Joe
pfm Member
Expensive?
It’s less than half the current price of the fully loaded (Klimax level) LP12!
Bargain!
Not necessarily ... could it be that it is expensive and the LP12 is doubley so ?
Expensive?
It’s less than half the current price of the fully loaded (Klimax level) LP12!
Bargain!
Expensive?
It’s less than half the current price of the fully loaded (Klimax level) LP12!
Bargain!
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
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!
Which PSU do you get with that LP12?
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...
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.
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.
Have a RP10 myself & very good TT & Spent a few days in front of a OMA K3
Like comparing a Kia with a Bugatti
Have a RP10 myself & very good TT & Spent a few days in front of a OMA K3
Like comparing a Kia with a Bugatti
Exciting news especially if the Naia equals or betters the Klimax LP12 which I am sure it will.
for customers considering a new turntable at this price point.
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 ?