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Rega · Planar
From $3,395
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
A skeletal, ultra-light turntable derived from Rega's Naiad project, with the RB880 arm, a triple-layer glass platter and the Neo Mk2 PSU.
Neo Mk2 PSU included. Choose no cartridge, or a factory-fitted Nd7, Nd9, Ania Pro or Apheta 3.
Authorized Rega dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
The Planar 8 is what Rega learned from its no-limits Naiad turntable, applied to a deck people can buy. The skeletal plinth is a Tancast 8 polyurethane foam core between two skins of high-pressure laminate, 30 percent lighter than the RP8 it replaced, with a phenolic resin double brace between the tonearm mount and the main bearing. The 24 V synchronous motor is mounted from below, a method taken straight from the Naiad.
The platter is a three-piece laminated glass design developed with a British glass engineering firm from two Pilkington glasses, giving a flywheel effect without mass where it is not wanted. It rides on a single-piece aluminum sub-platter and a hardened tool-steel spindle in a brass housing. The RB880 arm has a preloaded bearing assembly adjusted to better than a thousandth of a millimetre, a thinner stainless balance weight and a low-capacitance cable with locking plugs. The Neo Mk2 power supply, a DSP generator with a high-stability crystal, is matched to each motor by hand.
What Hi-Fi? said the Planar 8 set sky-high standards at its price, and Hi-Fi Choice made it an Editor's Choice. We offer it bare or with Rega's Nd7, Nd9, Ania Pro or Apheta 3 fitted; the Apheta 3 combination is the one Rega built it around. Its small footprint and removable one-piece dust cover suit a wall bracket, and Rega makes a dedicated one for the Planar 8, 10 and Naia.
| Tonearm | Rega RB880, preloaded bearing assembly |
| Cartridge options | None, Rega Nd7, Nd9 (moving magnet), Ania Pro or Apheta 3 (moving coil), factory fitted |
| Power supply | Neo Mk2 PSU included; 7.1 × 2.0 × 6.1 in (180 × 50 × 155 mm), 1.3 lb (0.6 kg) |
| Motor | 24 V synchronous low-vibration, bottom mounted, hand tuned to PSU |
| Drive belt | Reference EBLT |
| Platter | Triple-layer laminated glass, aluminum sub-platter, tool-steel spindle in brass housing |
| Plinth | Tancast 8 foam core, HPL skins, phenolic double brace |
| Speeds | 33⅓ and 45 rpm, electronic |
| Dimensions (W × H × D, with cover) | 16.5 × 4.9 × 12.4 in (420 × 125 × 315 mm) |
| Weight | 9.3 lb (4.2 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.
Matching phono stages: Fono MC Mk4 or Aos MC for the moving-coil options.
Plan your Rega system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Rega dealer. We can advise on the cartridge option and phono stage for your system and 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 8 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.
