Rega P5 Upgrade:TTPSU,Platter Or Subplatter?

Hey Ryder............I just noticed a small, yet incredibly important line in your post...."I currently have less than 10 LP's in my collection." My friend, my advice to you is simple. Spend some $$$ and buy more LP's. Right now, your "stock" P5 is a fantastic table. Leave it alone, and try to expand your record collection. Buying more music will be a much better investment than tweaking your table. There are about a zillion great LP's out there. Have fun, opening your ears and soul to the beauty of analog music. Buy the tunes now, and worry more about the equipment later on.

I have about 300 LP's, and I just upgraded my Rega P3-24 by adding the TT-PSU (more about this, folks, in a separate post.) My system sounds absolutely incredible, but it wouldn't be worth a dime if I didn't have the great collection of music to enjoy !!

Miner42 said, "I traded my P5 back to my dealer for the same amount paid and handed him $650 cash to balance the deal."

Your dealer took quite a hit if he gave you that deal. It's $2,695 for a P7 and a total of $1,795 for a P5 with the optional power supply so there is a $900 dollar difference which is significant. If you paid $650, your dealer cut the suggested retail price by a lot, and that's assuming you had already purchased the power supply for your P5 before you traded it in.

Yes, I had the TTPSU and a Rega Exact2 cartidge on the arm. Cash is king during times of lean. I admit I got a superb deal.

Personally, the TT-PSU can't overcome the deficiency of the plastic subplatter. If you have any Rega deck below the P7, get a machines subplatter first. The TT-PSU won't correct pitch instability.

I have been considering these mods myself, to my P-5. I currently have a TTPSU and Exact cart. Thoughts on putting Aurios 1.2 s under the feet, which I did yesterday? Will have to talk to my local dealer re a P7 trade up.