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Rega has long been famous for setting the world standard for high fidelity turntables. The designs have been proven to be superior without modification for twenty years and still no other design has been able to improve upon the Rega performance for the same price. Value has been and is what Rega equipment is about. Second only to sound quality in design parameters is cost. For the first time in decades Rega has released improved versions of their high fidelity turntable line to compliment their fabulous digital components. The resulting design innovations have brought the Rega turntables to new levels of accuracy. A new motor mounting design and improved power supply eliminate speed fluctuation. Also a new material choice for the plinth of the models offers greater focus and energy in the sound with even less background noise. Rega tables are absolutely silent and are so much superior to what most people have been exposed to that a whole new outlook on Lp sound quality is often the result of a brief demonstration. The quality of sound and construction is immediately obvious even to those that have sworn by CD playback only as their benchmark for accuracy.

The Rega P1 is the latest and greatest entry into the budget turntable market. Vastly superior in build and sound quality to other tables in its price range, the Rega P1 is making beautiful music in many homes. Got records that you haven't heard in ages? The P1 is the perfect choice to get started back into the wonderful experience that listening to vinyl offers. Fitted with an Ortofon cartridge, the P1 is ready to go into any amplifier which has a phono input.

The P2 is the successor to the famed Planar 2 and features the new motor and speed control design as well as a newly developed damped and dynamically balanced platter. The result is a vivid and rich sound that is very dynamic and detailed with a smooth quality all at once found only in much more expensive designs elsewhere. Included is the Rega RB250 tonearm. A 78 version is also available as is a special mono cartridge for 78 shellac playback. Now even 78 collectors can have a state of the art record deck!

The P3 has long been the world standard for quality of sound and design. More of the original Planar 3's have found there way into audiophile systems than any other table and for good reason. The P3 now includes major improvements in sound quality and aesthetics and has been designated the P3-24. Features include: A new lighter and more stiff plinth material, an upgraded version of the famous RB300 tonearm called the RB301 is included, a new low vibration 24 volt motor and speed regulation system, the ability to upgrade via the TT PSU external speed controller. All Rega tables (but the P2 78)are two speed designs and accommodate both 33 1/3 and 45 rpm records. The Rega tonearms are cast from a solid piece of aluminum and have no joints to cause distortion. The P3 has set the standard by which all other turntables are judged.

A couple of new additions to the great Rega turntable stable are now available. These bridge the gap in performance from the highly regarded P3 to the venerable P9. The Rega P5 has a lighter aluminum frame and an improved tonearm in the RB700. It also has an optional TT-PSU external speed control.

The other new edition to the Rega turntable line is the Rega P7. The new P7 turntable has the same lightweight aluminum frame as the P5 and comes standard with the new TT-PSU, external speed control. The P7 has a newly designed ceramic platter and is fitted with the new RB700 tonearm. These design improvements are economical variations from the P9 design which offer a performance near that of the P9 for a lower price.

The now classic Rega P25 Turntable, designed to commemorate Rega's 25th anniversary has been discontinued. These were designed based on the P3 and added a wood trim and RB600 tonearm, which was an RB300 with a powder coated silver finish. The P25 has been replaced with the Rega P5 that offers superior performance and construction for the same price!

A new tonearm design, possibly the world's finest, the RB1000 is now included in the Rega analog flagship, the P9 turntable. The P9 has some very unique features and components from which no cost was spared. Sporting a separate chassis for the power supply and speed regulation circuitry, the P9 sets new standards for accuracy. A very exotic platter material is incorporated. A ceramic that has been designed originally for the aerospace and military, an aluminum oxide platter has been developed that is the hardest substance known to man other than the diamond. The hub and spindle assembly is hard chrome vanadium and has been machined to extremely fine tolerances. Other materials used are tungsten and Teflon, while the drive is accomplished using two belts for greater torque and less variance. The tonearm is constructed exactly to print with zero tolerance. This process takes an individual over ten times the man hours to produce than even the awesome RB300 tonearm! Truly a new standard for excellence in a still affordably priced table!

The most popular tonearm in the world for audiophiles who elect to buy a turntable from one maker and an arm from another is the Rega RB300. It offers unique features giving it exceptional sound quality and making it very easy to set-up and operate. One reason is that most makers of turntables cannot make their own arms. Another is that the Rega tonearms are just so good that few others dare to even attempt a design that would be consistent with Rega's quality. The budget design is the RB250, which shares similar design and has sonic aspirations that near the famous RB300.

Even better equipped and painstakingly assembled are the RB700 arms, which take the Rega tonearm design a few steps further by upgrading the tolerances, materials, tonearm cable, and connectors. It includes a three-point mounting as on the RB1000 and improved bearing and anti-skate performance over the RB300.

In order to offer performance even exceeding the fabulous and now discontinued RB900 arm, the new Rega RB1000 has been developed. It is fitted as standard on the awesome, latest version Rega P9 turntable and comes from the experience found in building a long line of outstanding tonearm designs. The RB1000 is so well constructed and tested that it takes thirty times the man hours to produce as the revered RB300! At present there are only two technicians skilled enough to build the exotic RB1000 arm. This has been dubbed and may well be the best tonearm design in the world.

Finally Rega has on offer a superb solution for those who want to get the best sound from their vinyl from other preamps. The Rega Fono is a phono preamplifier housed in a separate chassis that is small enough to be hidden behind existing gear yet is attractive enough to display. It features a separate power supply and your choice of MM or MC gain units. Providing the proper gain and RIAA curve to allow playback of records on amplifiers that lack an internal phono stage or as a significant upgrade to those that do, the Rega Fono will bring life back to your record collection.

For those wanting a reference quality phono stage, suitable for use with the best moving coil cartridges, tonearms and turntables such as the Rega P9, we have the new Rega Ios MC phonostage. The Rega Ios features selectable loading and gain. it is of dual mono contruction and housed in the same top quality aluminum housing as the Saturn, P9 power supply, Exon Monoblocks, and Cursa preamplifier.