REGA Research announced last Sept 2019, the REGA PLanar 10, its best & most costly turntable - £4499 / US$6695 with P10 PSU, RB3000 tonearm & Apheta 3 MC cartridge.

This came after the Oct 2018 release of the REGA PLanar 8, a similar 'skeletal plinth' design concept turntable (£1699 with RB880 tonearm, £2439 with Apheta 2 MC cartridge added).

REGA PLanar 10 features:

- Ultra lightweight, HPL laminate, foam-core plinth material.
- 'Stressed beam' double brace made of ceramic & phenolic - structural rigidity without unnecessary increased mass.
- RB3000 tonearm, hand-polished lowest mass & machined for ultra-tight, low tolerance, adhesive-less bearing fit & the best bearings.
- Aluminium sub-platter in brass sleeve.
- Ceramic oxide platter, fired & diamond-cut to a 'flywheel effect' design.
- EBLT rubber compound drive belts, consistent, dimensionally accurate.
- Separately housed PSU, with DSP, crystal-generated sine wave drive for the 24V motor, factory fine-tuned for 'vibration removal'.
- Custom dust cover.


" The (Apheta) 3 is a smooth, detailed operator. It's the best-sounding Rega cartridge I've heard. "

" For those listeners who prefer the richness and "romance" produced by a suspended 'table, this will be a bit "in your face," although sustain and decay were generously presented.

" ...the company's most sophisticated, refined, quiet, and subtle-sounding turntable yet. It combines the immediacy, grip, and rhythm'n'pacing excitement Regas have always produced, with the subtlety and delicacy typically found on far more costly analog front ends.... If there's a better $6695 plug'n'play turntable out there—or... I don't know what it is. "

(Michael Fremer, STEREOPHILE review)

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EBLT belts ? Not EPDM ? Cool looking deck though I reckon.

Feb 24, 2020 15:41:25 GMT 12 cartridgeguyonline said:

EBLT belts ? Not EPDM ? Cool looking deck though I reckon.

" For three years Rega has been researching and developing with chemists the use of a bespoke new rubber compound for drive belts. Using a specialised curing system, the new drive belt offers superior consistency of modulus (a constant representing the degree to which a substance has a particular property, especially elasticity). "
(REGA)

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" If there's a better $6695 plug'n'play turntable out there—or... I don't know what it is. "

Technics SL-1200G

untold used options

You'll have to add a MC cartridge to be plug-n-play

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I'm interested in how Rega have stuck to their knitting, stayed focussed on their philosophy & refinished their TT & tonearm ideas.
But are they polishing a turd?
Having listened recently to a couple of vintage Rega Planars & one of their low-level recent tonearms - I think not, there's a lot to like.

You frequently hear about PRaT in relation to Rega products, speed, liveliness, attack, 'excitement', etc.
You don't hear much about 'soundstage, 'depth & the like with Rega TTs - something that (some) other TTs seem to do well.

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Feb 24, 2020 19:01:16 GMT 12 Owen Y said:

You'll have to add a MC cartridge to be plug-n-play

was looking for a suitable cartridge to complete the package and found that Needle Doctor has closed.

not polishing a turd but there are viable alternatives, eg. technics, vpi et al

Yes, there's a lot to like about the 'Rega sound'.

I like the emphasis on excitement, speed & energy, it sounds a lot like real music.

Most belt-drives don't get this right.

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I spent many hours in my teens listening to a friends Rega Planar 3. Indeed lots to like about the sound.