I have one of the first Rega P9 turntables. I wonder how this might compare to the current P6 or P8?
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Interesting question. I had a P25 from 1999, initially with a mundane Rega MM cartridge. I bought my daughter a P6 with a HOMC cartridge. That blew the P25 away, but a lot could be the cartridge.
The easy answer here is to get a pre-owned P10 and a decent MC cartridge. That way, you can continue to have that nice ceramic platter.
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Not do easy. I only purchase from my dealer and I doubt he has a used P10. Secondly the P10 has a full width PS if I am correct. The Neo PS, is much slimmer and easier to place on my limited rack space.
I’d expect a P8 comfortable beat old P9.
My Rega P9 is on the top shelf of my rack. The P9 PS is on the shelf below the P9.
The P9 has a full width PS which means there is no room for the Naim NCV TT on the same shelf as the Rega P9 power supply. I could put the Naim phono stage on the bottom shrlf, but then I would not have room for an NPX 300 unless I got new racks.
So you need a rega with a half size power supply. Is that you are saying ? Then the psu and naim phono can go on the same shelf?
The old Rega P9 was/is a good TT and against the modern range I would put it a the level of the P6/P8 or above but not quite as good as the P8 and the P10 is more likely to beat it with the better tomearm. I think a new P8/P10 would be a good upgrade and should be able to sell (if you wish) the P9 on eBay and the like for a good contribution to a new TT.
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YES. Exactly.
Agreed a P9 would make good money on ebay.
Not sure that the RB 880 on the P8 would feel or sound as good as that RB 1000 on the P9?
Yes I think your right. I was thinking the P8 might beat it but the arm made me think again. In my view a lot of what makes the P10 better is the RB3000 tonearm and the p9 arm is pretty good.
I just looked and there is a P9 for sale on eBay a the moment for a £1500 asking price obo. I am not sure they will get that but it should go for for good money.
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As is the ceramic platter.
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Arm and platter are a lot of what the P10 brings over the 8.
Swapping a RB303 for a RB3000 made a huge improvement to my Michell Gyro SE.
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I agree the platter and tonearm of the P10 is what it is mainly about but I think the arm is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. A friend of mine bought a P10 to upgrade from his P8 and before he sold it we experimented a bit for science. He swapped the RB3000 + cart onto the P8 and it really improved it. I would say not quite on a par with the P10 but it made it much closer.
I replaced an RB600 for a Audiomods Series 6 on my Gyro and it has made an excellent upgrade in sound quality.
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It came with rb900, later on rb1000
The P8 is more dynamic vs the P9. But the P9 is the nicest tt Rega have ever made.
I had the RP3, P25, P9, Rp8, Rp10, and now P10.
If you, I would buy a second hand RP10. But I know you buy only new….
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Someone knows their Rega’s here !
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Are you not settled with your system? You’ve had a lot of threads looking to upgrade headphones, add a headphone amp, change the amp, change the streamer, and now change the turntable.
Maybe you should either be happy with want you have, or swap everything out to a new simpler quality system?
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I’m very happy with what I ordered. That is not the issue. If I ever want an NPX300 for the 332, I either need a new rack or get a P8 which has a half width power supply. If I got the P8, then its Rega Neo PS and the Naim phono stage could share the same shelf. I may just eventually get a new rack. There is nothing to fault about my P9. I even think its tonearm is better than the P8 tonearm. I will keep the P9 and probably change to a Rega MC.
I personally wouldn’t upgrade a P9 to anything below the P10. Especially if you’re not running a MC on the P9.
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