Rega Planar 6 Turntable with Ecalibur Black, Fono MC and NEO-TTPSU

Rega Planar 6 Turntable with Ecalibur Black, Fono MC and NEO-TTPSU


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Verdict:.."Rega aims high and scores with a wonderfully refined, articulate and precise turntable that’s lovely to listen to"

The Planar 6 is constructed around a unique ultra-light foam core plinth and HPL laminates. It is designed to deliver a level of performance beyond anything at this price. The Planar 6 features the RB330 tonearm and a dual-layer float glass platter. The supplied Neo turntable power supply provides convenient speed selection, advanced anti-vibration control, and electronic fine speed adjustment.

Ultra-Light

The Planar 6 is built around the huge success of the RP8 and RP10 turntables. It is the first new Rega turntable to be constructed with an ultra-lightweight Tancast 8 polyurethane foam core plinth (a material developed for the aerospace industry). This material is sandwiched between a new HPL (high pressure laminate). HPL is exceptionally thin whilst extremely rigid and is presented in a stunning Polaris matt grey finished with high gloss polymer black edge trim.

The Planar 6 now benefits from a single piece, machined aluminium sub-platter, a new 24 V motor hand tuned and matched to its own Neo power supply and custom drive pulley fitted with our upgrade drive belt as standard.

Key Features

• RB330 tonearm with stainless balance weight
• Exact (MM), Ania (MC) or Ania Pro (MC) cartridge factory fitted (optional)
• Dual layer float glass platter
• Double brace technology
• Tancast 8 foamcore plinth
• Custom matched Neo PSU
• EBLT advanced drive belt
• Lifetime warranty against manufacture defects
• RB330

The RB330 tonearm was designed using the latest 3D CAD & CAM technology, and is the culmination of more than 35 years of tonearm design experience. Featuring a brand new bearing housing, and our latest tonearm tube designed using intelligent redistribution of mass ensure this arm will exhibit fewer points of possible resonance. Extreme stability with almost friction free movement from the new high precision bearing assemblies guarantees to gather more information from your vinyl than ever before.

Plinth

Super lightweight foam core plinth. Plinth laminate: New Polaris HPL (high pressure laminate). Non-marking matt finish scratch resistant high rigidity skin. Available in one finish ‘Polaris Grey’ matt finish with high gloss black polymer edge trim.

Specifications

• Tonearm: Hand assembled precision RB330 tonearm
• Motor: 24 V low noise motor
• Platter: ​Dual layer smoked / clear glass platter
• Connectivity : RCA / Phono
• Power: Mini DIN for connection to supplied Neo PSU
• Planar 6 Turntable Dimensions (lid closed) (W x H x D): 447 x 120 x 360 mm
• Neo PSU Dimensions (W x H x D): ​180 x 50 x 155 mm
• Weight: ​5.2 kg

Rega FONO MC Phono stage

The Fono MC is an exceptionally high quality MC phono stage designed to maximise the potential of any MC cartridge. Although specifically to compliment the latest Rega range of moving coils you will find full adjustability for loading is available via dip switches conveniently placed on the rear panel with two different gain settings located on the back panel making the Fono MC compatible with most low output MC cartridges.

The Fono MC has been designed to be effective, easy to use, and above all, to reproduce music. The Fono MC uses the Linear Systems low noise LSK389 FET in an all discrete input stage where low noise and linearity are vitally important to get the best from an MC cartridge. Because of the high input impedance of FET, the loading effects of the amplifier circuit are minuscule and do not affect the performance of the cartridge.

Key Features

• Dedicated moving coil phono stage
• Simple connectivity and operation
• Fully adjustable via DIP switches via rear panel
• MUSE operational amplifier used in RIAA equalization amplifer
• Two selectable gain settings
• Default factory settings matched for all Rega MC models
• Lifetime warranty against manufacture defects

A MUSE operational amplifier is used in the RIAA equalization amplifier. Polypropylene capacitors have been used in the signal path and in the RIAA equalization circuits. There is selectable input loading for both resistance and capacitance along with two different gain settings located on the back panel making the Fono MC compatible with most low output MC cartridges. The new Fono MC circuit resulted from the design work carried out on the Aria phono amplifier.

The aesthetic design of the Fono MC was as important as the quality of its electrical capabilities, so it benefits from the same aluminium case as the Rega Neo PSU and Fono MM amplifier, giving it a design which offers a familiar feel and moreover brings it in line with its illustrious bigger brothers.