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Rega Planar 3 Turntable and Tonearm Package I bought this some time ago on SNA. I probably put an hour on it since then. I have a new lid for it but the one in the picture is off my new anniversary P3, the new lid for this will be shipped with the Tt. Thanks Condition: Used Payment Method: EFT or cash Region/State: (NSW) New South Wales/Australia By jackrinse 1 Comments AUD $700 Date: May 19, 20241 yr
Condition is unknown, so A$700 sits a touch below the A$847 median of the recent AUD comps and clearly under the A$1,032 75th percentile. That makes it a fair-to-good asking price rather than a premium one, with enough room to be interesting if it’s clean, serviced, and ready to spin. It’s not a bargain-basement steal versus the A$488 25th percentile, but it’s comfortably in the buyable zone.
A Planar 3 is well-liked for exactly the right reasons: solid speed stability, easy setup, and a musical, lively presentation that scales nicely with a decent cartridge and phono stage. The real upside here is that a good example can be a long-term keeper, and upgrades are straightforward. Just confirm platter, lid, belt, tonearm bearings, and cartridge condition, since those are the bits that most affect value on a used Rega.
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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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