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Rega P7 - opinions?

Rosewind

Rosewind

Lost in Translation
As I am in the process of downgrading my set-up, I wonder how much I will miss if I swop my SME 10 turntable for a Rega P7 and put my Kuzma Stogi arm on it with a Denon 103D?

Obviously I would get money as well as the Rega P7 for the SME 10.
 
Rosewind said:
I wonder how much I will miss if I swop my SME 10 turntable for a Rega P7 and put my Kuzma Stogi arm on it with a Denon 103D?
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No experience of the P7 (or the SME) but I'm a long term satisfied P9 user. Can't see any gain from faffing with the P7 imo. Keep it standard and add a new (white) belt, Rega MC and maybe a Neo PSU at a later date.
 
Just learned that the tonearm is a Rega RB300 not the standard RB700. I don't have any use for the tonearm so would look to sell it. So not as good a deal then.
 
Your Kuzma Stogi tonearm would not fit on a Rega P7 without modification, the Kuzma has a 212mm mounting distance where as the Rega is 222mm.
 
It’s a real shame that it doesn’t have the RB700, I’ve never understood why people would separate the original arm from a deck like the P7, they’re perfect partners. The RB700 is (unsurprisingly) a step up from the RB300.
 
With Rega decks it is an extremely bad idea to change the arm out as it slashes the value of the deck.
 
YNWOAN said:
With Rega decks it is an extremely bad idea to change the arm out as it slashes the value of the deck.
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Yes, big time. I’d quite like a P7, but I wouldn’t entertain one without the RB700 unless it was very cheap, I’d have to find another RB700 to put on it (I’d consider sticking an RB1000 on if I could find one cheap enough). I have a P5 but I couldn’t bring myself to relieve it of its RB700. I had another P5 with a Michell Technoarm... I kept the one with the RB700.
 
Well, it does have an RB700 arm, after all. The seller checked. I would have to sell the Kuzma Stogi then.
 
YNWOAN said:
With Rega decks it is an extremely bad idea to change the arm out as it slashes the value of the deck.
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So many seem to make so called "upgrades" to their Rega decks
Some of these may provide gains but surely reduced resale-value.

Never really liked the P7 looks, perhaps its the weird platter.
I'm sure its a nice player though.

In fact I hope Rega will move on from their current rather"Bling gloss" looks to a more classic look in future.
I have owned P1, P3 and latest RP8.
I really like their performance but no way I would buy latest P8/10 with such a lid.
 
I don''t understand.. you spent ages acquiring the SME 10 and modifying it to take the Stogi arm and you now have a first class deck. I respect that it is your decision and you may have good reasons but why on earth do you want to downgrade?
 
I had a P7 for a few years (now have an RP8). I think it's about the most underrated deck that Rega made, probably because no-one cared for the tooth-like ceramic blobs. However I always thought it was a bit disappointing when Rega abandoned ceramic on the 2nd tier turntables. The RP8 is better, mainly because of the plinth and the arm - the RB808 (now the 880 I think) is certainly better than the RB700, but that is a good arm anyway. The more recent cabling is very much improved.
As has been said, fitting a non-Rega arm to a Rega deck is pretty pointless. One thing you can do relatively inexpensively, however, is upgrade the PSU - the P7 came with the old TTPSU mk1. The Neo is in a different league and will also allow fine-tuning of the speed. I'd love to hear my old P7 with a Neo - I also had a Dynavector 17D3 on it which made for a very dynamic sound. That would be preferable in some ways to an SME....
 
Thanks for the information. Very helpful as always.
I would like to keep the Kuzma Stogi arm so I think I will let the Rega P7 pass.
 
Is that a fair price with the cart? Not that I need a cartridge. There is one for sale locally at 6500 DKK = £770 without a cartridge.
 
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