Rega P5 Upgrade:TTPSU,Platter Or Subplatter?


I have read about Groovetracer acrylic platters and subplatter Reference being an upgrade to the stock ones in the P5. I've also read about better counterweights, one of them being Michell Tecnoweight to improve on the stock stainless steel counterweight on the P5.

Just out of curiousity, which upgrade below will yield the highest degree of sonic impact in chronological order?

1) Rega TT PSU
2) Groovetracer subplatter Reference
3) Groovetracer acrylic platter
4) Michell Tecnoweight counterweight
5) Clamp

Anybody tried an aftermarket acrylic platter on the P5?

Any opinions would be appreciated.
ryder

Showing 2 responses by eldon

Get a P-7 No Joke!
I owned the P-5 with all the upgrades you listed above
and they made a very good improvement to the P-5.
The Acrylic platter however was brighter then the stock
glass platter and this my not be good in some systems.

When I went to the P-7 the improvements were even greater
then the modified P-5. If you can do it, sell your P-5 and
go straight to the P-7.

If you don't want to do this then get the power supply
sub platter and clamp first. Get the tone arm weight and
acrylic top platter later.
Ryder: Don't under estimate the Ceramic Platters sound
improvement over the P-5's glass platter. The P-7 also
has a superb bearing housing and sub platter.

You can change the subplatter on the P-5, but not the
bearing housing. This is the part the sub platter fits
in to. The bearing housing on the P-5 is crap by
comparison to the bearing housing in the P-7 and P-9.

The P-7 and P-9 have the dual belt drive system. A big
improvement over the P-5 which can have speed problems
over time due to the single belt system it uses.

I had both my modified P-5 and a P-7 in my system at the
same time with the same cartridge and while the P-5
was very good, it was no match for the P-7.