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Rega Planar 2 upgrade vs. Planar 3

I am the original owner of a Rega Planar 2 with a Grace 707 arm and a Somiko Blue Point cartridge. The motor has gone on the table. Is it better to replace the motor with the Planar 2 to 3 upgrade kit, or find a used Planar 3 instead? If I put the Planar 3 motor kit on the Planar 2, what would be the difference between it and a Planar 3, considering the same tonearm was installed on both?

Thanks for an insights you can offer to my dilemma.
shpike
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seandtaylor99
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Do the motor upgrade. I would guess a planar 2 with the new motor would be a better deck (from the point of speed stability) than a planar 3. I put the new motor on my planar 3 (when I moved from the UK to the US) and it was a very convincing upgrade.

Also search the archives for re-oiling the bearing as oil level makes a huge difference.
stefanl
296 posts
 
It's much cheaper to do the motor upgrade and if you have good speed stability I don't think the performance would be that much greater.
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