Description
Rega Planar 2 Turntable & Aria MK3 Phono Stage
Every feature of the Rega Planar 2 Turntable is designed to extract the maximum amount of information and detail from your vinyl collection.
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Features – Planar 2
- RB220 precision tonearm
- Optional: Rega Nd3 cartridge factory fitted option
- Rega Carbon cartridge factory fitted
- 24 V low noise, low vibration motor
- 10 mm float glass opti-white platter
- Walnut effect finish supplied with smoked dust cover as standard
- Gloss finish supplied with clear dust cover as standard
- Advanced EBLT drive belt fitted as standard from March 2021
- Lifetime warranty against manufacture defects
THE NEXT STEP
The RB220 tonearm is packed with groundbreaking new features designed to enhance performance and make setup extremely simple when setting up your Rega Planar 2 Turntable.
The RB220 incorporates Rega designed ultra-low friction bearings (Patent Pending), housed within a brand new, stiffer and lightweight bearing housing. This was developed with new updated adjustable bias (as of Autumn 2020) allowing greater flexibility and compatibility with a wide range of cartridges The new housing also includes an integrated arm clip and uses Rega’s latest custom aluminium arm tube.
CENTRAL BEARING HOUSING
11 mm self securing brass bearing (Patent Pending) offering improved fit and less stress on the bearing preventing the transfer of potential energy.
ACRYLIC SKIN PLINTH
High gloss acrylic laminated plinth, stiffer and vastly improved appearance with ergonomically positioned power switch.
REGA MOTOR
New 24 V low noise, low vibration motor assembly and new PCB.
PLATTER
New float glass ‘Optiwhite’ 10 mm – Improved accuracy platter.
ISOLATION
Re-designed feet – new improved foot assembly on the Rega Planar 2 Turntable is to increase stability and reduce vibration transfer.
CARTRIDGE
Rega Carbon cartridge supplied as standard on all Rega Planar 2 Turntables for simple plug and play convenience.
DUST COVER
Supplied as standard / optional lid – plinth protectors – supplied to prevent marks on the plinth and keep it looking its best.
SIMPLE SET UP
Easy to use multi-lingual quick start guide for easy set up of your Rega Planar 2 Turntable.
Features – Aria
- High performance switchable MC & MM stage
- Fully adjustable MC stage
- MC input uses parallel connected low noise FET’s
- MM input uses low noise transistors
- Custom designed case
- All analogue amplifier
- Bespoke input circuitry for MM & MC
- Lifetime warranty against manufacture defects
The Rega Aria MK3 MM/MC Phono Stage is an “all analogue amplifier” with no digital control circuitry.
The fully aluminum case screens the internal circuit from any stray RFI signals. Rega’s designers have avoided including any superfluous gadgets as they obstruct the signal path and degrade the sound quality.
The Rega Aria MK3 MM/MC Phono Stage incorporates many innovative design ideas including a self-adjusting servo control to keep the MC input circuit at its optimum, compensating for any variations in ambient or operating temperature.
Both stages have their own separate input sockets and input pre-amplifier circuitry. This enabled us to design bespoke input circuitry for each cartridge type without compromise. Signal switching is performed at high level and low impedance (via relays) ensuring there is no degradation of the signal.
One fully adjustable, dedicated moving coil and one moving magnet. Each stage is designed and engineered to maximise the potential of your vinyl system whilst remaining easy to use and set up.
Specifications – Planar 2
- Tonearm – Hand assembled RB220 tonearm
- Cartridge – Factory fitted Carbon moving magnet cartridge
- Motor – 24 V low noise motor
- Dimensions (lid closed) (W x H x D) – 447 x 117 x 360 mm
- Weight – 5.5 kg
Specifications – Aria
- Maximum Output Level – 11 V RMS
- Rated Output Level – 200 mV
- Output Resistance – 100 Ω
- Minimum Output Resistance for a -3 dB @ 15Hz – 1 k
- Power Consumption – 10 W
- Ambient Operating Temperature – 5 to 35 °C
- Dimensions (W × H × D) – 218 x 78 x 315 mm
- Weight – 3.1Kg
LOAD SETTINGS FOR ADJUSTABLE MC STAGES
- Rega MC Load Resistance L & R = 100 Ω
- Rega MC Loading Capacitance L & R – 1000 pF
- Rega MC Gain L & R – 69.3 dB 9 (High setting for Rega MC models)
For full technical specifications, download the User Manual (above)
