Rega Aria Phono Preamp $1500, MM & MC: On Display! Rega has just introduced one of the finest phono preamps available at any price. In the past Rega offered Fono and MC Fono. Both were highly respected at under $500. Aria brings phono performance into the highest echelons. A recent perusal of The Absolute Sound’s reference phono stages shows price points of $12k, $13k, $25k. The CHEAP ones are $1900-$11k! Aria is right there with the best of them, and at nowhere near those price tags. Aria features two (MM & MC) independent phono stages on one
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Monthly Archives November 2013
11.2013
Rega RP-40 Turntable $1600! To celebrate its 40th anniversary (how time flies!), Rega has just brought out its RP-40 turntable fitted with custom RP-40 cartridge. Each detail of RP-40 is a tweak up of its lauded RP-3. The power supply, motor, RED belt and cartridge are all improved for the 40th year. Even the RP-40 cartridge is a one-upped Elys 2 with 7.0mV output! The very high output means that Rega is very forgiving of less than state of the art phono preamps. Many well intentioned vinyl lovers run cartridges (cheap OR expensive) of low input into generic phono sections,
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