Rega Planar 1 Plus Turntable with Phono Preamp

Planar 1 Plus - The perfect marriage of convenience and sound quality

When the Rega design team asked themselves, "how do we make the most successful turntable we have ever made sound better, be even easier to use and be more accessible to a wider audience?"

The answer was simple; Rega's engineers added a custom-designed, high quality, moving magnet phono preamp stage based around the multi-award winning 'Fono Mini'.

Key Features:

• 33 & 45 RPM Belt Drive Turntable
• Built-in phono preamp
• Quick setup in under 30 seconds
• Hand-assembled RB110 tonearm
• High quality, low vibration motor
• Phenolic resin, flywheel effect platter
• Factory fitted Rega Carbon moving magnet cartridge

Built-in High-Quality Phono Preamp

The built-in phono stage is a high specification pre-amplifier. It is designed to amplify the signal from a moving magnet cartridge to a suitable level for all line level inputs of an appropriate system or audio amplifier. This allows simple connection to a wide variety of products using either the standard twin phono to phono lead (supplied) or phono to 3.5 mm plug (not supplied).

There are obvious audio advantages to housing the phono stage directly beneath the tonearm. The carefully shielded tonearm wire is soldered directly to the stage which prevents any unwanted pick up via the usual external cable between the arm and stage.

Matte Body

Like the Planar 1, the Planar 1 Plus is available in a matte plinth. Each finish option offers a vastly improved appearance over the old design as well as a new ergonomically positioned on/off switch located on the underside of the body.

Tonearm

Brand new RB110 tonearm built with the new Rega designed, bespoke, zero play bearings with ultra-low friction performance (Patent Pending). New bias assembly and integrated arm clip. Includes automatic bias adjustment negating the need for the user to set bias, making this the most ‘Plug & Play’ turntable we have ever manufactured. New ergonomically, re-designed and stiffer headshell for improved usability and appearance.

Cartridge

Rega Carbon moving magnet (MM) cartridge supplied fitted as standard.

Motor

24v, synchronous AC motor with a new motor PCB and aluminium pulley offering low noise and better speed stability.

Plinth

Brand new plinth with vastly improved appearance and new ergonomically positioned on/off switch located on the underside. Two stunning plinth finishes available; matte black, and matte white.

Platter

23mm, high mass, phenolic platter with improved flywheel effect for improved speed stability.

Central Bearing housing

Re-designed brass main bearing, offering improved fit and removing stress on the bearing itself while minimising the transfer of potential energy. (Patent pending)

Re-Designed feet

New improved feet to increase stability and reduce vibration transfer.

Motor cover tray

New motor cover tray with integrated cooling.

Balance Weight

New 111g ‘Plug and Play’ balance weight.