Garth
pfm Member
Hello all,
I am just about to buy a used Rega DAC but just discovered it is one of the very early ones - serial #00613 - that had a glitch at 176.4 khz playback and back in the day Rega would repair for free. This one has not had the fix done and the owner says he hasn't encountered issues but does not listen to 176.4 khz tracks regularly. I don't even have any idea when one would be playing something back at 176.4 khz or what this all means and if I should be concerned now? Just wondering if anyone can speak to the issue? If it needed to be repaired it would likely need to be sent to a Rega service Centre either in Texas or Quebec and I would have to pay for the repair. I am in Victoria B.C. so this would be quite a hassle and likely a fair expense.
Other than that, everything looks fine and it is a good deal. Any thoughts?
Also, it has quite a few small hairline scratched on the front glass faceplate. Does anyone know if this can be easily polished out without making things worse?
Thanks!
Garth
I am just about to buy a used Rega DAC but just discovered it is one of the very early ones - serial #00613 - that had a glitch at 176.4 khz playback and back in the day Rega would repair for free. This one has not had the fix done and the owner says he hasn't encountered issues but does not listen to 176.4 khz tracks regularly. I don't even have any idea when one would be playing something back at 176.4 khz or what this all means and if I should be concerned now? Just wondering if anyone can speak to the issue? If it needed to be repaired it would likely need to be sent to a Rega service Centre either in Texas or Quebec and I would have to pay for the repair. I am in Victoria B.C. so this would be quite a hassle and likely a fair expense.
Other than that, everything looks fine and it is a good deal. Any thoughts?
Also, it has quite a few small hairline scratched on the front glass faceplate. Does anyone know if this can be easily polished out without making things worse?
Thanks!
Garth