I recently bought a Rega Planar 1 as a temp deck, upgraded the platter to glass ( they do turn up used on eBay but make sure you pick up the 10 mm version) and popped an AT vm95ne I had onto it and it sang better than I was expecting!
I’ve replaced it with a really well looked after Linn Basik with Akito and Adikt cart I found locally so now I need to send my Linn Axis ( basik plus arm, cart now on Rega) for repair and decide which to keep, they both edge the Rega but I paid £150 for the Rega and £35 for the platter, the cart runs about £90 but for £275 it really is a decent sounding deck! It’s currently promised to a pal if he decides to take it but otherwise might end up on sales corner….