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
- 2024-09-29 02:33:22 PM
  
  PeterG wrote:
  
  Following up after hands-on experience--a disappointment. It's gorgeous and finely engineered, but tight tolerances to which it's designed require very tight tolerances for installation. The lift arm has to be adjust to 1mm by eye, not so easy and requiring repeated attempts. That would have been OK, just a one-time fuss. But more difficult is that proper installation on my Clearaudio Ovation leaves the delicate wire trigger too close to the edge of an LP, almost sure to be banged up over hundreds of album plays by all but the most careful of DJs. Now that I have seen this in person, it's also easy to see this would be a problem on the Rega photographed above--adjust for the angle of the camera, and it looks like the LP is nearly touching the trigger as it sits on the platter. This distance needs to be navigated with every album side played, ugh. I think I'm back to my less elegant, less expensive Q-Up
  - 2024-09-29 11:59:28 PM
    
    bwb wrote:
    
    I am a long time Q-Up user, currently one on each arm. It is indeed clunky, and fussy, and a bit of a pain to set up... but, once you find the sweet spot (the right height, the right trigger force, the right lift force, the right distance from the arm) it is very reliable and I never have to readjust it. One tip is use Blu-Tack to stick it to your table so you easily move around a bit until you find the right spot. The other is to tape the base to the lifter mechanism once you find the spot so it doesn't slide back over time. Patience setting it up and you will be rewarded.
  - 2024-11-17 03:15:09 AM
    
    PeterG wrote:
    
    Following up a second time. I have successfully installed, and the trigger is closer than I would like to the edge of the record. BUT--this works incredibly well and is super smooth and quiet. It works as you would expect if Clearaudio had built it into the turntable itself. As long as I am paying attention while placing record on the platter, I think this will be fine. Now glad I bought it