General Information
It's back! You can't just keep a popular product down. After discontinuing its wildly popular, highly affordable Planar 2 (aka P2) turntable a few years ago, Rega has had a change of heart. Now you can enjoy the P2 all over again, complete with a new, high-mass 22mm-deep platter that adds better stability to the original design. And it also includes the new RB-251 tonearm. And you can order the P2 either with or without the optional Bias 2 MM phono cartridge. For over 30 years, Rega has been the first name on everyone's lips when it comes to turntables, and the return of the P2 to the planar range completes the line up, making Rega more accessible than ever to music lovers. "The P2 is quite capable of embarrassing today's entry-level CD players," reports Brent Burmester in his May 2005 review for New Zealand's hi-end journal AudioEnz. "You pay a lot more than $800 for a CD player able to match the tangibility of music siphoned off a record by a capable turntable." "The P2 is all about the vibrancy and vigor of the music," observes Jason Kennedy in his February 8, 2007 review for England's TechRadar.com. "It delivers good image scale and has a clear, open midband that lets much of that vinyl flavor through." "It gets to the heart of the music, presents it in an upbeat and seriously enjoyable manner and does most things well without biting off more than it can chew," notes Lim Juan in Malaysia's The Star Online. The P2 "provides a strong, energetic sound with more rhythmic drive than most," concludes Australia's lifestyle technology guide Smarthouse. The P2 is completely British made. It features a quality main bearing, sub-platter assembly, and stabilized platter that deliver the precision speed stability that you need for convincing LP playback. The nicely designed 12-volt AC synchronous motor with belt drive ensures smooth, dependable control. And the P2 looks great, too!
