Rega P8 with Alpheta 2?

The newer table is a complete redesign or the RP8 and is based more along the lines of Roy Gandys $40k uber table design.

The concepts are the same the implementation is better with the P8 so it takes all the same qualities of the P8 and extend it.

So you have a few options buy a brand new table for $4k or dealers such as ourselves are selling the older table at a steep discount.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Rega dealer

We use the Alpheta 2 with our demo P8 and the cartridge is just fantastic, Fast, clean, big soundstage, great bass. The Alpheta 2 is a huge step up from the older Alpheta 1.

Hence we tend to recommend the P8/Alpheta combo a lot amazing sound for a $4k package.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor Rega dealers

Audiojedi, 

Great point, we are enamoured with the ease you can get a Rega P8 playing music with no muss no fuss.

Many people here talk about a very popular turntable that uses a heavy plinith and a unipivot tonearm as being a great table.

Many people don't understand the supremely elegant concept of a low mass table, the less mass you have the less energy storage you will have, and the light weight stiff plinth will actively dissipate incomming energy.

One of the reasons the Rega sound is so fast, clean, and articulate, is this concept and the ulta ridgid bearings of the Rega tonearm which act as direct drain of the incomming grove reflected energy which can be feed into the plinth. 

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Rega dealers

Gphill,

The Alphetta will smooth out after really about 20 hours of use and get a bit better after that.

The speed, articulation and sheer musicality of this combination and ease of setup and use makes the P8/Alphetta 2 such a fantastic package.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Rega dealers