My 2019 Update Thread - My final system I think.

[struth]

indeed... whens the board meeting?

[hornucopia]

Not sure why the power supply needs 'breaking in'. Surely it's just voltage?

[Ali Tait]

Wonder how it’ll be before you start modding it.

[Gazjam]

Not sure why the power supply needs 'breaking din'. Surely it's just voltage?

Oh now theres a question!
I'll give it a go Chris.

With any new component factors like capacitors taking time to form, (at microscopic level caps have tiny holes which fill in when voltage is applied over time, changing various electrical charactaristics and eventually over time get the cap operating to the ideal "designed for"electrical spec.

In the case of power supplies, the big electrolytic capacitors' serial resistance (and other factors) changes over time as voltage is applied and operates differently the longer its been on.
This process can translate to sound quality changing once the components have some time on them.
When you think that electrical designers design a final product to perform and sound a specific way...and choose internal components to make that happen...all the electrical characteristics are important.
Why pick this resistor over that, why that particular cap...etc.

My own personal listening experience with new gear shows this burn in factor to be real, and I always give any bit of new kit a couple of weeks normal daily use to settle in.

Dont over worry about it, just enjoy the improvements as they roll in.

Again, to go past top level "voltage is voltage" view...
QUALITY and stability of voltage matters.
These come from the quality of components used and the way they are implemented in circuit to best make use of their properties, towards an end design goal.

A deck like the P10 needs to run as quiet and accurate as possible, and in designing its power supply Rega engineers have been quite clever.
Aside selecting quality capacitors and the like; and implementing them properly, its quite clever how the power supply /speed controller regulates the speed and keeps it accurate.
Again, the Quality and stability of the 24V it provides to the motor is key.

(from Rega's blurb...)
The speed and control of the motor is achieved by using a new DSP (Digital Signal Processing) generator built upon a high stability crystal. This device will divide the accurate square wave from the crystal to the exact frequency required to turn the platter at the selected speed. The DSP core will also generate a near perfect sinusoidal waveform to power the motor.

Anyways...

Happy to leave the technical stuff alone, cool as it is, and enjoy the music.
it sounds very very vunderbar, so works for me.

[Gazjam]

Wonder how it’ll be before you start modding it.

Not sure I can do better than Rega's engineers with this one...

[Ali Tait]

You’ll be looking at a fancy cart somewhere down the line, I’ll put money on it. :-)

[Gazjam]

You’ll be looking at a fancy cart somewhere down the line, I’ll put money on it. :-)

Dunno man...
the Rega Apheta 3 MC I got fitted with it is pretty great.

When I demo'd the Planar 8 and the 10, both were fitted with Dynavector MC's, the 10 had the same XX2 I had fitted on my Gorbe, loved that cart.
Im getting a better sound at home with the Apheta 3 than the Dynavector on the same deck.

But hey...never say never, right?

[Ali Tait]

Look forward to hearing it mate.

[Gazjam]

Its a noticable step up from the Gorbe I had before mate, even with an SME V bolted on it.
Surprised...but not surprised at the same time.
Rega know their stuff for sure, and have done something really special here.

Brians first reaction..
"Yup, thats a 4 and a half grand turntable, you can hear it."

The P10's not long out, so not many reviews out there yet.
Jason Kennedy likes it.
http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardwa...ntable-and-arm

It really doesn't sound lke a turntable, more like a sorted Reel to Reel with the same rock solid flow and image stability, but pulls detail out and presents it in a way I've never heard before.

it's helluva thing.

[Bigman80]

Its a noticable step up from the Gorbe I had before mate, even with an SME V bolted on it.
Surprised...but not surprised at the same time.
Rega know their stuff for sure, and have done something really special here.

Brians first reaction..
"Yup, thats a 4 and a half grand turntable, you can hear it."

The P10's not long out, so not many reviews out there yet.
Jason Kennedy likes it.
http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardwa...ntable-and-arm

It really doesn't sound lke a turntable, more like a sorted Reel to Reel with the same rock solid flow and image stability, but pulls detail out and presents it in a way I've never heard before.

it's helluva thing.

What phonostage are you using Gaz?