Rega tonearms using plastic bearings


Just came across this on Igus website as I use some igus bearings in linear applications at work.....

https://press.igus.com

I have a Rega P-5 with RB700 that I rarely use as I prefer my Thorens 125 mk II & 160 considerably more.
I just thought this was interesting info on new bearings. If this is old news I apologize as it’s new to me.
thanks,
Johnny

dronepunk

Showing 1 response by rauliruegas

Dear @dronepunk : It depends the quality and kind of plastic you can use either for TT bearing or for tonearm pivot bearings. In both cases it needs extreme tigth tolerances and accuracy levels.

Not many years ago ceramic was used for tonearm bearings even its fragility and maybe higher resonances than plastic. So we can't know for sure if plastic can help down there.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.