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Little Fwend Rega P8, P10 mount
By: Tracking Angle

September 15th, 2024

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Industry News

New Little Fwend Tonearm Lifter Mount for Rega P8/P10 Turntables

the best end of record tonearm lifts? Yes!

Press release 

Oslo, Norway. September 2024 

New Little Fwend P8/P10Mount for Rega turntables. 

No mass, no problem. 

Our Low model has always been very popular among the Rega-crowd since we started Little Fwend in 2016. When Roy Gandy decided to follow his “less (mass) is more”-philosophy even more aggressively on the P8, P10 and the new Naia and simply just replace less mass with nothing at all - fans of Little Fwend had a problem. 

We got countless emails from fwends asking how they can get a Little Fwend to work when there ́s a hole exactly where the Low model is supposed to be mounted. 

Fast forward two years and several prototypes later. The new P8/P10-Mount is designed to be very intuitive and easy to install. The mounting platform is friction-fit and when the recessed arc is aligned along the curvature of the 295mm diameter platter, the mount will be oriented correctly.

The laws of physics are not always playing ball, so the dust cover will not close fully while the Little Fwend is on top of the platform, but with the magnetic mount it takes half a Taylor Swift-chorus to unmount and reposition the next day. 

The P8/P10Mount comes as a bundle with the Low model or as a separate accessory for the Low-owner that has upgraded further up the Gandy-ladder on the journey to no-mass-land. 

This is a highly unofficial product and Little Fwend has no affiliation whatsoever with Rega Research UK. 

Little Fwend is distributed in North America by Mofi Distribution. 

Comments

  • 2024-09-15 09:12:50 PM

    George white wrote:

    Nowhere near my price range, but I love to keep up with the innovations in vinyl! If you can afford it, it looks like a wonderful investment! 😀

  • 2024-09-16 12:00:28 AM

    Come on wrote:

    Makes sense and seems well executed, I love things like that. I guess I‘ll buy it (the large version, which I probably even need to extend). Compared to most other high end accessories, the price is ok imo.

    • 2024-09-16 10:52:05 PM

      Michael Fremer wrote:

      It is well worth it IMO

  • 2024-09-16 02:06:26 AM

    Josquin des Prez wrote:

    Holy cow! $250?

    In 50 years of playing records this is still a solution looking for a problem, as far as I'm concerned. I have never used or even needed one over the years (Thorens, Rega, Linn LP12, Clearaudio).

    Maybe people should stop playing records that bore them so much they fall asleep before the end. LOL (j/k).

    • 2024-09-16 10:38:57 AM

      Bob wrote:

      Very funny 🤣

    • 2024-09-16 10:52:32 PM

      Michael Fremer wrote:

      There are other scenarios where this comes in handy.

      • 2024-09-17 12:48:58 AM

        Josquin des Prez wrote:

        Right, I know, but if you get so drunk you pass out before the record side ends, maybe you should stick to streaming. 🤣

  • 2024-09-16 10:42:56 AM

    Bob wrote:

    No need... I've been using an excellent JVC QL-Y55F (now with AT-ART9XI) for many years. Never seen anything better and ive listened to many turntables. Anyway, fully servo controlled automatic bliss.

  • 2024-09-16 12:22:49 PM

    PeterG wrote:

    Very nice. I have the functional but clunky Q-Up on my Clearaudio. Time for an upgrade