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Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Upgrade)

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Need some input on upgrading to the Iron Audio Acrylic Platter on my P3. I'm using a Goldring 1012 cartridge with the P3. Will the Iron Audio fit right on or do I need addtional parts? If anyone is using the Iron Audio with their P3 did you notice any sonic difference?
Thanking all in advance.

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Re: Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Upgrade) - Paul L 22:15:06 09/12/06 (0)
Have you thought of the Funk Firm Achromat?
Paul Lam
P.L.C.Lam Consulting Inc.
Re: Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Upgrade) - Rudy 04:05:53 09/12/06 (4)
The acrylic platter will work well by itself. I also recommend the deep groove subplatter with it. IMHO it made an even more significant improvement in the sound of this turntable.
DEEP GROOVE - REGA REPLACEMENT SUBPLATTER KIT FOR P2 - 3 - 25
- Groovetracer - OMalley 06:49:32 09/12/06 (3)
  Groovetracer makes a better machined subplatter so I am told by someone who was using the DeepGroove.
  I am using the DeepGroove but the QA is wanting. I got a good one but maybe I was lucky.
  
  ~Slainte,
  The OMalley
  - Re: Groovetracer - derekva 12:35:50 09/12/06 (2)
    Even though my Planar 3 is the 'backup' system, I'm still lusting after / saving for the Groovetracer subplatter / platter system, especially since I use my 'backup' system for burning LPs to CD.
    Of course, this raises the interesting question - at what point of upgrades does your Rega no longer become a Rega but is now a custom / home-built turntable? If you replace the plinth (for example, with granite as one enterprising Brit has done), subplatter, motor (with an Origin Live, for example) and platter, is it just a non-suspended one-off with a Rega tonearm?
    -Derek
    - i will say this too - OMalley 15:39:56 09/12/06 (0)
      the subplatter "imparts a sense of ease". you can quote me on that. :-) Really, the better machined subplatter and ruby bearing make for smooter movement and you can hear that. There is a loss of tenseness which you might not have noticed before but you will notice it's absence.
      space opens up, "more air". it's a subtle but powerful difference, at it was for me.
      
      ~Slainte,
      The OMalley
    - Re: Groovetracer - OMalley 13:23:31 09/12/06 (0)
      I think replacing the plinth would absolutely move it out of Regaville.
      No longer light and rigid if using granite.
      
      ~Slainte,
      The OMalley
Re: Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Upgrade) - George Mann 21:37:31 09/11/06 (0)
For proper results, you'll need a good thin mat and Michell clamp.
Re: Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Upgrade) - vinyl-addict 17:08:32 09/11/06 (1)
Henry, If you did not use a clamp, would the record lay flush with the platter surface?
I don't see how it would be possible, correct me if I'm wrong.
- With a mat it would or without a mat with a clamp like the Michell. /nt\ - HenryH 17:37:19 09/11/06 (0)
  Henry
  A 12-gauge shotgun is the ultimate arbiter of disputes - G. Gordon Liddy
It's designed to fit - raphsdad 16:31:55 09/11/06 (0)
and therefore it fits right on. No you don't need any other parts. The central recess in the underside is machined out so that the top surface is at the same height as the rega glass one so there is no VTA adjustment. The even put the spindle hole in the dead centre for you!
they say - OMalley 14:47:15 09/11/06 (0)
that it falls out like this for the three platters
glass = detailed, but can be hard and bright top end
MDF = median between the two
acrylic = warm, but can drain the 'music'.
you might want to try different mats if you now have a glass platter like a foam/cork spotmat whihc might mitigate the bright top end. but retail the detail.
IUf you go with acrylic can again try the cork spoit mat and see.
I have the MDF and since it supposed to be sonically dead and the 'mean' between the two I saw it safe to stay where i was.

~Slainte,
The OMalley
Re: Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Downgrade) - Fretless 14:35:11 09/11/06 (0)
The acrylic platter on a friend's P25 offered a real downgrade to the Rega's great pacing and smeared its nice tight bass. The resultant sonic presentation was superficially fuller and richer (bloated and confused, really), but comparatively warm, dull, and uninvolving.
Re: Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Upgrade) - HenryH 13:36:05 09/11/06 (4)
I used one on my Planar 3 with no problems.

Henry
A 12-gauge shotgun is the ultimate arbiter of disputes - G. Gordon Liddy
- Re: Iron Audio Acrylic Platter & Rega P3 (Upgrade) - Buonarroti 16:07:26 09/11/06 (3)
  Henry,
  Did fit right on your P3 without any addtional parts? Also, what other upgrades to your P3 have you tried.
  - Yep. It fit fine atop the Rega subplatter. I used a Michell - HenryH 16:19:29 09/11/06 (2)
    clamp with it. No mat.
    
    Henry
    A 12-gauge shotgun is the ultimate arbiter of disputes - G. Gordon Liddy
    - No label recess..... - vinyl-addict 16:53:56 09/11/06 (1)
      If there is no label recess machined into the platter, how did the record sit flush without the use of a mat?
      The Sheer or Iron Audio platter was designed and recommended to be used with the felt mat in mind.
      - The Michell clamp uses a felt washer under the LP. - HenryH 17:01:08 09/11/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: No label recess..... posted by vinyl-addict on September 11, 2006 at 16:53:56:
        
        It clamps just fine with the I.A. acrylic platter.
        
        Henry
        A 12-gauge shotgun is the ultimate arbiter of disputes - G. Gordon Liddy

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