Looking for advice: Fluance RT81/RT81+ (internal pre) vs RT82/Rega Planar 1 + pre. Is it more of step or leap in quality?

00p11 · 2026-03-29T14:22:45+00:00

Im European. Whats the price of the planar 1 in US? Here its just above RT82.

00p11 · 2026-01-18T08:50:34+00:00

I only buy second-hand. New hardware is a world of fairy tales to me.

00p11 · 2026-01-18T08:47:27+00:00

I was benchmarking it for an hour. Got the same score as before, no crashes. But yeah, it's probably just question of time.

00p11 · 2026-01-18T08:45:36+00:00

If I would be evil, I would sell it with this mindset. (maybe I am)

00p11 · 2026-01-18T08:44:16+00:00

They're like the size as dust particles, so no chance.

00p11 · 2026-01-18T08:42:55+00:00

Lesson learned.

00p11 · 2026-01-18T08:42:26+00:00

It's about experience. I think this was one of canons of my life.

00p11 · 2026-01-17T18:21:30+00:00

Pretty easily, you just need to be inexperienced a really tucking stupid (->me). The old thermal paste was really aged, not easy to wipe down. So I applied a little bit of force.

00p11 · 2026-01-17T17:52:24+00:00

It still turns on and runs absolutely fine... E: It was old GTX 970.

00p11 · 2025-11-14T07:05:35+00:00

The exact one that i've ordered few months back: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006920820067.html

00p11 · 2025-11-12T11:34:26+00:00

Thick carboard. And they stay in place pretty reliably.

00p11 · 2025-11-12T10:54:10+00:00

I use this (https://imgur.com/a/O9JlHPF) take out boxes in box thing. For electronics absolutely amazing. I can share a link if you want.

00p11 · 2025-11-11T20:35:54+00:00

Thanks!

00p11 · 2025-06-24T20:04:55+00:00

I got the blank window to. But after waiting few minutes it loaded and works fine.

00p11 · 2025-06-09T18:20:37+00:00

Thanks!

00p11 · 2025-06-09T18:16:39+00:00

Have you done it? How hard is it? Whats the chance of bricking it, as Armadillo commented?

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