After years of interest in Rega I've ordered a Planar 6. I've read that they sound great but that there have been some complaints about their plinths either arriving non-flat or sagging over time. Regardless I couldn't resist the tancast plinth, alloy subplatter, double layer platter and TT-PSU.
I think what drove me to make the purchase was Rega simplicity plus their tonearms. No suspension (though I love my Thorens), very little to fiddle with (unless upgrade fever grabs you), a coherent (though controversial) design philosophy, and ease of servicing. I have watched numerous videos on Rega recently, and there is an outfit in the UK called Cheshire Audio that posts repair videos on YT. They often repair Regas that are decades old and they usually complete them in a few minutes with ease. No worry about spare parts, no worry about complex adjustments, popular sound signature, wonderful tonearms, plug-and-play with their cartridges if desired, it's all a package I want to try.
And what do you know but that the P6 just arrived. I'm going to get it set up a little later and we'll see how it goes.
EDIT: I've got it set up and it sounds great. I used an ATVM95SH to get started, no shims. Very balanced, very nice, motor dead quiet with ear next to plinth, very attractive, wife likes it a lot. The tonearm, when balanced and VTF set with the dial, resulted in perfect VTF as measured by a scale. Impressive. No hum. I really like it and look forward to getting to know it. It's a great counter to my Thorens TD-160, which will now spend some time resting.
One thing I wish is that the feet were adjustable. I know some use platforms but I simply want to place it on the console. I've got little shims under two of the feet to make it level. Any suggestions for good adjustable feet that work well on Regas?
