New Rega Motor, glad I waited

[JohnMichael]

I started with the original loose mounted motor and stepped up to the latest rigid mounted 24v motor. This change blew me away. Next came the TT PSU for a more refined sound but not as night and day as switching motors. Still the combo kicks the table up a notch and the push of a button to change speeds is sweet. Not stretching the belt I think will cause it to last longer.

I do not think it matters which PSU you choose unless you are concerned about cosmetics. The more you listen to vinyl the happier you are that you have it.

Rega Planar 5 & Planar 7 turntables | Stereophile.com

The basic Rega P5 lacks the circuitry to re-create a 50Hz wave for its European motor, so American buyers get a smaller-diameter motor pulley than their English counterparts. But P5 buyers in any country can upgrade their new turntable at any time with the addition of an optional outboard power supply, which then derives its own power from the 24V wall-wart. The Rega TT PSU power supply ($345) does, in fact, create its own motor reference signals with crystal oscillators, and it supplies the two separate phases with greater accuracy than the comparatively simple onboard circuit described above. (The TT PSU powers the Rega P5 through a dedicated four-conductor socket, as opposed to the two-conductor socket for the wall wart.) The optional supply also generates a separate frequency for spinning the platter at 45rpm, thus forever relieving the P5 owner of the drudgery of pulley-swapping.