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I decided to cash in my old Rega Planar 2 turntable last week which whether this is due to its age or set up was not really giving me the performance level i needed. Armed with a relatively low budget of £500 (for a decent table) i invested in a new Rega P3-24 colour turntable priced at £350 which was listed as a second (although the only actual issue with it was that the Rega label is just not quite as dark black as it should be, although still visible. To me this represented a bargain as it also came with the separate upgrade power suppy unit.

I added to this an Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge for £125 which comes beautufully packaged and really looks good too. This left me just enough to add in a blue rega mat and voila the pictures show my new addition, the Rega P3-24 Blue Edition.

The best news of course is that it sounds excellent, much more open and detailed than my old Planar 2 and musically it seems to sparkle. Value for money this is honestly a great item and supports What HiFi’s award for the best turntable under £1000. This makes me wonder what a much more expensive turntable would sound like, but thats for another year !

Albums

I have decided to add to this latest news section any newly purchased album i have recently discovered and am currrently enjoying that may not be able to quite break into one of the top lists on the site in the albums or classic albums sections.

Currently i am browsing for some cheap vinyl from various charity shops to find something new to listen to.

Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra, Two (1965)

Standing in my local 2nd hand vinyl shop i was completely taken by the debut album playing by Barbra Streisand. The theatrical orchestral sound is so different to any album i have purchased up to now so i decided to go away and research her early catalogue to buy the one i thought best suited me. I settled on her biggest seller of the 60’s, released off the back of her tv show. Needless to say her voice is exceptional on this, and musically it has good variety too. I also liked the way the end medley track draws in elements of previous songs on the album. It was much cheaper to buy a mint vinyl copy than track down a CD.

APCD Courses

Leigh Seaman has just released Rotherly Park and it is a real beauty. Something in the colours and textures just really makes me want to play this course. Well done Leigh this is a new star and the review is available from the APCD Courses page. Just look at the bunker defenition against the green on the 14th green shown below, lovely.

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