Turntable recommendation with my Exposure /JPW set up

[Lawrie1]

My Rega Planar 3 has finally died. 25 years of great service.

i use sporify generally but still like to spin a record now and again. I have a very old exposure XV amp and a pair of JPW 685. Both old but largely for sentimental reasons don't want to change either.

I need a turntable recommendation. I was going to replace with a brand new rega planar 3. The award winner. A pal has politely suggested my system isn't really deserving of such a good player. Suggested Rega1.

Thoughts appreciated.

 

[bigfish786]

http://www.inspirehifi.co.uk/rega-upgrades.html

see if inspire can help.

Or buy a new rega of your choice.

 

[Al ears]

My Rega Planar 3 has finally died. 25 years of great service.

i use sporify generally but still like to spin a record now and again. I have a very old exposure XV amp and a pair of JPW 685. Both old but largely for sentimental reasons don't want to change either.

I need a turntable recommendation. I was going to replace with a brand new rega planar 3. The award winner. A pal has politely suggested my system isn't really deserving of such a good player. Suggested Rega1.

Thoughts appreciated.

There is not much to 'die' on an RP3.

My advice is to upgrade what you already have. If its the motor then an Origin Live motor kit will be your best bet. It will improve performance of a classic turntable to a point where you'd need to spend a whole lot more to better it. Presumably you have the RB300 arm fitted and it is not this that had 'died'.

I believe you could resurect what you have cheaper than buying a new RP3.

Which cartridge are you using?

Ignore your pal, the source is hugely important in any system and I don't care if it costs more than the amp.....

Is the new RP1 as good as the old Planar 3? I very much doubt it if it is upgraded as I suggest.

PS: I presume also you meant B&W 685 speakers...

 

[Frank Harvey]

PS: I presume also you meant B&W 685 speakers...

I was going to ask as well - I don't recall any JPW speakers with any more than a single number in them...

 

[Al ears]

PS: I presume also you meant B&W 685 speakers...

I was going to ask as well - I don't recall any JPW speakers with any more than a single number in them...

There were David, clearly remember a 200 series and the 510 but still think this was a typo as do not ever recall a 685.

 

[Lawrie1]

Yes, B&W 685s. MY mistake.

Thanks for the replies.

The death of the Rega is that it only plays out of one speaker now. I can give the turntable mechanics underneath a bit of a bash (sorry!) and the sound returns to both speakers temporarily. This has been the case for a few years now. Hence 95% spotify use. I did take the turnatable to a HIFI specialist shop in Brighton when it started. Their diagonisis was that the prioblem would require significant repair (and cost). I left it at that. Sorry cant remember the details. Been a busy year.

As I have a little bit of cash now I want to get my record collection playing again.

Follow up questions:

Still worth fixing if the cost is £200ish?

If not, is my amp and speakers cacapble of showing off the Rega Planar 3? Dont want to waste money but dont want to take a step backwards.

Thanks.

 

[Frank Harvey]

There were David, clearly remember a 200 series and the 510 but still think this was a typo as do not ever recall a 685.

We might be thinking of different eras - I'm talking about early/mid 90s when the smaller models were just names (Sonata, Minim etc) and the larger ones were P1, P2, and AP3. They did a Ruby range (1, 2, and 3) around 96/97, but I think that was the last gasp of the "real" JPW.

 

[avole]

Really shouldn't cost a fortune in either case. Much cheaper than buying a new equivalent turntable.

 

[bigfish786]

Try another cart (if you have one) to see if that is the problem, if not, it can only be tonearm wire or the interconnect cable ( assuming all is well at the amp end)

rewire kits can be bought cheaply.

I'd have a go at fixing it first.

Hang around long enough and you may get some help from the guys at Rega.

 

[paul darwin]

Lawrie1,

If you take your turntable in to our Franchised dealer Audio T Brighton (69 London Road) they will be able to diagnose and fix the problem for you quickly and inexpensively (hopefully)

Paul Darwin

Rega Research

 

[Al ears]

There were David, clearly remember a 200 series and the 510 but still think this was a typo as do not ever recall a 685.

We might be thinking of different eras - I'm talking about early/mid 90s when the smaller models were just names (Sonata, Minim etc) and the larger ones were P1, P2, and AP3. They did a Ruby range (1, 2, and 3) around 96/97, but I think that was the last gasp of the "real" JPW.

I thought that's what you meant. Coming from Plymouth I owned a few of their earlier models.

 

[Al ears]

Lawrie1,

If you take your turntable in to our Franchised dealer Audio T Brighton (69 London Road) they will be able to diagnose and fix the problem for you quickly and inexpensively (hopefully)

Paul Darwin

Rega Research

+1

 

[Frank Harvey]

I thought that's what you meant. Coming from Plymouth I owned a few of their earlier models.

My first job in this industry was in Plymouth (Radford Hi-Fi), and being just down the road, we obviously stocked JPW (as well as Heybrook). Great speakers for the money, shame they disappeared, but I suspect they didn't really have the R&D facilities to compete in today's market.

 

[Al ears]

I thought that's what you meant. Coming from Plymouth I owned a few of their earlier models.

My first job in this industry was in Plymouth (Radford Hi-Fi), and being just down the road, we obviously stocked JPW (as well as Heybrook). Great speakers for the money, shame they disappeared, but I suspect they didn't really have the R&D facilities to compete in today's market.

I remember Radfords well, I was always in there and got Heybrook speakers as soon as they started producing them, even had my HB3's home delivered by the man himself. Those were the days when customer care really was very apparent.

 

[Freddy58]

Radford HiFi, a 'proper' HiFi shop. If their Bristol shop was still open, they'd be my first port of call.