B&O Beogram RX versus RX2?

[Johncan]

My first turntable back in the 1980s was a Bang & Olufsen Beogram RX2. I loved it for what it was. I sold it about 20 years ago.

Currently, there are a Beogram RX and a Beogram RX2 for sale locally. Both have working carts. I would love to have a B&O turntable again for nostalgia sake. It would use it in my office and not my main rig. Which is the better turntable? I know the RX2 was the last radial turntable made by B&O, but is it a better turntable than the RX?

(And yes, I am aware of the current cost of replacement cartridges.)

Thanks in advance.

 

[Montycat]

I happen to have both here, the RX-2 being a dedicated part of my living room system. The RX has a problem with the tonearm I'm trying to fix.

Check here and you can see the RX-2 has better specs. Whether you can actually hear the difference is up to you:

https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=858

Beogram RX Record Deck Product Specifications
Types:
5771 (1983 - June 1985)
USA 5773 (1983 - Jan 1986)
Pickup MMC 1-5

Wow and flutter, DIN < 0.09 %
Rumble weighted > 62 dB
Rumble DIN unweighted > 42 dB
Speeds 33 - 45 rpm
Speed deviation < +/- 0.2 %

https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=718

Beogram RX2 Record Deck Product Specifications
Types:
5831 (1985 - May 1991)
USA 5833 (1985 - May 1991)

Pickup MMC 1-5

Wow and flutter, DIN < 0.07 %
Rumble weighted > 75 dB
Rumble DIN unweighted > 55 dB
Speeds 33 - 45 rpm
Speed deviation < +/- 0.2 %

 

[Johncan]

Which cart do you use on the RX2?

 

[revox-b77]

I run a MMC2 on my RX2 sweet combo.

 

[Montycat]

And I have the MMC-3 on mine with 2 retipped 4's as backup.

 

[Johncan]

I bought the RX2 with the MMC5. A buddy is selling me his spare MMC4. The RX had a MMC2, but I had no way to test the cart.

 

[revox-b77]

I should mention that the one who shall not be named can retip them if you have the body.

 

[audiophileto]

In what order do the MMC cartridges run ( from low end to high ) I have several that are in the box never mounted. Thanks

 

[Montycat]

MMC 5 is the entry level, MMC-1 is top of the range. The tips and cantilevers get better and the compliance goes up as you go through the models.