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In Reply to: Rega P3 seperate power supply posted by zuheyr on September 18, 2006 at 11:19:24:
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Hi.If your statement represented Rega, I would launch a complaint to the consumer council if I were a Rega P3 owner.
Are you serious?
c-J
PS: my 30-year young stock 125II spins properly as I check its speed from time to time on a strosbscope platter plate.
Hello,How clever question. Answer is I do not know.
I was just talking with a Rega guy and asked him if they
could do the arm rewiring kit for me (I always suspected
Rega cabling, RCA's etc) and he said if you want to improve
something better put a new motor and seperate power supply.That is it.
Hi.Like anything else, listen to stories of both sides.
Vendors want to grap your wallet's hard cash. Whatever they tell you got to be screened & digested before taking in.
Whoever tells whatever to you does not matter, the bottom line is:
do you find your P3 got speed fluctuation? Do you actually HEAR anything affecting your LP music??If not, wait & see. Don't jump the gun on vendors' talks.
c-J
Hello c-J,Thank you.
I am fine with the P3, my only reservation is it just loses the thread in complex music. As I am writing this I am listening to Santana (great music btw), and I can hear this. Could be the cartridge of course.
I did not measure or investigate the speed but I took it granted (I know I should not perhaps) from fellow inmates that Rega runs fast, and the speed is not very stable.
I of course would not surrender the wallet without a check with you people. Thank you, Regards, Zuheyr
I would check your deck before assuming this. After reading that Rega decks used to run fast I checked my P3 with a strobe disc and it runs at exactly 33 1/3 without any variation that my tired old eyes can detect. It's rock steady. I think if Rega decks really ran fast and variable as you believe, they probably wouldn't be so successful. Best to check before spending money you don't need to!
Old style means it is kinda loosely mounted with a couple of little rubber "o" rings. If it is that type there is a motor upgrade kit available from Rega for $175 (link below). If you already have the newer motor, there is no upgrade for your P3 in that area. A tone arm re-wire would be an upgrade. Brit Audio will do a Cardas rewire for $129. Incognito is about $200.
Oh, your dealer is full of it if he says the motor and outboard power supply is the only thing you would need to upgrade in your P3 to get 90% of a P5. The more rigid plinth and RB700 tonearm of the 5 makes up a lot more than 10% of the deck's improvement over the P3.
HenryA 12-gauge shotgun is the ultimate arbiter of disputes - G. Gordon Liddy
Hello,Thanks Henry. I bought the P3 about 11 months ago. As far as I can see it must be the new motor. I completely agree with you, that is why I wanted to check with the inmates. I know a good motor is probably very critical, but cannot almost turn P3 into P5.
I am in Belgium, so I am afraid the arm rewire is a problem. I had been asking it around here for many months. I solder, did tube amp kits etc but I just dont have the nerve to do the rewiring.
You might e-mail inmate Garth. He lives in Germany and likely would know a re-wire source for you.
HenryA 12-gauge shotgun is the ultimate arbiter of disputes - G. Gordon Liddy
Thank you Henry. Done. Regards, Zuheyr
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