The new Rega Planar 3

The good - there are a whole host of third party upgrade options you can install yourself to get much better perfomance.

The bad - the glass platter should have been ditched years ago and replaced with an acrylic platter.

Rega - two changes that should be made
1. Install an acrylic platter
2. Install a Michel Technoweight

These two changes alone elevates the performance to much higher levels of fidelity

The Denon DL 103 moving coil is an excellent match to the arm and better than  ost Rega offerings

The Soundsmith version of the 103 is perhaps the best bang for the buck, offering superb performance.

Regards

I just purchased a planar 3 original.
$200. In mint condition.
I just ordered the upgrade motor kit and the reference belt.
Any advice from you guys.
I had on a DV 10X5 retipped.
Thanks 

Viridian, agreed on the metal subplatter, I found the Isokinetik ISOSub GT 2 S sub platter to be a very good investment.

BTW - The actual brand of acrylic platter that worked for me was the SRM/TECH Acrylic Platter

This is one of the 1" or thicker  varieties available - with a thick rubber anti-vibration band around the outer edge.

When I was looking for a platter I came across several that were either 10mm or 12mm thick. Looked just  like the glass platter

Since I considered the mass of the glass platter to be crucial to performance, I believed that replacing the glass platter with an acrylic version of the same thickness would offer no benefit since it would be lighter.

Which type of platter did you try?