Rega RP8 - Manual (Page 2)

INTRODUCTION
The RP8 has been designed and engineered to achieve outstanding performance way
beyond the expectations of a product at this price point. Excellent build quality,
reliability and ease of use combine to make a product which, if used correctly, will offer
you a lifetime of musical enjoyment.
The RP8 takes Rega’s design philosophy further than ever before. A radical new plinth
using custom designed materials, a new tonearm bearing assembly, a 24V low voltage
motor controlled by a hand tuned electronic power supply and a custom version of our
Planar 9 engineered hub bearing assembly. These are just some of the features of this
amazing new turntable designed to extract more music from your vinyl than ever
before.
THE EVOLUTION OF REVOLUTION
Evolution is a well proven and documented process in many areas of our lives. This
applies in particular to design engineers and machines. Over the past forty years our
cars have become more reliable and economical whilst we take for granted the safety
and speed of modern aircraft. Rega is no exception to evolution. Rega’s experience and
previous achievements allow us to continually develop and produce better products.
The RP8 represents probably the biggest step forward in the evolution of Roy Gandy’s
turntable design philosophies. Low mass, high rigidity plinths combined with
electronically controlled low vibration motors, high flywheel effect platters and lower
mass, higher stability tonearms. The RP8 is the first of our new “skeletal” design
turntables offering groundbreaking levels of performance and amazing value for
money.
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