Well Rega have done it again with best turntable award 2015 in that price catigory, now I'm a big fan of Rega having owned a Planar 3 for over 25 years, but I have often wondered why there has not been a serious British made rival of equal (or better ) performance at that price point, I think Rega needs some stiff competition to encourage them to move forward with new designs at the budget/mid range price points. I guess Rega work on the premise that if it aint broke don't fix it. Since they dropped the P2 model, several companies have jumped into that void left by Rega and have re branded and modded the old P2, Edwards audio being just one, but its a Rega with mods, although very good ones. Goldring and Flexon being 2 more P2 hijackers. It would be good for us punters to have more choice at the sub £700 level of British made turntables that can seriously rival a Rega and get equally good reviews, the majority of turntable sales are sub £700. Of course its obvious that Project are Rega's biggest rival (although the new Thorens range may have some thing to say about that) at similar price points but I'm looking at possible British made decks, perhaps there is one, but its not surfaced yet! This might all sound a bit controversial but I hope it encourages some thoughts and ideas from the members.
Chris
Chris