Rega carts seem to be a love them or hate them kind of thing. Some people are scathing about them, others rate them.

I've never had one at home, so I have no idea. I suspect there's not much wrong with them, there isn't much wrong with anything I've heard that has a Rega badge on it, and you won't have any mounting or VTA issues to worry about. I used a 1042 for years, however, and really like them (still have one in case the Rohmann does a 7_V), if that helps at all.

-- Ian