I've decided to invest in a new turntable, [stand by k & d of cov]
Is it worth holding back for future developments ? *scratch_one-s_head*
Is it worth holding back for future developments ? *scratch_one-s_head*
alchemist 1 said:I've decided to invest in a new turntable, [stand by k & d of cov]
Is it worth holding back for future developments ? *scratch_one-s_head*
BigH said:Its not worth waiting for new developments, turntables are very mature now, I doubt anything revolutionary is going to be produced. I would demo some different ones, Rega are OK but I would avoid the budget ones. The new RP3 is probably the one I would go for now, its new, its been tweaked up a bit, its reasonably price, however I would also try the Project 25th Anniversary, looks good.Rega I would not have their cartridges despite what WHF say. Once you start going over £800 then Clearaudio comes into the picture.
The RP6 was my future development question.?stevebrock said:i asked my dealer if Rega had an 'new' RP6 coming - he said no, but another dealer - Moorgate Acoustics sad yes !
Just get a Planar 3, a 3 point spacer and the best cartridge you can afford
alchemist 1 said:The RP6 was my future development question.?stevebrock said:i asked my dealer if Rega had an 'new' RP6 coming - he said no, but another dealer - Moorgate Acoustics sad yes !
Just get a Planar 3, a 3 point spacer and the best cartridge you can afford
But i do admit to being tempted to go the whole hog, by-pass the upgrade path
and follow your example and purchase a gyro.*acute*
stevebrock said:As per my other thread on the new Planar 3 - yea it's a good turntable for the money - the RP6 & Planar 3 just don't compare to a Gyro in performance, look, build and potential ie Arms & Carts
What turntable do you have now ?
I've not had a turntable for a couple of years, I last had a Roksan radius one which I let go.
I still have my Roksan Tabriz arm which has been completely refurbished, new bearings arm lift etc.
So a decision to be made on going down the Rega route or use the Tabriz on a gyro.
I'm wondering how the Rega 330 arm compares too the Tabriz ?
alchemist 1 said:stevebrock said:As per my other thread on the new Planar 3 - yea it's a good turntable for the money - the RP6 & Planar 3 just don't compare to a Gyro in performance, look, build and potential ie Arms & Carts
What turntable do you have now ?
I've not had a turntable for a couple of years, I last had a Roksan radius one which I let go.
I still have my Roksan Tabriz arm which has been completely refurbished, new bearings arm lift etc.
So a decision to be made on going down the Rega route or use the Tabriz on a gyro.
I'm wondering how the Rega 330 arm compares too the Tabriz ?
No Al I've had the Tabriz from new.Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:stevebrock said:As per my other thread on the new Planar 3 - yea it's a good turntable for the money - the RP6 & Planar 3 just don't compare to a Gyro in performance, look, build and potential ie Arms & Carts
What turntable do you have now ?
I've not had a turntable for a couple of years, I last had a Roksan radius one which I let go.
I still have my Roksan Tabriz arm which has been completely refurbished, new bearings arm lift etc.
So a decision to be made on going down the Rega route or use the Tabriz on a gyro.
I'm wondering how the Rega 330 arm compares too the Tabriz ?
You didn't buy it of eBay many moons ago did you? I sold one. Keep Tabriz, it's a classic, and have a look at getting a decent deck to fit it to.
Inspire Audio might be a place to look.
alchemist 1 said:No Al I've had the Tabriz from new.Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:stevebrock said:As per my other thread on the new Planar 3 - yea it's a good turntable for the money - the RP6 & Planar 3 just don't compare to a Gyro in performance, look, build and potential ie Arms & Carts
What turntable do you have now ?
I've not had a turntable for a couple of years, I last had a Roksan radius one which I let go.
I still have my Roksan Tabriz arm which has been completely refurbished, new bearings arm lift etc.
So a decision to be made on going down the Rega route or use the Tabriz on a gyro.
I'm wondering how the Rega 330 arm compares too the Tabriz ?
You didn't buy it of eBay many moons ago did you? I sold one. Keep Tabriz, it's a classic, and have a look at getting a decent deck to fit it to.
Inspire Audio might be a place to look.
That's what I'm pondering, I don't want to waste the Tabriz's possible superioriy over
Regas new rb330 tonearm........*scratch_one-s_head*
Just wondering if the new P3 would be a match in sound quality for my £1000 cd player ?Al ears said:BigH said:Its not worth waiting for new developments, turntables are very mature now, I doubt anything revolutionary is going to be produced. I would demo some different ones, Rega are OK but I would avoid the budget ones. The new RP3 is probably the one I would go for now, its new, its been tweaked up a bit, its reasonably price, however I would also try the Project 25th Anniversary, looks good.Rega I would not have their cartridges despite what WHF say. Once you start going over £800 then Clearaudio comes into the picture.
Glad to see you agree BigH. You are correct in that there's unlikely to be any massive improvements to these sort of decks in the near future. The Project looks good to me also if you like that style.
Also, to be honest, I think you'd be a mug to buy one with the usual fitted cartridges as, for a little more outlay, you can vastly improved the sound qualities by fitting a third-party cartridge.
I would suggest that the OP buys the newest deck within his budget bearing in mind they can be had slightly cheaper without a cartridge initially.
alchemist 1 said:Just wondering if the new P3 would be a match in sound quality for my £1000 cd player ?Al ears said:BigH said:Its not worth waiting for new developments, turntables are very mature now, I doubt anything revolutionary is going to be produced. I would demo some different ones, Rega are OK but I would avoid the budget ones. The new RP3 is probably the one I would go for now, its new, its been tweaked up a bit, its reasonably price, however I would also try the Project 25th Anniversary, looks good.Rega I would not have their cartridges despite what WHF say. Once you start going over £800 then Clearaudio comes into the picture.
Glad to see you agree BigH. You are correct in that there's unlikely to be any massive improvements to these sort of decks in the near future. The Project looks good to me also if you like that style.
Also, to be honest, I think you'd be a mug to buy one with the usual fitted cartridges as, for a little more outlay, you can vastly improved the sound qualities by fitting a third-party cartridge.
I would suggest that the OP buys the newest deck within his budget bearing in mind they can be had slightly cheaper without a cartridge initially.
Well there appears to some debate over the quality of the elys carttridge,Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:Just wondering if the new P3 would be a match in sound quality for my £1000 cd player ?Al ears said:BigH said:Its not worth waiting for new developments, turntables are very mature now, I doubt anything revolutionary is going to be produced. I would demo some different ones, Rega are OK but I would avoid the budget ones. The new RP3 is probably the one I would go for now, its new, its been tweaked up a bit, its reasonably price, however I would also try the Project 25th Anniversary, looks good.Rega I would not have their cartridges despite what WHF say. Once you start going over £800 then Clearaudio comes into the picture.
Glad to see you agree BigH. You are correct in that there's unlikely to be any massive improvements to these sort of decks in the near future. The Project looks good to me also if you like that style.
Also, to be honest, I think you'd be a mug to buy one with the usual fitted cartridges as, for a little more outlay, you can vastly improved the sound qualities by fitting a third-party cartridge.
I would suggest that the OP buys the newest deck within his budget bearing in mind they can be had slightly cheaper without a cartridge initially.
That would depend on your cartridge and your set-up. You're comparing chalk and cheese otherwise. It's up to you, analogue or digital.
alchemist 1 said:Well there appears to some debate over the quality of the elys carttridge,Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:Just wondering if the new P3 would be a match in sound quality for my £1000 cd player ?Al ears said:BigH said:Its not worth waiting for new developments, turntables are very mature now, I doubt anything revolutionary is going to be produced. I would demo some different ones, Rega are OK but I would avoid the budget ones. The new RP3 is probably the one I would go for now, its new, its been tweaked up a bit, its reasonably price, however I would also try the Project 25th Anniversary, looks good.Rega I would not have their cartridges despite what WHF say. Once you start going over £800 then Clearaudio comes into the picture.
Glad to see you agree BigH. You are correct in that there's unlikely to be any massive improvements to these sort of decks in the near future. The Project looks good to me also if you like that style.
Also, to be honest, I think you'd be a mug to buy one with the usual fitted cartridges as, for a little more outlay, you can vastly improved the sound qualities by fitting a third-party cartridge.
I would suggest that the OP buys the newest deck within his budget bearing in mind they can be had slightly cheaper without a cartridge initially.
That would depend on your cartridge and your set-up. You're comparing chalk and cheese otherwise. It's up to you, analogue or digital.
other reviews seem to give the supplied elys a positive vote....... maybe a exact ?
On a practical note I have to make space for a future turntable acquisition.Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:Well there appears to some debate over the quality of the elys carttridge,Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:Just wondering if the new P3 would be a match in sound quality for my £1000 cd player ?Al ears said:BigH said:Its not worth waiting for new developments, turntables are very mature now, I doubt anything revolutionary is going to be produced. I would demo some different ones, Rega are OK but I would avoid the budget ones. The new RP3 is probably the one I would go for now, its new, its been tweaked up a bit, its reasonably price, however I would also try the Project 25th Anniversary, looks good.Rega I would not have their cartridges despite what WHF say. Once you start going over £800 then Clearaudio comes into the picture.
Glad to see you agree BigH. You are correct in that there's unlikely to be any massive improvements to these sort of decks in the near future. The Project looks good to me also if you like that style.
Also, to be honest, I think you'd be a mug to buy one with the usual fitted cartridges as, for a little more outlay, you can vastly improved the sound qualities by fitting a third-party cartridge.
I would suggest that the OP buys the newest deck within his budget bearing in mind they can be had slightly cheaper without a cartridge initially.
That would depend on your cartridge and your set-up. You're comparing chalk and cheese otherwise. It's up to you, analogue or digital.
other reviews seem to give the supplied elys a positive vote....... maybe a exact ?
Well, in theory, a turntable can never sound as good as digital regardless of what cartridge you put on it.
I for one do not agree with this theory, I heard some pretty rubbish CDPs. If you like analogue sound then that should be enough.
alchemist 1 said:On a practical note I have to make space for a future turntable acquisition.Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:Well there appears to some debate over the quality of the elys carttridge,Al ears said:alchemist 1 said:Just wondering if the new P3 would be a match in sound quality for my £1000 cd player ?Al ears said:BigH said:Its not worth waiting for new developments, turntables are very mature now, I doubt anything revolutionary is going to be produced. I would demo some different ones, Rega are OK but I would avoid the budget ones. The new RP3 is probably the one I would go for now, its new, its been tweaked up a bit, its reasonably price, however I would also try the Project 25th Anniversary, looks good.Rega I would not have their cartridges despite what WHF say. Once you start going over £800 then Clearaudio comes into the picture.
Glad to see you agree BigH. You are correct in that there's unlikely to be any massive improvements to these sort of decks in the near future. The Project looks good to me also if you like that style.
Also, to be honest, I think you'd be a mug to buy one with the usual fitted cartridges as, for a little more outlay, you can vastly improved the sound qualities by fitting a third-party cartridge.
I would suggest that the OP buys the newest deck within his budget bearing in mind they can be had slightly cheaper without a cartridge initially.
That would depend on your cartridge and your set-up. You're comparing chalk and cheese otherwise. It's up to you, analogue or digital.
other reviews seem to give the supplied elys a positive vote....... maybe a exact ?
Well, in theory, a turntable can never sound as good as digital regardless of what cartridge you put on it.
I for one do not agree with this theory, I heard some pretty rubbish CDPs. If you like analogue sound then that should be enough.
I will have to stack amp and cd player.
I was going to put the cd player on top of the amp, would that cause any problems ?
There would be plenty of ventilation.
stevebrock said:Sod that
my turntable wipes the floor with my Apollo Cdp
Not surprised though at over £4k
There's nothing wrong with the Elys. All Rega cartridges are designed to continue the Rega sound that the decks and phono stages are providing, which most people are happy with, based on the amount of people who continue to buy Rega decks with the pre-packaged cartridge. Most people just want to buy a "package" rather than messing about with bits of this and bits of that. Rega decks offer a lot of performance for the money.alchemist 1 said:Well there appears to some debate over the quality of the elys carttridge,
other reviews seem to give the supplied elys a positive vote....... maybe a exact ?
David@FrankHarvey said:There's nothing wrong with the Elys. All Rega cartridges are designed to continue the Rega sound that the decks and phono stages are providing, which most people are happy with, based on the amount of people who continue to buy Rega decks with the pre-packaged cartridge. Most people just want to buy a "package" rather than messing about with bits of this and bits of that. Rega decks offer a lot of performance for the money.alchemist 1 said:Well there appears to some debate over the quality of the elys carttridge,
other reviews seem to give the supplied elys a positive vote....... maybe a exact ?
Back in the 90's people used to try different cartridges on Regas like Goldring and Audio Technicas all the time, but in my 10+ years here, I don't recall anyone ever asking the question.
David@FrankHarvey said:There's nothing wrong with the Elys. All Rega cartridges are designed to continue the Rega sound that the decks and phono stages are providing, which most people are happy with, based on the amount of people who continue to buy Rega decks with the pre-packaged cartridge. Most people just want to buy a "package" rather than messing about with bits of this and bits of that. Rega decks offer a lot of performance for the money.alchemist 1 said:Well there appears to some debate over the quality of the elys carttridge,
other reviews seem to give the supplied elys a positive vote....... maybe a exact ?
Back in the 90's people used to try different cartridges on Regas like Goldring and Audio Technicas all the time, but in my 10+ years here, I don't recall anyone ever asking the question.