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Turntable Reviews
Rega Planar 25 turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 28, 1999  |  0 comments
I literally dropped everything when Rega's new Planar 25 turntable arrived a few weeks ago. I'd heard the 'table compared with the Planar 3 at designer Roy Gandy's house when I visited Rega last fall—see "Analog Corner" in the January '99 Stereophile—and was anxious to audition it in my own system and tell you what I heard.
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Features
Rega Research Factory Tour Part 1
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 14, 2017  |  First Published: Feb 14, 2017  |  9 comments
More than 20 years have passed since analogPlanet.com editor Michael Fremer first visited Rega Research. Back then the company had just moved into its recently completed, spacious new factory and there was room to spare.

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Features
Rega Research Factory Tour Part 2
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 15, 2017  |  First Published: Feb 15, 2017  |  3 comments
Here's Part 2 of the Rega Research tour conducted February 6th and 7th 2017.

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Features
Rega Research Factory Tour Part 3
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 16, 2017  |  First Published: Feb 16, 2017  |  4 comments
In this segment we see electronics being "soak tested", see tone arm wiring looms being produced and watch how even the least expensive P1 arm is carefully hand-assembled.

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Features
Rega Research Factory Tour Part 4
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 16, 2017  |  First Published: Feb 16, 2017  |  12 comments
In this "episode" you will see that Rega's dedication to quality control extends from the top of the line P10 to the very bottom P1.

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Turntable Reviews
Rega Research RP8 Turntable Aims For Mass Extinction
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 09, 2014  |  26 comments
Rega Research sold more turntables last year than in any of its previous forty odd years and is on target to do so again this year.

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Turntable Reviews
Rega Research’s Less Is Much More Planar 8 (Plus Exclusive Interview)
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 06, 2019  |  First Published: Mar 06, 2019  |  45 comments
Call it “P8” or “Planar 8” but do not call this new Rega turntable “RP8”. That was the previous 8. Despite the obvious superficial Rega similarities the new Planar 8 differs greatly from its predecessor.

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Playback Accessory Reviews
Rega Spacers: The Final Frontier
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 06, 2012  |  1 comments
So you've got a Rega turntable and you love the sound and the performance bang you get for the buck, but you don't like that you can't easily adjust VTA/SRA because the rear of the arm is bolted down?
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Phono Preamp Reviews
Rega's Aria MM/MC Phono Stage Mirrors the Company's Turntable Sound
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2013  |  13 comments
Rega’s versatile $1500 Aria phono stage combines high build quality, flexibility and dynamic capabilities more commonly found in more expensive phono preamplifiers.
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CES 2015
Rega's New RP10 Turntable Replaces Discontinued P9
Michael Fremer  |  Jan 11, 2015  |  First Published: Jan 11, 2015  |  12 comments
Rega's current "top of the line" RP10 features the RP8's "skeletal" frame but ups just about everything else. It features a ceramic platter similar to the P9's as well as an aluminum alloy sub-platter and pulley, a new iteration of Rega's venerable cast tonearm and an upgraded power supply that allows for speed adjustment.

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