page/rega-r200-rewire-service or this if you need to have the Bias belt replaced as well www.thevinylsource.co.uk/product-page/in-site-rega-r200-rewire-and-bias-belt-replacement-service Cheers Mark

Great! Thanks for the links and info.@@TheAudioSanityChannel-ym7ij

The SME wiring of the headshell connector is a standard for most of tonearms with detachable headshell, you can find some info here www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?t=59309 The quality of original wires of vintage SME tonearms is not great, and with time non-OFC copper oxide and the conductors begin to brittle, rewiring with modern OFC copper wires greatly improve the sound quality. Hope it helps Mark

Thank you for the prompt reply Mark, I think this will be my first step in upgrading my system. Although the soldering pest is what’s worrying me plus how to remove the detachable head shell socket from the tone arm .

If you aren't confident with soldering you can use the service from The Vinyl Source (www.thevinylsource.co.uk)

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