I like the Rega arms but there are loads of Thorens tables with the
SME MkII arms on them out there. That was probably the most popular
choice. You also see some Grace arms, but I still fancy the RB300 over
those others. I use a P3 with the RB300 now, so I guess that tells you
that I put my money where my thoughts are. I have also collected
records for years and have thousands which I like to keep in nice
condition. The Dv cartridges work wonderfully with the Rega arms also.
On a Thorens, you will need to buy or fashion an armboard for the Rega
arm, of course. They will fit in an SME armboard slot but the height
is probably going to need adjustment via shims if you would rather use
the one you have.
-Bill
www.uptownaudio.com
Roanoke VA
(540) 343-1250

"toucanf16" wrote in message
...
Thanks for all the posts. I've also looked at Rega RB250 and RB300
tonearms. My hobby is collecting and restoring jukeboxes. Of
course,
I had to get records to fill the jukeboxes. Now it seems the record
collecting has overtaken my time. The Seeburg background records I
mentioned were used in commercial sound systems in the 60-70s,
Seeburg's version of the Musak. The 16 rpm records I have are
new/never played. The music is, shall I say, not high fidelity by
today's standards, and I'd like to capture digital files before I
play
the records in the Seeburg Background unit I have. I also a
reasonable
collection (2000+) of 45rpm records and a couple hundred LPs
(nothing
special though) that I'd like to play.

The more I look, the more I'm leaning towards a RB250 and RB300 for
my
Thorens 124 MkII. Any further comments?

Thanks,

Matt W.