I've had a lot of cheap Rega tweak ideas, but I've held off on trying them due to the engineering of the TTs. There are dozens of things you could do, most pretty easily to change the way this table sounds. When ever these come up on AA people say, that the P2/P3 are engineered to be one combined lightweight undamped piece.
I've thought of replacing the plinth with acrylic or double thick acrylic or corian or hardwood. I've thought of afixing an aluminum plate to the bottom of the plinth or buying a second plinth and making a plinth/aluminum/plinth sandwich Or putting a playing-card-sized piece of 1/16" thick steel between the bottom of the plinth and the tonearm nut. I've thought of gluing felt or dampening material to the bottom of the glass platter. Maybe glue same to the inside of the sub platter.
But, I keep coming back to the idea that Roy Gandy created the Regas to be flimsy and flexible not out of a desire to save production cost... but because it makes the table more lively and all the resonances are controled.
The motor being stuck to the bottom of the table does seem to be the weakest link. But dampening around it seems less effective than finding a way to separate the moter from the plinth.
Just thinking out loud here. Hope you don't mind.
I've thought of replacing the plinth with acrylic or double thick acrylic or corian or hardwood. I've thought of afixing an aluminum plate to the bottom of the plinth or buying a second plinth and making a plinth/aluminum/plinth sandwich Or putting a playing-card-sized piece of 1/16" thick steel between the bottom of the plinth and the tonearm nut. I've thought of gluing felt or dampening material to the bottom of the glass platter. Maybe glue same to the inside of the sub platter.
But, I keep coming back to the idea that Roy Gandy created the Regas to be flimsy and flexible not out of a desire to save production cost... but because it makes the table more lively and all the resonances are controled.
The motor being stuck to the bottom of the table does seem to be the weakest link. But dampening around it seems less effective than finding a way to separate the moter from the plinth.
Just thinking out loud here. Hope you don't mind.