Rega Reviews

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It is amazing how many great reviews Rega products all over the world.

Rega are a specialist company that manufactures everything in the uk and also sources as many parts as possible close to home. They achieve performance results way above the multinationals and the companies that just slap a famous British name on a pretty ordinary Chinese product.

Have a look at some recent articles:

What hi-fi?  https://www.whathifi.com/news/rega-reveals-50th-anniversary-edition-of-the-superb-planar-3-turntable

Rega Naiad to Naia https://www.whathifi.com/features/rega-naiad-to-naia-how-a-no-expense-spared-randd-turntable-became-a-pound12k-reality

HIFI CHOICE The Elex MK4 has received another exceptional review in the latest Hi-Fi Choice Magazine. They have awarded the highest accolade of ‘Editor’s choice’.

Just some of the many key positive quotes…

“The Elex MK4 feels like an enormous amount of amplifier for the asking price” - Hi-Fi Choice.

“The build is absolutely superb and the metalwork feels significantly more expensive”  - Hi-Fi Choice.

“The tonal realism is outstanding. Rega has long excelled at producing amplifiers that manage to sound lively and energetic without tipping over into stridency” - Hi-Fi Choice.

HIFI Choice Rega Saturn

“The Saturn MK3, like its intended customers, cares more about flow, interplay, tonal colour, texture, coherence and capturing a true sense of performance” – David Vivian Hi Fi Choice.

Rega Elex Mk4 The EAR and AV Forums

https://the-ear.net/review-hardware/rega-elex-mk4/

https://www.avforums.com/reviews/rega-elex-mk4-integrated-amp-review.20444/

 REGA Planar 10 Video

Part 2: The Rega P10 - Why? (A story of engineering humility & determination) - YouTube

REGA ELICIT, Best Amplifier of the Year 22

https://the-ear.net/review-hardware/best-hi-fi-components-of-2022/

I'm certain there are more that I've missed, that will keep you busy looking for a while anyway!

Michael

Sonus Faber Speakers

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Sonus Faber have been making speakers for a long time. Forty years in fact, which makes them almost as old as Lyric Hifi!

They have always been known for the most amazing finishes and workmanship and been likened to the Italian violin makers of old.

From unashamedly high end products there is now a range starting from very reasonable prices so let's look at a few.

The starting range is Lumina which features 2 bookshelf and 2 floorstanding speakers. Looking at the range I have chosen to stock the Lumina 1 bookshelf at £ 799 and the first floorstander the Lumina 3 at £ 1999, these are really well priced, which you don't expect from a handmade Italian company !

Both have a gorgeous walnut front with the cabinet case in black.

Then when you go up to the Sonnetto range you get even more impressive cabinets and precise drive units.

There are two bookshelf models under £ 2000 and then three floorstanders that take you up to £ 5700

As usual the real woods are beautiful

While we have started with 5 models from two ranges there are more to follow as the range extends to £ 30k plus!

Lets see how it goes !

T

Meta Meta Meta, so what?

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The Meta buzzword is everywhere these days.

The Meta Verse will be where we all live and work, on a Meta Platform, hopefully with non-meta food and drink!

For two years now Kef have used Meta to describe a leap in their technology, so what actually is it?

Kef use meta material, a material that is created with in a lab, maybe like the meta verse it shouldn't exist. 

This can be formed into complex shapes, in this case tubes, why?

Well every time a treble or midrange unit moves forward to produce sound it then has to move back again. This pushes air back into the cabinet and the resistance can restrict the drive unit's movement. Over the years companies have various solutions for thsi varying from stuffing the cabinet inside with wool or foam to extreme shapes of tapering tubes behind drive units.

Yes that looks extreme but that's what the tubes are technically there for!

Meta does the same thing without you seeing it.

This disc contains kilometres of tubes of varying thickness taking away the back pressure and allowing the drive unit to play with dramatically reduced air pressure interference. There is one behind each uniQ drive unit and so it works from 20k down to about 600Hz.

Magazines, dealers and many industry specialists don't want to talk too much about it as it is a really big deal but there is no doubt that there is a feeling that this is a game changer. This doesn't necessarily mean that any Kef Meta speaker is right for you or your system however it does mean you must have a listen before choosing anything else.

As What Hifi said 'KEF is on to something with the Metamaterial technology'

Meta technology started in the LS50 meta and is now employed in the LS50 wireless2, R3 bookelf, R%, R7, R11 floorstanders, all new Kef Reference speakers and the Blades and Blade 2.

Most of these are available for demonstration, come and check them out for yourself

NEW NAIM PLATFORM FOR 2023

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IT's been a while and it's been worth the wait!

Naim's Classic Series is the mainstay of the range, the products that made their reputation, and the most followed and loved for 50 years.

And here's the gorgeous latest version playing in Lyric Hifi!