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Second major issue has been a pretty poor stereo image and 3-dimensionality. I know we're talking about cheap speakers here, but let me tell you, KEF Q100's with NAD were trying really hard to convince me that there was a small band playing in my room - they tried so hard that a 300€ amp and 500€ speakers can. It was pretty impressive. What Rega did? Instruments move around the stereo image when different pitches and dynamics occur, with every speaker so far, while the vocalist has a hard time standing still in the middle. The vocalist also sounds like a smurf, or being on his knees. Not to mention the obvious problem of cheap amps - most units have bad volume pots, so that the channel balance is bad on low listening volumes. Then to the tonality of the amp; what has been described as musicality and speed, seems to be just over emphasis of higher mid-range frequencies resulting in additional shrillness regardless of the speakers. This gets tiring really fast and I see it as the major issue with the amp.
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This model kept much of what made the original Planar 3 great but added some serious upgrades, including a new plinth, arm and motor. The original Brio amplifier first launched in 1991 – it was the company's third model after the higher-end Elex and Elicit – ever since has pedalled a reputation for being a musically engaging affordable amplifier. Rega's goal of combining lightness and rigidity bore striking fruit in 2012 with the launch of the RP8. No. That implies that the noise should be well below the audible threshold when the system is quiescent. -70dB would be a good start. My worst of integrated amps is down 75dB. The best 80dB. Both are dead-silent when quiescent.However, I've heard the hum issue with a demo unit in a store as well, and heard that there are other amps that do the same, supposedly some Naim amps. Using the most advanced materials and engineering solutions built around a supremely lightweight plinth. Introducing our latest floor standing loudspeaker in a unique construction cabinet. Find out more here Rega has pushed the boundaries of performance at this level and has given premium rivals positioned above it plenty to worry about', we said at the time, and little has changed since. The Planar 1 Plus is essentially a Rega Planar 1 turntable with the Rega Fono Mini A2D built in. Both are Award-winning products, of course, and Rega says it only felt natural to combine them together. We absolutely agree.
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Key improvements have been made to the circuits. The PCB layout has been fully upgraded to handle higher specifications for all critical parts. A second raw power supply has been added to provide further isolation between output stage and the driver stage/line and phono amplifiers. This improves the isolation between high and low level signal stages of the amplifier. Higher specification MUSES operational amplifiers have been used in the line and phono amplifier. Brand new case design Advanced turntable power supply with fine speed adjustment, anti vibration circuit and speed selection. Housed in a brand new custom designed case and built to our high standards of reliability and quality.In actual fact, almost every part had been revised since the last iteration - the P3-24 of 2007. The company had, fairly unusually, put some real effort into the styling, too. The core of the turntable was the same, though: simple, well-engineered and designed to put performance first.
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The Dali Zensor 3s are a great, affordable pair of speakers that punch well above their weight – even with partnering kit, as here, at double the price. They're an easy listen but exciting with it, and will keep you entertained for hours. What is it about this hobby that makes people so insecure in their own opinions and expriences? That could be another thread.... Housed in a custom body, the Apheta 3 uses an aluminium cantilever and an advanced ‘fine line’ profile, nude diamond stylus. Part of the BRIO World: The Grand Roundhouse is designed to be fully compatible with other BRIO World toys, making it a great addition to any BRIO World railway layout. He also wanted his first turntable to look different to everything else that was available at the time. “Why can a turntable not have three outrigger points spinning round, that people might buy as a piece of sculpture?” he asked.
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We've always been fans of Rega's entry-level turntable, the RP1, but this enhanced version took things to a new level. Cutting to the chase, amplifiers are not fine wine. They either add artifacts or they do not. They are either straight-wires-with-gain or they are not. To the extent that they are, they are good. To the extent that they are not, they are bad.
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Rega Kyte loudspeakers. Unique phenolic resin cabinets and handmade drive units all manufactured in the UK Onkyo's A-9010 is a fantastic stereo amplifier for the money and owns a area of the market where there's been a real shortage of talent lately. The design is functional rather than flamboyant, but the captivating, energetic sound is what's crucial here. A couple of things right off the bat: If, with no input and at 0-volume you are getting anything other than dead-silence at your speakers, the amp is defective. Full Stop. No well made amplifier (and a great many mediocre amplifiers as it happen) should have any sound/buzz/fuzz/hum at any level under those conditions. And no matter how well things are thought to be, an occasional defect gets past quality-control once in a while. So, if you are accurate in your description of this artifact, return the amp for a *replacement*, NOT a rework. You are entitled to a 100% new, defect-free unit, not one that has been repaired. The manufacturer says that the 50hz transformer hum is to "improve sound quality"(they've left some components which prevent hum to speakers out of the signal path). What better way to finish off this budget vinyl hi-fi system than with a brilliant pair of budget standmounters from Q Acoustics? The speakers boast terrifically refined and insightful sound for sensible money, and work seamlessly with the Onkyo and Audio Technica kit in this system.
Brand new case design
I'm seriously wanting to return this one, but I don't think the dealer will accept anything but a swap to another unit of the same model.