At least finish them the day before so you have a chance to enjoy them. :)Quote:
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At least finish them the day before so you have a chance to enjoy them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by greenhomeelectronics
Hi Colin,
Fair enough if that's what you've found, but it differs somewhat from my own experience.Quote:
I have actually had the opportunity to play with both, and would say the 7 gives 90 ish % of the 9 for 50% of the price
Interesting; I've never tried that. I'll bear it in mind next time when I'm recommending things to people with Regas.Quote:
The bizarre bit is if you take a 7, and very carefully pop the scalloped platter to one side, replacing it with a nice acrylic one, you have a superb deck, well for me. When you do the same thing to a 5 as well it lets you hear the differences that improved drive system on the 7 brings along, without the ceramic platter influencing the changes.
And it's the 9 you should go for. I've owned a 2, 3 (various vintages) 25 and a 5, and either heard or used the rest at some point in other systems. I would put the 5 comfortably ahead of the 25, as I feel the RB700 brings something significant to the party.Quote:
If rega marketed such as beast, say P6, as in the 7 with a glass platter, I would buy one tomorrow, put the glass to one side and add a nice acrylic platter. This would apply now you can get the 7 with a wood trim, as I am not keen on the aesthetics of the aluminium double glazing trim sported by the standard 5 and 7, and is probably why my 25 has survived this long. Having said all that, I think its to convince myself that the back up plan is acceptable. I want a 9.
Also I've found that a 5 with the T/T PSU is not far off a 7, but the 9 is where it's really at. Like I said, IMO, the RB1000 and PSU take it to a totally different level. PSUs in T/Ts, in particular, like anywhere else in a hi-fi system, have a HUGE impact on performance.
Another area where I've always had benefits with Regas (apart from the RB1000) is with the internal tonearm wiring and cartridge tags, which are really crap. Cardas copper linz (including press-on cartridge tags) IMO always improves on the stock items. Also, removing the paint on RB250s/300s/700s and having them professionally polished lifts performance quite noticeably. J7 from Audio Origami does this (and the arm rewiring) fairly inexpensively to a very high standard :)
Incidentally, have you ever tried a direct-drive like an SL-1210, particularly one that's been modified? Or do you just like what Rega T/Ts do? I can completely understand the latter, but if you're considering going to the expense of buying a P9 it could be interesting to investigate an alternative 'flavour' for much less money. I've been there and done that one ;)
Marco.
All plans shelved for a year or two now, as much as I'd like to change the power amp I just have to re-direct funds elsewhere for the time being. :(
That's fair enough, Rob; I understand. You're opinion on this perhaps may change after your visit to mine ;)
Just keep an open mind (as I know you always do). There's also that superb second-hand record shop in Guildford (Ben's Records) that aedangnino mentioned :):
http://www.bensrecords.com/
In the meantime I note that popular on-line vinyl retailer Stamford Audio have just joined us...
Marco.
Shame about that. No worries :)Quote:
All plans shelved for a year or two now, as much as I'd like to change the power amp I just have to re-direct funds elsewhere for the time being. :(
Marco.
Yeah, I'd love to spend spend spend on the system (well, the amp) but I have to direct as much money to sorting out another house, going to take a couple of years to get a decent deposit together, even a 5% deposit for a house round here is £20,000. :(
You never know, you might get an unexpected bonus before your visit next month ;)
Stranger things have happened.
Marco.
Unlikely given the company's current financial position.
Ah... Start your own business and go self-employed then, my boy, and you'll never look back :)
I've not worked for anyone else since 1995, and I don't think I could ever do so again either. It's much better being in charge of your own destiny.
Marco.
Well, I am second in charge here actually and this will pay me far more than I could earn being self-employed - I wouldn't know what to do. Also I couldn't be bothered with all the tax form filling and accounting. I have much more interesting things to do here. :)
It's just due to massive investment in the last year, shit loads of cash has gone out of the door and it's limited us for a year or so. Once we're past a certain level then everything's fine, we're just not used to sailing close to the edge. :)