Planar 3 mods............

[cheekyboy]

I've seen several posts here asking for advice on how to modify TTs, especially Rega TTs. I'll attach a scanned article from last month's Hi Fi World that highlights mods from a UK company called Isokinetik that some may find of interest as it compares a modified Planar 3 with a bog standard Planar 3.
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You may have to save the image to your desktop and enlarge it to read........not sure how this works.

Cheers,

Keith

[planet10]

Do you have larger scans of that article? At the rez posted they aren't really readable.

Around here a lot of Rega's end up with Corian platters.

Also,
1/ grounding the bearing
2/ replacing metal nut with a teflon one
3/ various feet -- mine has diy isolators, dole fruit cups filled with SR500 damping compind and super-balls as single point siolators inbetween them and the stock Rega ft.

Then there are tone arm mods.

dave

[cheekyboy]

Hi Dave, if you give me your email address I'll send the images to you that way...........you'll be able to read it no problem then. The article is a good one and well worth a read. I'm using some mods from Groovetracer in my P25 with very good results.

Edit: Got your email Dave from your website and sent the article as an attachment.

Cheers,

Keith

[jt301]

The Isokinetic updates are available from Decibel HiFi. I've been eyeing off the counterweight mods for my RB250 arm but held off until I got to read this article. I'd like to get the platter and sub platter as well but the thickness of the platter differs to my existing platter by about 4 mm.

[planet10]

Hi Dave, if you give me your email address I'll send the images to you that way......

Thanks Keith. I cleaned the scans up and made a pdf.

http://homepage.mac.com/tlinespeaker...od-article.pdf

dave

[even flow]

Thanks for that!

[cheekyboy]

Thanks Keith. I cleaned the scans up and made a pdf.

http://homepage.mac.com/tlinespeaker...od-article.pdf

dave

Thankyou Dave, this computer stuff is mostly 'white man's magic' to me mate!!

Cheers,

Keith

[4heckssake]

thanks Keith and Dave. a good read. gotta love a Rega with an upgrade or two!

[hgholden]

Oh yeah, one can get these turtables to really rock with some mods. Just finished listening to Joan Armatrading "Me Myself"..do yourself a favor, turn it up loud (side 1) and listen to the drums, best engineering I have heard and if the rega is on song you will know what I mean.

hg

rega mods = groovetracer reference sub-platter, modified mat, mitchell counterweight, full mods to rega arm by audio origami, cart set with proper template. This alignment make a lot of difference. I must admit that my turntable is not able to reproduce the quiet floor that cheekyboy's does, but that turntable is a freak!!

[Grumpy]

. I must admit that my turntable is not able to reproduce the quiet floor that cheekyboy's does, but that turntable is a freak!!

Might have something to do with those amazing standmount speakers his 3 is attached to me thinks!