Rega P2 Cartridges?

[brubacca]

Jan 19, 2020 10:17:17 GMT -5 dsonyay said:

glad it's working for you. Not sure what the tracking force is for the Hana but if it works , it works. Since the P2 can't compensate for anti skate (unless you do the magnet hack) you may not be getting optimal tracking in the groove.. or just track with what the table call for .. not the cartridge.

I'm am engineer and researched the hell out of this. From what I could tell tracking force and anti-skate matched the Rega Carbon cart (2g). The Hanna is a 1mm taller than the carbon. This seems like a really good and close cross to the Carbon. Actually better than going to the Rega Exact or Elys because they are 2mm shorter than the carbon and recommended tracking force of those is only 1.6g.

Anti Skate force on P2 can not easily be changed as already stated. When looking for carts I looked for ones that recommended 2.0g

[dsonyay]

That's awesome then. I'm in the same boat. The Nagaoka 110 is about the same match for the P2's Carbon Cartridge (and a popular combination). Although optimal tracking force is lighter, I tracked at 2.0gr as well.. but later dropped to correct force and did the magnet hack to compensate for correct bias.

I'm gonna probably trade my P2 for a P3 later in the year.. maybe .. the P2 is really a nice turntable even with Rega supplied Carbon Cartridge.

Thanks for the update.. good to hear the cartridge works fine for you. Might need to try it myself instead of a TT upgrade. LoL... Better on the budget. LoL

[brubacca]

I'm planning on a few more records today. The P3 is tempting, but my intent all along was to maximize a P2 and be happy. This is a secondary source for me.

With the P3 you'll need spacers for anything but the rega carts.