Rega Brio and Phono

[Burt25]

I have a Rega phono MkIII and was thinking of changing my old Denon PMA250SE for a used Rega Brio R. Should I keep my Rega Phono and use it with the Brio or sell it? Would the built in phono stage in the Brio be as good as the separate Rega Phono?

 

[nopiano]

The Rega Fono range is excellent, and I was pretty sure I’d read that the essential ingredients were also inside the Brio amp. However, if you search this forum, a Rega person is on record as saying the separate stage is better than the Brio or Elicit in-built stages.

I suggest you try for yourself, because if you detect no improvement the Fono is easy to sell on. I had an early Fono Mini for many years, and a later Fono II. When the time came both sold readily on eBay.

 

[Al ears]

I don't believe you will be able to discern any significant improvement by using the external phono stage .
Presumably you have the Fono MM mark3.
The only reason to keep it is if it is the MC mark 3 and you might, at some point, want to use a MC cartridge.