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New Rega Planer 8 (P8) Turntable - Apheta 2 Cartridge Combo - Thoughts

Any Thought's on the "New" Rega Planer 8 (P8) Turntable - Apheta 2 Cartridge Combo

Any Rega owners / dealers / folks familiar with the table and/or brand have any thoughts / advise about this table / brand / combo? 

I am trying vinyl again... Tried it before without much luck. Table / cart / phono set up was too finicky for me and I wasn't able to get decent sound. I sold it all and am now giving it another try.

I also chose a Sutherland Duo phonostage to match with it.

Would love thoughts, advise, ideas or feedback. I have never owned a Rega product before. Going to set it up tonight but still waiting for my phonostage to be mailed to me. Would love some feedback. 

Thanks  

System info

Rega P8 Turntable / Apheta 2 Cart
Sutherland Duo Phonostage
Simaudio Moon Evolution P-8 Linestage
Pass Labs X250.8 Amp
Magico S5 Speakers (MK II's on order)




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Do you think this set up has a chance?


If you answer these questions I will give you an opinion as an actual owner.

1) Will you set it up on the garage side or basement side ?

2) Are you willing to do the acoustic "dance" test before listening to the first record ?

3) Are you setting La Platine up with B & B ?

4)The TT has a learning curve. It is not plug and play. Are you willing to have patience with it ?

Yes or No is fine.      Just trying to help. 

tzh21y
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The Technics is like fine wine.  It gets better with age.
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@fsmithjack 

there is a Herron phono preamp just listed here.  
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sbank
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@fsmithjack So what did you decide, Frank? 

In case you are still considering the Platine/Schick/Winfield I checked the specs and the compliance(16) is a good match with the effective mass of the arm. Cheers,
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Thought I'd add my two cents here.  I just acquired a used RP8 turntable and I think it just has to be the most beautiful turntable I'd ever seen.  They did change the looks significantly, so be it.

I changed the mat to a hard mat and the weight to an eBay Croatian counterweight and I also use a Chinese sourced record weight.

Between the hard mat and the Croatian made counterweight, I think the turntable really sings now.  I need to spend much more time with it, though.
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