Planar 2
The Planar 2 was developed over two years alongside the latest Planar 3. Featuring the RB220 tonearm, a new 24 V, low noise motor, acrylic high gloss laminated plinth, newly designed central bearing and so much more. Every feature of this innovative new turntable is designed to extract the maximum amount of information and detail from your vinyl collection.
The next step
The RB220 tonearm is packed with groundbreaking new features designed to enhance performance and make setup extremely simple. The RB220 incorporates Rega designed ultra-low friction bearings (Patent Pending), housed within a brand new, stiffer and lightweight bearing housing. This was developed with new updated adjustable bias (as of Autumn 2020) allowing greater flexibility and compatibility with a wide range of cartridges The new housing also includes an integrated arm clip and uses Rega’s latest custom aluminium arm tube.
Key Features
- RB220 precision tonearm
- Rega Carbon cartridge factory fitted
- 24 V low noise, low vibration motor
- 10 mm float glass opti-white platter
- Supplied with clear dust cover as standard
- Advanced EBLT drive belt fitted as standard from March 2021
- Lifetime warranty against manufacture defects
- High-gloss white
- High-gloss black
- High-gloss red
Available in high gloss white, black and red
Central Bearing Housing
11 mm self securing brass bearing (Patent Pending) offering improved fit and less stress on the bearing preventing the transfer of potential energy.
Acrylic Skin Plinth
High gloss acrylic laminated plinth, stiffer and vastly improved appearance with ergonomically positioned power switch.
Rega Motor
New 24 V low noise, low vibration motor assembly and new PCB.
Platter
New float glass ‘Optiwhite’ 10 mm – Improved accuracy platter.
Isolation
Re-designed feet - new improved foot assembly to increase stability and reduce vibration transfer.
Cartridge
Rega Carbon cartridge supplied as standard on all Planar 2s for simple plug and play convenience.
Dust Cover
Supplied as standard / optional lid - plinth protectors - supplied to prevent marks on the plinth and keep it looking its best.
Simple Set Up
Easy to use multi-lingual quick start guide for easy set up.
Technical Specifications
- Tonearm
Hand assembled RB220 tonearm
- Cartridge
Factory fitted Carbon moving magnet cartridge
- Motor
24 V low noise motor
- Dimensions (lid closed) (W x H x D)
447 x 117 x 360 mm
- Weight
5.5 kg
For full technical specifications, download Planar 2 User Manual (English) below.
Downloads
- Planar 2 User Manual (English) 456KB pdf
Complementary Components
- Handmade
- Elliptical profile
- Stereo cartridge
- 1.75 g tracking pressure
- Premium hand adjusted fine channel balance for advanced stereo image
- Handmade stereo cartridge
- Rega 3 point fixing
- 'Vital' nude diamond profile
- Aluminium cantilever
- 1.75 g tracking pressure
- Ultimate hand adjusted fine channel balance for optimum stereo image
- Fine channel balance ±0.1 mV
- Dedicated Moving magnet phono stage
- Compatible with all MM cartridges
- USB output
- A2D functionality
- User friendly front and back panels
- Custom design case
- Dedicated Moving Magnet phono stage
- Compatible with all MM cartdiges
- Simple connectivity and operation
- Custom design case
- 50 W per channel into 8 Ω
- 4 line inputs
- Integrated MM phono stage
- Headphone socket
- Mini remote control
- Custom designed case
- Record out
- 72 W per channel into 8 Ω
- 4 line inputs
- Integrated MM phono stage
- Mini remote control
- Record out
- Pre-amp out
- Designed for Planar 1, Planar 2, Planar 3 and Planar 6 and many older Rega models
- Simple screw fit adaptors are available to fit the older, RP8 and RP10 turntables
- Available in two colours: black and white
- 1.2kg lighter and more rigid than the previous model
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Lifetime Warranty
All Rega products carry a lifetime warranty against manufacture defects.
Every product we make is designed and assembled in the UK to the highest possible standard. This warranty covers genuine confirmed manufacture defects. This warranty does not cover wear and tear. Any unauthorised modifications or failure to follow the Rega recommended guidelines may invalidate the warranty.
Please see your user manual for detailed warranty information for your particular product. Your statutory rights are not affected.