The RigB 1 Rigid Body for Audio Technica AT91, AT3600L and
Rega Carbon MM Cartridges - Anodised in Gold
This listing is for a RigB 1 (Gold) , in a kit for self assembly to
your own cartridge (AT91, AT3600L or
Rega Carbon)
(if your cartridge isn’t listed above, please contact us
rather than buying this item)
The kit includes:
The RigB (precision
CNC machined from T6 Aluminium Alloy and anodised black)
Two cartridge mounting screws (stainless steel Socket head
cap screws)
Adhesive packing containing:
Single use sachet of 2-pack epoxy, mixing sticks, mixing palette paper
Printed Fitting instructions
Note that the final pictures show what it will look like assembled
to a cartridge. If you’d like to buy it
like that, just message us and we’ll create that as a listing for you.
See the pictures and if you want to know more about the RigB,
then please read on, or consider joining the ‘RigB’ group on Facebook where
experts and users can tell you all you might need to know.
What is a RigB?
The RigB is a solid metal body/mount for (certain)
Moving Magnet (MM) cartridges.
The name ‘RigB’ sums up what it is: A Rigid Body. (it
is pronounced ‘Rigby’ as in ‘Eleanor Rigby’ the Beatles Song..)
In mounting the cartridge generator to your arm or
headshell; a stable, rigid, non-resonating body is what is needed. Cartridge
manufacturers have to produce a range of products and so the budget versions
tend to have inexpensive plastic bodies or ‘mounts’. Often, models higher up the range will have a
metal body/mount.
Those who want the best can now choose a RigB and exchange the plastic body/mount for one precision machined from alloy.
The RigB is a precision CNC machined piece of T6
Aluminium Alloy. It has been designed and made to securely cradle the generator
in its protective canister and support it with exactly the same geometry as the
original plastic body. The RigB has
threaded holes (M2.5) for easy and secure mounting using socket head cap screws
which are included. By making a CNC machined alloy body, we have enhanced the
stability of the generator in a way normally used only in very high-end
cartridges. Since any lost movement is recorded information unretrieved, the
RigB allows more of what was in the groove to be relayed up the chain. There is
nothing ‘magical’ in this, and we don’t claim to have invented the idea.
Indeed, Audio Technica were producing a metal bodied
version of one of their MM models in the 1980’s – The Linn K9 still has a reputation
for performance to this day.
As the people behind the RigB; we absolutely love
Audio Technica products and have designed and made the first RigBs to fit the well-known
AT models of Moving Magnet cartridges. Don’t for one moment imagine that this
suggests that the Audio Technica cartridges are in some way ‘wanting’ in their
design – nothing could be further from the truth. Every well engineered, mass-produced product
is a balance of compromises and, in our opinion, the guys in Japan are masters
at getting it right. But there will
always be some users who are wish to have something custom engineered and
bespoke that lifts a great performer a bit higher. Anyone who decides to simply take a standard
cartridge model will not be disappointed.
But the substitution of a RigB will bring out even more of the
performance enabled by Audio Technica’s superb generators and stylus
assemblies.
The range of RigB models includes:
This RigB 1 for AT91, AT3600L and Rega Carbon
And Also (not listed here on eBay)
The RigB 9 for VM95 range cartridges
The RigB 5 for VM500/700 cartridges
The TRigB which allows VM500/700 cartridges to be fixed at three
points and instantly aligned on Linn arms
For information on any of the above please ask a question here
on eBay