Actually, there is nothing new about the turntable, or indeed the arm reviewed here. What is new, and rather exciting, is the completion of the P9 package with Rega's long-awaited Apheta MC cartridge and the just-released los moving-coil phono stage. On paper, this is the best the company has to offer. A key feature of the P9 is the ceramic platter, as hard as ruby or sapphire, which first appeared on the preceding Planar 9 in 1997. 'Adding engineering philosophy to listening experience,' says Rega's founder and owner Roy Candy, 'I find that the harder and stiffer the platter material, the less character it puts into the music. This is a big step up from glass.'
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