Hi Michael,
Hope you are well.
Today I finished my Rega P25 mods.
Here are some pictures for you.
This pic I show that the motor base sits on 3 evenly spaced adjustable spiked feet threaded into your motor base. I wanted absolutely no motor movement.
This picture shows my Neo connection mounted into the motor base plate. Also note that I utilized the threaded centre hole in your motor base to directly fasten the motor base to the plate. The two holes at the bottom are for bolting the plate to my Rega wall stand.
Mu metal motor shield. Mu metal is very difficult to work with. It is so soft that it is difficult to cut and drill. I used copper foil just to help hold the corners together, but it is all mu metal underneath with smaller pieces on the corners. I had faint hum before so I hope it works lol.
Complete motor assembly bolted to Rega wall stand. This method allows
Exact same motor location every time.
The table can be lifted of of the motor. Just unthread the Neo connect and also a quick disconnect from the p25 motor switch and the entire table can be moved with disturbing the motor base location on the wall stand. Also no risk of a mishap and motor falling off as it is completely bolted to the wall stand. Also see triple motor pulley.
Neo connected to motor and another connector to use the stock p25 motor
Switch. and keep the Neo far away from the table.
Table fits perfectly over the motor and base with no plinth contact, and no spacers under the stock Rega feet. Not shown is my homemade silicone damping trough.
Triple Rega edpm reference drive belts.
Your custom made for me subplatter.
Superb bearing shaft fit. Well done.
New p8 triple flywheel platter.
Very nicely made and looks great on the legacy p25.
Side view of p25 with p8 platter. I wonder if red led light will shine light through the clear middle section of the platter lol. With the triple belts and new 24v motor and Neo, I was surprised at how much start up torque there is.
I lengthened the wires for the motor circuit board. All the electronics sit on the the floor behind my rack well away from the table. This does not appear to affect the motor or Neo or the anti vibration circuits. I cannot feel the motor running.
My table also has a rewired rb600 with incognito wiring. The arm was converted with a combination thread on spacer with three point mount. The nut underneath the plinth
was discarded. The arm also has an Underslung counterweight of my design. Rigid coupled. I use a silicone damping trough modelled after the Rock turntable (not shown). I use an Ortofon Kontrapunkt B with Ruby cantilever.
Thanks Michael, This was a lot of work because I customized how I installed everything. But I am retired and I like to tinker. The results are worth it.
Your offboard motor kit idea is brilliant. I never suspected that there was still motor noise after the Many improvements that Rega have made to the motor. But many high end tables use outboard motor. To keep the motor in the same location but not touch the plinth was a great idea.
Thanks again for your great parts and great service, and I really appreciate that you made the subplatter custom for me.
Cheers,
Duane
Thanks Duane for your sharing of your upgrade experience!
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