I’VE JUST LISTENED TO £250,000-WORTH OF TURNTABLES AND THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED

Technical editor Ketan Bharadia finds that differing engineering philosophies can all yield great results

The past few months have been a real treat for me. Due to a serendipitous sequence of circumstances, much of my time has been spent in the company of some interesting and rather exotic record players. The most modest was the new Rega Planar3/Nd3 combination (£799). Now, the Planar 3 deck is about as well known as specialist record players get, having been in production for almost 50 years. Over that time it has consistently remained one of our go-to recommendations at its price – and this latest package simply reinforces that. It remains as musically talented a turntable as we have heard at this level. That its price remains unchanged from the previous Planar 3/Elys 2 package is also laudable. Thank you for the days… Next up the price…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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