You still haven't answered the question as to whether you have heard an RP8 Peter, you will be on safer ground if you have
You can't pass judgement on an RP8 based on a listening sesh with the RP9, they are entirely different designs. I take your point on the 'perceived' value argument, but looks don't tell you how it will sound...
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I'm Dave.
You obviously can't deal with the truth.Originally Posted by PLINIUS
Rega bashing appears to be one of your specialities. You haven't heard the RP8, you haven't touched the RP8 and you haven't even seen the RP8 so how can you possibly criticise it and recommend another TT over it ?
Incidentally, the VPI Classic is over £2700 here.
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Most kind - I might well take you up on that!
You're also in a part of the country I like - I'd like a return visit to Audley End ...
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I'm Dave.
Why not ? You won't get any form of hard sell here..
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I'm PETER.
More to the point Dave, have you heard either t/t. No Rega, to date, can compete with the VPI & although the P8 LOOKS to be possably their best effort so far, it is unlikely that it will come close.You still haven't answered the question as to whether you have heard an RP8 Peter, you will be on solid ground if you have
You can't pass judgement on an RP8 based on a listening sesh with the RP9, they are entirely different designs. I take your point on the 'perceived' value argument, but looks don't tell you how it will sound...
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905 ...
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What has that got to do with anything, my coments were to a US member & pertained only to that market. Try to look beyond your own self-interest & actually read what I said. I doubt that the truth is something you know a lot about, you have presented no argument, just name calling, which speaks volumes about you.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905 ...
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I'm Dave.
Not too happy with your inferences and aggression. This really isn't what we expect on AOS.
You are very perceptive and yes, I am a Rega dealer and have been for almost 40 years but I also stock a range of different manufacturers' turntables.
There was no "self-interest" intended. As a Rega dealer I was giving the AOS forum a sneak preview of a turntable they will, no doubt, be hearing a lot about in the coming months.
Unlike you, I have actually seen and heard the RP8 you are damning.
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Ok, guys, I've been watching this one for the last hour and it's going nowhere constructive, especially now that things are getting personal. I suggest that you simply agree to disagree and move on.
The thread was started to discuss the RP8, therefore I insist that the discussion progresses now in terms of those who've listened to the turntable in question expressing their legitimate opinions, and/or those who are possibly interested in buying one, expressing theirs.
Any further 'niggling' will be removed without further warning.
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Well Marco, in the spirit of AoS I find it difficult to understand how anybody can dismiss a product without having listened to it first. To quote Duncan Bannatyne from Dragon's Den, "It is utterly ludicrous..."
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Can I point out that Rega are very popular in the US and many over there prefer them to VPI. I would guess both RP8 and VPI Classic 1 would sell for under $3000 over there. Only listening to both is going to determine which sound best or which presentation is prefered. I don't think Peter has any right to advise potential US customers based on his experience of previous Rega products. I have only heard a VPI Classic 3 which is a bit special for the money though at a much higher price.
Paul.
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