Joe
pfm Member
Not necessarily ... could it be that it is expensive and the LP12 is doubley so ?
Rega Naia
- Thread starter Aspro
- Start date
Not necessarily ... could it be that it is expensive and the LP12 is doubley so ?
There's not as much difference as that in it - the full LP12 includes the Urika stage, the Naia package is "just" the TT, arm, cart and PSU. Assuming you'd want an Aura and not a Fono to go with it, that is a fair chunk of your saving gone!
Loved the bit where he very diplomatically answered the question as to why Rega haven't gone down the heavier and heavier platter/chassis route. "Because we are engineers and know what we are doing" was the basic paraphrased answer
Not sure he was being that rude - rightly. Rega have a great way of doing things, but other engineers have come up with other quite different ways of doing things. More than one way to skin a cat and all that...
Which PSU do you get with that LP12?
Not for me to say really, but I suspect the comments I was referring to were made thinking of a radikal. That would fit with the prices.
Take the Oswald’s Mill turntable. Weighs several hundred pounds and costs several hundred thousand USD. According to them, to get the table properly damped, they had to design a table of several hundred pounds with gel inside both the base and platter. I would call that a failure of engineering and lean more towards the engineers who know what they are doing.
That does sound like rather questionable logic, but it doesn't go to show that the Rega way is the only way, and I say that as a huge fan.
I wasn’t trying to say their way is the only way. I agree with what you are saying but only to a certain extent. In my view, there seems to be a big problem in hifi these days with turntable manufacturers who do not understand the science required or, that they simply sell high mass BS as bigger must be better and more mass means they can ask for more money. Rega isn’t perfect either, of course.
Not sure we're disagreeing about the monster TTs, although I wasn't meaning to cast any aspersions on Rega! I am a big fan and was very much hoping to hear the Naia at the Bristol show recently.
daytona600
Registered User
Have a RP10 myself & very good TT & Spent a few days in front of a OMA K3
Like comparing a Kia with a Bugatti
tpetsch
...The rhythm has Control
Did you get a chance to put your RP10 into the same system and room that the OMA K3 was in and listen?
daytona600
Registered User
Yes. Have a RP10 with me at all times
I don’t doubt this K3 sounds much better. For >300k USD it better. I honestly do not know how anyone would agree that one must design a several hundred pound turntable to get it properly damped, which is what OMA will you. The whole thing with a university being involved further puzzled me. That is is the element that should be compared to Rega as Rega has a completely different philosophy.
Rega falls short in drive methods, motors, tuneable tonearms compared to the companies that sell in the higher price ranges (although I love the tonearm). I will shut up now as I do not want to get the thread off track.
Miss Ariel
pfm Member
Exciting news especially if the Naia equals or betters the Klimax LP12 which I am sure it will.
Wish Rega all the best for their 50th Year making audio.
Thanks Roy and Terry and Rega staff.Wow what a great company heres to another 50 years
Wish Rega all the best for their 50th Year making audio.
Thanks Roy and Terry and Rega staff.Wow what a great company heres to another 50 years
chris geary
pfm Member
Bold prediction, indeed!
There's a fair bit limited market for very expensive decks.
Did Naim/Clearaudio sell out ? - maybe it was even more expensive ?
Vertere make some expensive decks
Sure there are others - a new Pink Triangle perhaps ?
Bang & Olufsen refurb ?
kristoffer
Danish Hi Fi NERD
I am most excited about the technology that hopefully will eventually trickle down to the cheaper models.=)
Tim Jones
pfm Member
There are so many manufacturers making expensive decks that it's hard to name them all.
The depressing thing is the sheer similarity between many/most of them - chrome, high mass, huge platters, etc.
Difficult not to admire Rega's chutzpah in challenging them with a genuinely different approach.