Phil Bishop
16-12-2015, 11:29
I have decided to sell this deck which came to me direct from Rega in November. It was a toss up between selling this and my new RP3 but in the end I decided to sell the RP8. The reason? My view is the RP8 really needs a serious MC cartridge like the Apheta or a Dynavector to shine. When I factor in the cost of this plus a SUT for my phono stage it starts to look like more than I am prepared to invest for a vinyl set up. My RP3 and Denon DL-110 are all I really need.
I don't think this deck needs any introduction - it's a revolutionary skeletal design made of incredibly light materials, apart from the heavy layered glass platter. The tonearm is a RB808. The deck can either be used in "naked" skeletal form or with the surround and lid. All the details are on the Rega web site.
This deck came with a Rega Exact cartridge fitted. I tested it with the Exact and it sounded excellent. I also quickly whacked on the Denon cartridge which I possibly preferred. Other than that, it has had no use so I'm selling as new. It would probably have been tested for longer in the Rega factory than the hour or two's use I gave it.
So it's all perfect as I hope the photos (taken in quite poor light I'm afraid) demonstrate.
These decks retail for £1600. I'm offering this for £1100 but there is a catch in that it has to be picked up from my house in Reading, not far off Jn 10 M4. That will save me the grief and angst of packing and sending it and also the buyer can inspect it and check he/she is happy. Just by way of sales pitch, the price of £1100 is what you would pay for the RP6/Exact package and the RP8 moves you into entirely different territory :)
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I don't think this deck needs any introduction - it's a revolutionary skeletal design made of incredibly light materials, apart from the heavy layered glass platter. The tonearm is a RB808. The deck can either be used in "naked" skeletal form or with the surround and lid. All the details are on the Rega web site.
This deck came with a Rega Exact cartridge fitted. I tested it with the Exact and it sounded excellent. I also quickly whacked on the Denon cartridge which I possibly preferred. Other than that, it has had no use so I'm selling as new. It would probably have been tested for longer in the Rega factory than the hour or two's use I gave it.
So it's all perfect as I hope the photos (taken in quite poor light I'm afraid) demonstrate.
These decks retail for £1600. I'm offering this for £1100 but there is a catch in that it has to be picked up from my house in Reading, not far off Jn 10 M4. That will save me the grief and angst of packing and sending it and also the buyer can inspect it and check he/she is happy. Just by way of sales pitch, the price of £1100 is what you would pay for the RP6/Exact package and the RP8 moves you into entirely different territory :)
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