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Rega · Planar
From $6,450
Not currently in our rooms. For a serious buyer we will often bring a piece in from the manufacturer for a private session — tell us about your system and what you are weighing it against, and we will advise.
Rega · Planar
Rega's flagship Planar: a skeletal plinth with ceramic bracing, a ceramic platter, the RB3000 arm and its own P10 power supply.
P10 PSU included. Choose no cartridge, or a factory-fitted Apheta 3 or Aphelion 2.
Authorized Rega dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
The Planar 10 is Rega's statement of its low-mass approach short of the Naia. Its skeletal plinth is a Tancast 8 foam core between HPL skins, 30 percent lighter than the RP10, and it was the first production turntable to use ceramic bracing: an aluminum-oxide top brace and a phenolic bottom brace that lock the tonearm mount to the main bearing. The platter is ceramic oxide, compressed, fired and diamond cut, with a modified coupling to the aluminum sub-platter.
The RB3000 arm is hand built with bearings selected for an interference fit with their paired spindle, preloaded to less than a thousandth of a millimetre, in a tube made without adhesive. The 24 V synchronous motor mounts from below and is hand tuned to the P10 power supply, a full-width unit with a DSP generator on a high-stability crystal, electronic speed change, fine speed adjustment and anti-vibration control.
Stereophile reviewed it in February 2020, What Hi-Fi? gave the Planar 10/Apheta 3 five stars across the board, and Hi-Fi World rated it outstanding. Fitted with the Apheta 3 or Aphelion 2 moving coil, it is a complete reference front end; the Aura or Aos MC phono stage finishes the chain. Its one-piece removable cover is kept light, and Rega's Planar 8/10/Naia wall bracket is the ideal mount.
| Tonearm | Rega RB3000, hand built, interference-fit bearings |
| Cartridge options | None, Rega Apheta 3 or Aphelion 2 moving coil, factory fitted |
| Power supply | P10 PSU included; 8.6 × 3.1 × 12.6 in (218 × 80 × 320 mm), 6.6 lb (3 kg) |
| Motor | 24 V synchronous low-vibration, bottom mounted, hand tuned |
| Drive belt | EBLT |
| Platter | Ceramic oxide, diamond cut; aluminum sub-platter, tool-steel spindle, brass housing |
| Plinth | Tancast 8 foam core, HPL skins, ceramic top brace, phenolic bottom brace |
| Speeds | 33⅓ and 45 rpm, electronic |
| Dimensions (W × H × D, with cover) | 16.5 × 4.5 × 13.8 in (420 × 115 × 350 mm) |
| Weight | 10.4 lb (4.7 kg) |
| Lifetime limited warranty | Against manufacturing defects (excludes wear and consumable parts) |
| Made in | England |
Rega's turntables from the Planar 1 to the Naia, ordered by price.
Plan your Rega system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Rega dealer. We will set it up with your choice of cartridge and phono stage and deliver it ready to play; arrange an audition in our Portland showroom. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
The Planar 10 is not in our rooms at present. When it is the right piece for a client we arrange a demonstration unit from the manufacturer and set it up for a private session.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
