OMFG, dude…
And your problem is? The thing about Rega decks is that from the base model up everything is under constant review and they’ve been doing that for 45 years. The only sensible way to improve is to buy the next model up and stop at the P10 Alpheta 3 and leave it alone. According to 2 of the UKs 3 largest dealers, the P8 is the most popular model.
I love my RP-10 with it’s Soundsmith cartridge. MMMMMmmmmmm.
IMO resonance control is a question of a whole system from equipment over feet to the optimal base (except for a few designs made to exactly eliminate the influence of the base). Those Rega feet imo are no example for the latter (even if they may have thought long about making a good affordable one suited for a common scenario).
I think if someone is using a different base than optimal (and many of the posters above - with glass - use the worst possible base) different than stock feet can make a positive difference.
I think Rega feet are made for a quite good base, not optimized or optimal for glass.
Rega have for years made wall mounts, including special versions for the P8 and P10. They are strongly recommended and I’m buying one for my sons P3.
However, low frequency external vibration is only a minor issue with turntables. They are much more sensitive to high frequency vibrations, which the Rega feet are designed to deal with, but which mainly come from the bearing and the motor. Hence there is no point in putting an expensive MC cart on a cheap deck because the high frequency vibration will negate any high frequency benefits from the cartridge.
That is why they offer a £135 quieter motor upgrade, effective and value for money even on a £400 P1 or P2.
The basic Rega bearing has stood the test of time, about 40 years, cheap and very effective. The bearing on the P10 is a work of art for the price.
The Rega foot is a three part device, providing isolation from low and high frequencies and with a rigid aluminium housing.
Here is an article about vibration, by Mark Baker of Origin Live, one of the best and longest lasting designers around.
https://www.originlive.com/contact-us/bulletins/turntables-responsive-modifications/
I have a BDR “The Source” Carbon Fiber platform under my RP-10 and my DSD Sr. On the RP-10 I have the accessory Aluminium Feet replacing the stock units. My turntable is pretty well set in this environment.
Unless you find something which works better for you, enjoy modding, etc.
Interesting short article, especially the theory about bearing, cartridge and motor noise as main effects. I guess especially but not only main effects in more budget designs where motors often are fixated on the turntable chassis.
Anyway it would be interesting, too, to read about differences in base material where especially glass seems to be resonant in higher frequencies than any other base and with hardly any inner damping. I still think any better isolation from a glass base is good, while with other bases a kind of deduction into it or something inbetween can be better.
The best I experienced (even better than those active isolation platforms for electron microscopes) was a manually resonance optimized schist, done with inlays of damping material by control of a laser interferometer. Big differences in this case, maybe because motor/bearing was already on a high level.
Since I first took apart a toy, I couldn’t imagine not modding.
Anyone else with the Pro-next x10 if so, what carts are you using currently? Figured I’d throw it out there.
There are plenty of other brands that you can mod. If you think you can improve a Rega without wasting money you should be working for them.
Every brand can be improved, customized, tweaked, modded - including Rega. It is just a turntable.
If one is content with equipment out of the box this is fine, too.
I’m not sure what base is optimal, if it matters. I use an isolation base, but wood is very popular and acrylic or acetal might be OK.
I posted a picture of the P10 bearing here.
It’s incredible, compared to mine which is more expensive and made by a specialist engineering company with $millions of machining equipment. My own deck is a bit of a tribute to Rega as it uses a similar sub-plinth mounting (but with two motors) with Rega belts and Rega arm mounts. It uses the same Premotec motors as in an LP12 as they are very quiet, easy to replace and not that expensive (about $120 each).
Rega’s extremely lightweight construction is because it is effectively an extremely rigid anti-vibration device.
Says the guy who earlier wrote:
"I must admit I don’t understand this.
Rega have spent decades on all aspects of the design of their turntables, so why do people think that the feet have been ignored, especially on the top of the range model?
Moreover, why do people think that an aftermarket product not designed specifically for the RP10 is going to be better?"
Hence my earlier, “OMFG, dude…” response.
Don’t bother 'splaining that you don’t actually use a Rega.
Very few users of isolation bases or iso pucks beneath the feet of their TT’s/components would think that “people think that the feet have been ignored” on said component.
Well ye asked me question: do I have a turntable…
Well yes sir ah got me… a lazy susan goes round in around quite nice… 
One reason I bought my deck is because it can take two arms, which Rega cannot. I bought it in 2014, before the current Rega P8 and P10. I also had it wall mounted, so the fact it has spikes was fine (as does the $50,000 Rega Naiad). As the deck is now in a cabinet on a springy floor, I have it on an isolation plinth. This protects from external low frequencies, which you can hear if you walk around without using the plinth.
The Naiad has spikes and comes with a carbon fibre wall mount.
The Rega feet are designed so that the deck will perform well on a rack or table, as many owners do, when a wall mount is impractical. Rega supply replacement solid aluminium feet, which would be a good option when wall mount is used.
Wall-mounted, waiting for second arm mount to be fabricated, in my brief tube days.
I’m naturally curious. Not everyone is.
I resemble that remark.
Insatiably.
And there is no such thing as a perfect product.
Breyer’s Butter Pecan Ice Cream proves that statement FALSE!
Well…
For me, I knew glass wasn’t the ideal surface for my P10 and asked about elsewhere on the potential benefit of a wall shelf.
General Takeaway: As I have a stone slab floor (and stone walls) keep the turntable where it is, but look at getting it off the glass shelf.
IsoAcoustic feet improve things in my situation, so happy ‘bout dat.
Guided only by my ears, if original feet sounded better I’d have returned the Isofeet.
Big fan of Rega here and their “vibration measuring devices” (Great book by the way)
Rega really Do know what they are doing.