Rega Planar 1 Plus Turntable

I just got my Rega. I'm getting a medium to high pitch motor sound that is quite loud (even with no record playing). I'd describe it as sort of a warble that oscillates maybe twice a second with a frequency of maybe 2kHz. Anyone else getting something like this?

I haven't used this for a/ d conversion but it should be perfectly fine. There are steps you can take to avoid clipping. Ensure the vinyl is as clean as possible to avoid pops and clicks(as much as cleaning the vinyl will help in this regard). Turn down the gain on your input device. Consider recording in 24 bit as this will give you a greater dynamic range than recording in 16bit thus giving you more headroom to avoid clipping.

Nice. It's weird when the manufacturers do that with the component branding; they'd be better off just highlighting the benefit of being able to use an off the shelf component as it were lol