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Rega Planar 3 50th Anniversary Turntable Looking for a used Rega Planar 3 50th Anniversary model. Perth or interstate. Paypal payment. Condition: Excellent Payment Method: Region/State: (WA) Western Australia/Australia By Alanpartridge 0 Comments AUD $1,200 Date: October 29, 20241 yr
The Planar 3 is a well-regarded sweet spot in Rega’s lineup: simple, lively, and easy to live with, with the 50th Anniversary version adding collector appeal. At A$1,200, this sits above the database median of A$828 and below the 75th percentile of A$1,598, so it reads as fair-to-strong, not cheap, but still comfortably inside normal used territory for this model.
For a buyer, the draw is the combination of Rega’s reliable low-fuss engineering and the Anniversary edition’s desirability; a clean excellent example can justify a premium if it’s complete and lightly used. I’d want to confirm the deck-specific extras are present, and that the platter, bearing, arm, and dust cover are in genuinely tidy shape, but at this level the listing looks like a solid opportunity rather than a stretch.
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Rega Research, founded in 1973 in Essex, England, by Roy Gandy and Tony Relph, emerged from Gandy's lifelong passion for vinyl playback. A Ford engineer and music enthusiast, Gandy built his first turntable, the Planet, in his spare time, blending the founders' surnames to create the Rega name. From humble beginnings in a derelict mill, the company quickly gained traction with early models like the Planar 2 and Planar 3, establishing its heritage as a British hi-fi pioneer dedicated to precision engineering and hand-assembly.
Rega specializes in turntables and tonearms, its cornerstone products, but has expanded into a full ecosystem including cartridges, integrated amplifiers like the Elicit and Brio, phono stages such as the Fono, and speakers like the Ela series. While early efforts included loudspeakers and electronics from the 1980s onward, the brand prioritizes vinyl-centric components over headphones, DACs, or cables, all designed in-house for musical fidelity using specialist materials and tight tolerances.
Rega holds a revered position in the high-end hi-fi market as a niche boutique icon, prized by audiophiles for affordable, lifetime-quality performance that emphasizes music over gimmicks. Globally exported to over 50 countries from its Essex facility employing more than 150, it remains a symbol of British ingenuity, with turntables like the Planar series securing enduring loyalty among vinyl revivalists.
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