Rega question

[plastic penguin]

I'll defy anyone who would honestly say that Arcam/MAs can be beaten.

Arcam/MAs can be beaten.

As can NaimUniti/PMC DB1i, obv

Mr. David Harvey was talking about Rega systems and defying anyone disprove that theory. I've given him an alternative that is as good as I've heard, including the Leema. Alas, he's refused...

if you hav'nt heard the rega set up how can you say you can beat it? i have heard it and would agree with david, it is very difficult indeed to better it pound 4 pound from new! although if buying second hand it may be possible.

Please read my post above. It clearly states: "I've given him an alternative that is as good as I've heard, including the Leema."

 

[chebby]

Is the 'alternative' your system by any chance?

 

[plastic penguin]

Is the 'alternative' your system by any chance?

Again, as my previous post suggests, Arcam/MA or Arcam/Rotel/MA is a viable alternative synergy-wise to any combo, even betters the Leema. It's not the first time I've mentioned it, either.

 

[John Duncan]

So hang on - an Arcam is better than your Leema? Why are you keeping the Leema then?

 

[plastic penguin]

So hang on - an Arcam is better than your Leema? Why are you keeping the Leema then?

Sorry, JD - no. I've explained all this before since buying the Leema.

This seems like a conspiracy.

I'm very reluctant to keep repeating myself.

 

[John Duncan]

Forgive me, I must not have read it...

 

[chebby]

It's very difficult to argue. You have never heard an all Rega system such as the Apollo/Mira/RS3s and few of us have ever heard the exact Arcam/Rotel/MA system you described (and could not easily hear now without buying it all on eBay first!)

Not a valid or viable comparison really. Even you cannot be certain until you've heard an all Rega system.

 

[Anonymous]

Do the 30 mile trip and let us know what you think. The speakers do sound a tad too thin, except when they're running through the Mira. I'm guessing if you put a tt as a frontend, they'll sound just right.

 

[respe]

they would still sound a little thinner than I would like, but good fun to listen to,

Rega's aim seems to be to produce a hi-fi standard MUSIC replay system, rather than a hi fi system that rips all the various strands apart for you to listen to them in wonderous detail, and forgets to turn them back into a coherent whole to allow you to enjoy the music.

 

[plastic penguin]

It's very difficult to argue. You have never heard an all Rega system such as the Apollo/Mira/RS3s and few of us have ever heard the exact Arcam/Rotel/MA system you described (and could not easily hear now without buying it all on eBay first!)

Not a valid or viable comparison really. Even you cannot be certain until you've heard an all Rega system.

Whoa! hold on. At no point have I stated (in this thread or any others) that the aforementioned combos are comparable or better or worse. I was just making a light-hearted response to Mr. Coventry after his first post on this thread. This just seem to have spiralled out of control.

 

[SSM]

Having followed a bit of pp's previous posts on Arcam, he was an experienced user and found similarities between Arcam and Leema amplification. So it doesn't seem odd that he has voiced his admiration for the Arcam-MA chemistry whilst not owning an Arcam amp (at the moment).

Don't think I want to get really entrenched into this thread as I'm still in my Rega honeymoon and don't want to read too much brickbats about Lord Gandy's wondrous creations. :shame: I do want to take issue with the inferences made that Rega is less 'hifi'-sounding than other brands and as a consequence less precise or less faithful to the source material. Certainly not finding that to be the case with mine. :rockout:

SS

 

[bluebrazil]

when i looked into the rega room at the show yesterday they were playing vinyl, guess they had had enough of listening to the dac and new apollo. cant remember the turn table but it was a budget rega deck played through the brio r and its phono stage into rs3's. it sounded very nice indeed and fluid i guess would be a good adjective, not in your face, overly detailed or harsh in the least