Rega Planar 3 RS Edition turntable with cartridge

Rega’s long-standing turntable design principles can be summed up in four words: low mass, high rigidity. The brand believes that adding mass to the structure of a turntable absorbs energy from the music and increases the transmission of unwanted resonances to distort the sound, so the aim is to avoid adding on structural mass wherever possible.

On the Planar 3 RS Edition turntable, the plinth is one of the integral areas that has been upgraded. The core of the RS Edition’s plinth is still MDF like the standard model, but it is wrapped in the High Pressure Laminate usually reserved for more premium models. It’s the first time that this material has been used on the Planar 3.

This Special edition includes the Neo 2 Power Supply that helps lower the overall noise floor of the turntable. In this case the power supply is actually hand tunes to the individual motor of the particular player. That motor is then connected to the platter using the ELBT advanced belt drive that normally only comes standard with the higher end Rega decks.

Then they have used the new generation Nd5 cartridge with the iconic RB330 tonearm. The Nd5 uses a "perfect elliptical nude diamond" as the stylus to promote tracking accuracy and musical detail retrieval.

• Brushed metal dark aluminium HPL laminated plinth
• RB330 Precision tonearm
• Nd5 MM cartridge factory fitted
• Neo turntable PSU MK2 included (speed control + anti vibration circuit)
• 24 V low noise, low vibration motor, hand tuned to the custom Neo PSU Mk2
• CNC machined custom pulley
• Reference EBLT drive belt fitted as standard
• Double brace technology
• 12 mm float glass opti-white polished platter
• Supplied with a smoked dust cover as standard.