I bet they do - imagine how the mighty NAIAD sounds to their ears. Stick with your P10; I hear it's all you'll ever need.My P10 will be staying (not least because I can't afford the upgrade, and I've only acquired it recently).
I note that Rega dealers are quite keen to downplay any ideas of diminishing returns - apparently Rega say that the difference between the P10 and the Naia is as great as the difference between the 10 and a P3...
Lots of P8/P10s used later this year as the faithful upgrade.
£12k everyone else will buy Sme , Project , Vertere , Technics , Avid , Reed etc
Lots? How many P8/P10 users are in the £12k bracket? That's one hell of an upgrade!
Gents, it appears that some extravagant claims are being suggested here about the forthcoming Naia turntable, I am certainly unaware of anyone saying that the difference between it and the Planar 10 is the same as the difference between the Planar 3 and the Planar 10.
Similarly there have been some observations as to the projected price with no knowledge of the costs of materials and manufacture.
Perhaps we should all reserve absolute judgement until it lands in stores towards the autumn when it will be available for all to hear and we would then welcome and encourage demonstration against any other similarly priced turntable and subsequent informed observations would be more than welcome.
Quite right too. Another thread I should never have started. Mind you I think Rega are partly to blame. Teasing us with an appearance but no demonstration or hard facts. Nature (and Hifi forums) abhors a vacuum.Gents, it appears that some extravagant claims are being suggested here about the forthcoming Naia turntable, I am certainly unaware of anyone saying that the difference between it and the Planar 10 is the same as the difference between the Planar 3 and the Planar 10.
Similarly there have been some observations as to the projected price with no knowledge of the costs of materials and manufacture.
Perhaps we should all reserve absolute judgement until it lands in stores towards the autumn when it will be available for all to hear and we would then welcome and encourage demonstration against any other similarly priced turntable and subsequent informed observations would be more than welcome.
Always makes me laugh that Rega aren’t allowed to make expensive stuff according to proper audiophiles.
Indeed. So now let’s applaud them for making no nonsense expensive kit. There’s certainly a gap in the market for that.it's just that the brand is thoroughly associated with no-nonsense affordable kit
On top of those improvements over the P8 you mentioned the P10 also offers a ceramic upper brace Vs. Aluminum & hand matched motor to power supply/ improved motor mounting & a more substantial subplatter.The P10 is £2100 more than a P8 but you get an expensive ceramic platter, £700 more expensive arm, better power supply and bearing. It looks reasonable value in material terms.
The point, in a way, is that Rega are now getting into that bracket; and there will be some snobbery about it.
I believe Rega entered that bracket when Planar 9 released, more than twenty years ago.
Later on came Osiris, Isis, R10 etc.
I've never associated Rega with snobbery,(its people that are snobby sometimes) on the contrary, some people laughed at the look of my very first Rega Planet CD player, the laugh stiffend a bit when it began to play music like few.
Best of luck but this is a Hifi forum so…Gents, it appears that some extravagant claims are being suggested here about the forthcoming Naia turntable, I am certainly unaware of anyone saying that the difference between it and the Planar 10 is the same as the difference between the Planar 3 and the Planar 10.
Similarly there have been some observations as to the projected price with no knowledge of the costs of materials and manufacture.
Perhaps we should all reserve absolute judgement until it lands in stores towards the autumn when it will be available for all to hear and we would then welcome and encourage demonstration against any other similarly priced turntable and subsequent informed observations would be more than welcome.
I don’t think Peter will be very happy if the NAIA sinks his armada of LP12’s.It would be interesting to compare the Naia vs a Selekt LP12 at somewhere like Cymbiosis.