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I was going to say the same, their whole deal at Rega is making turntables light weight and rigid as Roy Gandy who formed Rega always believed that to reduce vibration more effectively you remove mass and increase rigidity. They’re one of the few turntable brands that go mad on development and don’t rely solely on mass to reduce vibration. I believe a lot of their high end breakthroughs trickle down to the lower end turntables like Shimano do with their products.
If they feel lightweight, it’s intentional.
The lightweight ethos is particularly evident in the planar 8 and upwards. The Naiad is the flagship one with quite a lot of interesting technical elements.
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Lightweight rigid design is the core Rega "philosophy" in their turntables.
Not everyone agrees with it but they aren't lightweight by accident or specifically to cut costs.