7/27/2023 0 Comments Rega turntableThe Planar 2 was supplied with a RB250 tonearm as against a RB300 on the Planar 3, and is available only in black finish. It earned its place as the most widely used OEM tonearm on the market. Its high price–performance ratio made the RB300 popular for use with other manufacturers' decks, including, for example, the Linn Sondek. Ĭonsidered by some to be classics, the Rega tonearms are regarded as offering high value by many reviewers, in the context of the price of the deck. The P3-24, (launched in 2007) was fitted with a RB301, which had a new anti-skate mechanism, external tonearm cable, an improved vertical bearing and a new three-point attachment to the plinth instead of a single pillar. It has higher-tolerance bearings, a decoupled counterweight, a coil-spring–type tracking force adjustment, and higher-quality interconnect cables compared to the RB250 fitted to the Planar 2. In 1983, Rega introduced the RB300 tonearm on the Planar 3 turntable whose one-piece die-cast aluminium-alloy tube is the core of all Rega arms. The Planet was supplied with an Acos-manufactured R200 tonearm and until 1983 Planar 3s came with a built-to-order variant of the same tonearm. The motor, which had been tuned for lower vibration, allowed for the elimination of the old motor's compliant mounting. The two major changes to the Planar 3 during its life were firstly the inclusion of the higher quality Rega RB300 tonearm in the 1980s, and the change to a new AC synchronous motor more recently in 2007 P3-24. The record deck is single speed – it runs at 33 rpm, and the user must physically remove the platter to reposition the drive belt to play 45 rpm records. A perspex cover is provided for some isolation against airborne vibrations. The turntable is without suspension, and the rubber feet provide limited mechanical isolation from floor-transmitted vibrations. A 2mm-thick mat sits on top of the glass platter. A heavy glass platter sits atop the sub-platter, which is driven by a mechanically-isolated 24V synchronous motor through a rubber belt. It is a belt-driven design incorporating a driving 'sub-platter' mounted on a high quality oil-lubricated bearing, which is fixed directly to a medite (MDF) plinth supported by three simple rubber feet. In other senses, the turntables are deliberately minimalistic and neither require nor justify any 'tweaking' by users, except adjustment to the vertical-tracking-angle (VTA) of the cartridge. Their belief was that mass absorbs energy and results in lost music. Rega went against conventional wisdom of the time, preferring to make their decks lightweight and rigid as a means of controlling unwanted resonances. (left half: stationary 33 rpm right half: moving 45 rpm) Speed change: composite image of motor pulley and sub-platter of a Rega Planar 3 A significant redesign, the 2016 Planar 3 features almost all new parts but still shares its basic engineering with its older siblings. In 2016, Rega released its 5th generation of Rega 3 turntables, and returned to its original name, Planar 3. Its relative simplicity and affordability made the Rega 3 a "bedrock of analog playback for well over 30 years". It is highly influential, and has made its small British manufacturer's name synonymous with hi-fi turntables, and gave the company the widest brand recognition in this product sector in the US. The product has lived through several guises and name changes, any of which are often referred to simply as " Rega 3". It was a belt-drive deck that broke from convention, by employing a solid plinth in lieu of the compliantly-suspended chassis or sub-chassis used in many quality turntables since the early 1960s. The Rega Planar 3, together with its successors, the P3 and RP3, is a well-known budget audiophile turntable by British hi-fi manufacturer, Rega Research available since 1977. The RB300 arm fitted has a non-standard counterweight The Rega Planar 3 turntable, shown here without its felt mat.
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