Open minded would mean listening to music on both records and CDs (and even tape if one has the means). There are a humongous number of songs and albums that are not on vinyl or at least never reissued on records since the original releases (going back to the 1920s). So going only with records would mean missing out on a huge selection of music especially if one listens to music from the 1910s to 1940s.
I just started getting into vinyl. I spent a lot on DAC / digital but was never satisfied. So far I love the analog sound. I have the RP6 with Exact 2 MM with a cheap Schitt phono. Fun journey. Thanks for sharing.
Dear Buddy Sean, thank you for your sharing!!! 😄👌👍💪 Our vinyl analogue sounds and music! RP6, Exact2 and Schiit?...I know! Lovely isn't it! May you and your family be well and happy, safe and healthy 🏡💚🍀
You are the coolest and the most honest and humble guy ....in the audio community and you are really in love with music....your talk is very sensible...and informative. thanks!!
Dear Brother Choi, thank you very much for your time and kind friendship too. Let's march on, no, dance along with analogue music :-D!!! All the Best Buddy!!! See you anytime we catch up again!..
Hello there again. I'm in to audiophile since 2000. Today I own a digital based system, in which I have a brand new, recently bought network player (playing FLAC), solid state pre + power amp and a pair of Dali speakers. After viewing this video 2 days ago, it got me thinking... and today I decided to buy a turntable. In fact, I just bought it. It's a Rega RP-1, entry line, just to taste. I decided not to spend so much at first, because I don't know what to expect from vinyl after the pacticity of the digital. Well... if it really gives me a more "palpable" soundstage, I will definitely invest more. Well, this is it. Just passing by to thank you for your encouragement. It was because of your video that I joined the analog comunity. Keep feeding us with your material. Probably you don't realize, but you give us plenty of joy with your charisma. Best regards from Brazil.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback! My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D Everybody does. Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback! Thank you very much my friend from Brazil! Thank you Pacato :-D Sincerely, ian.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback! My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D Everybody does. Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback! Thank you very much my friend from Brazil! Thank you Pacato :-D Sincerely, ian.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback! My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D Everybody does. Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback! Thank you very much my friend from Brazil! Thank you Pacato :-D Sincerely, ian.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback! My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D Everybody does. Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback! Thank you very much my friend from Brazil! Thank you Pacato :-D Sincerely, ian.
+BLauPunKT What are your thoughts on the RP1 so far? I have the exact same table myself probably with worse quality speakers and amps however, but I still love it. Keep in mind that if you want a truly analog experience you should look out for records only mastered on analog production chains. Many records today are just digital sources of the CD version pressed onto the analog record medium, giving a not so impressive experience.
I've decided this will be my second turtable. Watching your videos and doing more research on what makes a good turntable, I feel more confident than when I first started with this hobby. It may be one or two years until I'm able to purchase the Rega 6, but until then I'll enjoy the journey. Thank you Ian!
Have fun!Brother!!! The Rega RP6 is a very accomplished turntable!!!!!! Please help yourself! I apologise for my late reply my friend. I wish you and your family be well and happy, safe and healthy :-) ~ ian.
Beautiful video my friend. I have been building a good playback system for ten years now and have finally found myself in the position to go to vinyl. Wow. What a journey and what a hobby. I took the first step with rega P3 and now I can't stop tweaking and playing with it. So much fun. Thanks again for your excellent advice 🙂
Hello Ian! A wonderful message and heartfelt review. I too love my RP6! I upgraded from the RP1 a little while ago and I run the RP6 with a Rega Ania MC cart. It sounds lovely 😉 I opted for the high gloss white as it was the last one the dealer had, I wanted black but I have to say I’ve fallen for it and love the white finish. Unfortunately it’s so easy to be dragged into the snobbery of hifi. I believe that music is the main component in every setup and that it can be appreciated on any budget. Keep up the great work, it’s much appreciated 🙏
Hi, I already checked some of your video and I come up to this old one. I'm came from not a rich family and might not have that struggling but I do understand points you are talking about. I started my music journey like 7 years ago. I just gathered my humble small 5.1 system last year and a 2 channel system. My main source was an entry level yamaha cds 300 I got some old CD from my home and some from Japan trips. And now I am about to put my quote last big investing, I am going for a Rega P6 Ania and Fono Mc. I just started fresh with 7 Vinyls and coming. My system gathering are wuite bizaar and may be even unmatched, so spare me those humilation. But I do love the sounds. I using 90watt 2 channel and 90 watt 7.2 receiver. The speakers are closed cabinets. It worked well in my tiny Flat/Condo to not so loud to adjacent rooms. I hoping my best with the up coming P6, which I should not never be replaced except for the catridges. You might not really read this but thank you for the space and I love to see you and family enjoy this, my wife also not against this and I hope she would find happiness from the music too. Best Regards, Han
How did I miss this video! Well done Ian! I thoroughly enjoy your honest, informative and humble reviews. You are a great advocate for vinyl and for music in general! Thank you for what you do. And I am really enjoying my new P6. :)
Was about to buy a Rega RP6 when the distributor here in the Philippines told me they don’t have any stock anymore. He then gave me a good deal for an RP8, which is too tempting to pass up.
Love your videos. You have access to such great vintage Japanese Preamplifier's like an E7-B Sony. I don't understand why you wouldn't use something like that instead of a Rega Box.... I have been importing your vintage labs gear , and it is truly exceptional once I have it serviced , may as well be accuphase or luxman. People are in the dark over here. I'm going to put your heritage back into the light. Your lab team's were some of the best that ever existed in the late 70's.
Brother, thank you for your kind comments. But I am not a Japanese. I am a Singaporean👋😄!! Thank you for watching my videos my friend. May we enjoy our common vinyl analogue bliss.🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶
I started off with a Rega Planar 3 with matching R100 cartridge in 1981. It was £148 for the turntable including VAT. It featured the original S type tonearm and was my first taste of real HiFi. I look back fondly on those early years, a new vinyl LP usually sold for £2.99!
THIS AMERICAN LOVES YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND INFORMATIVE REVIEWS. I TOO HAVE OWNED A P3,P25, AND A P6 AND I LOVE IT! REGA TABLES HAVE SUCH INTEGRITY AND CLASS THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF IN AWE OF THEIR TABLES.
Dear Kevin :-D, thank you for your kind words. Apologies for my late reply... I am happy you have been enjoying the quality all along! Best Regards and have fun in your vinyl journey with your friends!!!! Warmest Regards, ian :-)
+Edward Barr Thank you for your kindest support and encouragement Brother Edward!!! :-D I am thrilled! My wife happened to pass by and viewed your comment over my shoulders... She said thank you to you too!!!for supporting this husband of hers who is crazy about vinyl analogue!!! Best Regards to you and your family too! Ian :-)
Thank you for sharing your love of audio. I have to agree with you about digital vs. turntable. I have an old Technics turntable with a 2M Red and a Schiit preamp. The digital I'm using is mostly high bitrate FLAC; there is a life in the analog that isn't there in the digital.
Thank you Buddy Fred👏😄🙏 We love analogue magic and truth!!!💚💚💚🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶 Warmest Regards to the Johnson family and stay safe and healthy. Stay vigilant and go slowly with the steps of sanitizing when out buying groceries. Wear a mask, bring some basic deep-water mix/sanitizer in a small bottle when out. Stay safe and secure my friend and your family.
Dear Pacato my friend, thank you for coming by and dropping in a note! Thank you for your encouragement!!!and we are all on this vinyl journey together!!! Let's go!! I wish you the best regards with all your vinyl friends there in Brazil too!!! - ian :-)
Hello Ian, what a great video! You are the man! Thank you so much for the shoutout "people in Germany go with Clearaudio" :D That is so cool! Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the Rega RP6. I listened to it for several times and I agree with you. It's a fantastic turntable. I can't wait to hear more about your hifi journey and the Avid in the future. Talk to you soon :) Armien
Brother Armien!... hahaha... you're on my mind when I gave that shoutout "my friends in Germany, go with ClearAudio! The way to go!" Because I know you have a gorgeous setup with that super ClearAudio rig of yours with custom built tonearm too! Your cartridge is also superb. Hehhehheh Bro, I know you're one super humble guy who doesn't show off your system. I continue to learn a lot from your knowledge of music genres. Keep up your good work brother! Glad to have you around always. Best regards to you and all of you friends in Germany!!! Ian! :-D
Love your videos man - am happy that you are not a snob. Yes vinyl is indeed the way to go. I have a CEC ST-930 TT and 2 Original version Rega Plannar 3 and a michell tecnodec with a Tecnoarm. Nice to see a fellow junkie in Singapore
Rameish Siva ooooh MAN WHAT CLASSICS YOU HAVE!!!! Keep them my Brother 💪😄 !!! Nice to see you post some videos of your vinyl rigs. Will be helpful as viewers will feel even more galvanized by our vinyl love and energy! Hahaha yes😄
Thank you Mr Abreu! you too!... you're keeping the vinyl playback magic alive too!!! I am sure you have positively influenced the people around you to appreciate it and even take it up too!! :-) Best regards! Ian.
Thank you Mr Abreu! you too!... you're keeping the vinyl playback magic alive too!!! I am sure you have positively influenced the people around you to appreciate it and even take it up too!! :-) Best regards! Ian.
Ian great job, you remind me of myself and yes I ran into snops here in the US, but I finally found a good dealer, in town who hears music the way I do and isn't trying to constantly try to get me to buy that 10,000 turntable. It's about the music. Ian is that a Avid pulsar, you have upgraded quite a bit and yes I came from a poor back ground as well, keep up the good work and play some music off of that beautiful turntable.
Wow I'm so happy for you Brother McNulty!!! You've found your great retailer who loves music the way you do and "doesn't keep trying to sell THAT turntable"!!!! Hahaha... I know what you mean ;-) hi five! Don't we love such retailers?! They cease to be retailers who just 1)offer fair prices and 2)five good professional service... They are 3)friends, who give guidance and don't shy away from referring us to other products/brands they don't carry!!! Most of them can do 1) and 2)... but can't do 3). Dear Brother, I appreciate your support and encouragement. I did this video upon your prior pointers and encouragement too! Thank you Brother McNulty:-) Best regards, Ian!
Down Under Vinyl Hi Nick🤗... yes i saw your channel videos and identified immediately your yellow Exact cartridge on the black RP6 as well!!!! Hi five👐👐!!!😄 Best Regards again my friend, ian!
Dear Friend in -Vinyl :-D, thank you for coming by and saying hi too!! Warmest Regards and have a good weekend listening to your vinyl records too. ~ ian :-)
Heh! P9 is a keeper!!!!!! Don't ever sell it!!!!!!! Brilliant performer. Able to beat many many tables costing twice as much easily! RB1000 is legendary. Nothing much about my Avid brother. The retailer for Avid here in Singapore is very humble. The retailer for Rega in Singapore is equally humble and superb in service. Both of them treat me very well and were never ever pushy in sales. Very openminded business people :-) by fate I bought the Rega and the Avid. Thank you for viewing amidst your precious time dear friend :-D... Thank you very much. May your family be well and happy:-), Ian.
Vinyl Gourmet thank you fellow vinyl friend for your encouragement... :-) yes I will keep doing my best!! Spinning my vinyl as you messaged! Warmed my evening! Thank you friend!
love all the info... love the humility of your effort to show it doesn't have to cost thousands and thousands to make a quality sound... but where are your reviews on the speakers? I need your honesty on what is the best value for great performance.
Dear Buddy Chris, thank you very much for your kind support and words... I hope you have been enjoying your very own Technics :-D Warmest Regards to you and your vinyl friends! ~ ian.
And lastly - your snob friend is indeed lost - decent vinyl playback has always began with a Rega Turntable - I should know........, I once worked audio retail during the early 80s|90s, and we sold boatloads of them. Thanks once again Ian for keeping it real and remembering your roots - as many tend to forget where they came from. Long life - O_o scar
NosTubes58 Wow!!! You worked in audio retail in the early 80s 90s?!! :-D cool!..... hahaha... boatloads of Rega sold... happy days!!! Dear friend, i will heed your advice and support and continue to keep my Rega table. My first foray into vinyl... Rega, my benefactor of Vinyl enjoyment :-) Good health to you too Oscar!!
You are right on about much of the audiophile community losing touch. I have been looking at the new RP-10 with mc cartridge as my last upgrade. I like the simplicity of setup that you mentioned.
Yes indeed it is, the RP10. Brother Richard, please pick up the Rega book: A Vibration Measuring Machine. You'd know what is really, really going on in Rega's engineering and why their turntables are so great. I agree with your choice, the RP10. Fuss-free, highly engineered, zen-like. High quality. Simple. Like Muji products in appeal. Warmest Regards Richard... let me know when you are picking one up!!!! ~ ian.
Thanks for sharing, I have a Rega RP6 in red! It does all the things you said. I like your views on whether using the Rega Fono Stage discontinued and connect to PreAmp Phono Stage (McIntosh C2700)
Wow Brother!!! Thank you for catching up💪😄✌😄 congrats on your RP6!!! I'm very happy you're enjoying your vinyl analogue music!!!🎶🎵🎶🎶 But brother, sorry, as I'm unable to help you on whether to go for the Rega Fono, as I've never heard the C2700 properly before. I hope you'll find your way easily!!!
+timinno Dear friend, do go ahead!!! WOWWWWW!!!!!! Please keep us UPDATED!!! I am sure you will have a very beautiful, enjoyable time ahead.... years, years of enjoyment... The Vinyl Analogue magical, dynamic and beautiful sound will be here for all of us for years and years. Best, best regards, Ian :-)
Very encouraging video, loved it. The only sad part is that many of the new records cut today are made from digital sources. Even remasters said to be from the original master tapes are sometimes still made from a digital source of the master tapes instead (Looking at the 2014 Led Zeppelin remasters). But if you get into vinyl you should know the hard work ahead of you and a less convenient experience. That is part of the fun for me however. Discovering the worse sound of some records and preferring the older reissues just gives a longer journey and deeper knowledge of my record collection. And at the end of the day its still best not to worry too much and just enjoy instead.
"...Discovering ...the older reissues just gives a longer journey and deeper knowledge of my record collection..." Very, very well said. I like it. Succinct. We really do rediscover them, and appreciate them so much more now :-D.... Thank you brother for coming by again !! ~ian.
Thank you Glenn... everybody has their positive stories...hahaha, this is my own little one :-D But thank you really for dropping by a note and your encouragement. I appreciate your kind gesture! May you have a wonderful musical journey ahead too.... ..again, thank you for your time my friend. - ian.
Back in '81 Rega only made 2 turntables. The Rega planar 2 with wooden surrounds & a thinner glass platter - this was very popular with first timers & many are still out there, a snip at £118 including arm. And of course the cult Rega planar 3 with thicker glass platter which was yours in any colour so long as this was black. I hope you have enjoyed your history lesson!
John Smith Thank you Brother👍😄✌!! Thank you for sharing with me these information! Adds to everyone's knowledge!!! Thank you my friend for your time. Warmest Regards🤗
Hi I’m new to this analog record systems, recently I bought aThorens TD203 TT with Ortofon 2m blue cartridge for 799 Canadian Dollar (on Amazon)and I’m enjoying it,as you said yes I can see the real differences in analog and digital playback, vinyl sounds more of live musical . And I just like your reviews on RUclips.
Heh Buddy :-D Hi five!!!!!! Yes hehheh analog is just different :-D POSITIVELY!!!!!!!! It sounds more live because it lacks the prering, ring, postringing, time smear and phase shifts of digital that unsettles our mind! I am very happy you can attest to that, experience and continue to enjoy and live it for the rest of your musical journey! Warmest Regards Den!!!
Interesting commentary. Love your channel so far, this is an older video, but as this was a more personal video it was nice to see a little of the man behind the great reviews and felt I had to comment. There is plenty of inexpensive gear that performs amazingly well. One thing I can say is that most speakers restrict you from amazing sound moreso than the source material and front end.
Cujobob Dear Brother... thank you😄🖑 for your kindness and encouragement... i am very happy to hear your thoughts and experience!!! Point taken definitely about those speakers you talked about👍😁✌ Warmest Regards, ian.
I am not a snob, I own the Rega P6, very commendable table Can be tweaked for further enhanced performance, but performs well out of the box Rega offers good value
Yes I agre. Rega turntables P1, P2 and P3 are the class leaders indeed. Only the P6 gets some serious competition from the technics sl1200gr😄🤗🤗🤗🤗. Do enjoy your beautifully understated P6. Superb.
Nice video. I upgraded from a Planar 2 to an RP6 (gloss green!) and and extremely happy with it. The RP6 makes high quality recording LPs simply sound stunning - and 'live' in playback performance. In fact, several of my favourite albums sound better than I've ever heard them anywhere else, on any format. It is however unforgiving of poor quality pressings, revealing all of their flaws in fine detail!I found that isolating the table on a Rega wall bracket mounted to a solid wall improved the noise floor to virtually indiscernible levels on clean recordings.
+Nathaniel Hornblower Yes I just clicked and saw your previous videos on your Planar2! Seeing another vinyl friend like you experience vinyl analogue magic is so exciting and heartening!!! :-D Hi Nat, thank you for sharing!!! Thank you for taking time out to chat over here with me. I value your friendship and efforts. Best Regards to you and your lovely family too!!! Sincerely, Ian :-)
Ian, it's nice to see that your entire family is able to enjoy music with you, and don't be afraid to call the differences between vinyl and digital for what they are in reality - as you're merely speaking the truth. Once again very informative videos. Be well, O_o scar
NosTubes58 "...and don't be afraid to call the differences between vinyl and digital for what they are in reality..." :-D THANK YOU Oscar!!!! Great that vinyl listening has become a family event and binds my family together....seated together in front of the stereo and listening together. I am sure it has done for you too! Best Regards Sir. ian :-)
Hi Maurice, Thank you for coming by!, I have been making videos regularly and you can check them out on my channel. Hope you find them useful :-D Warmest Regards, ian.
I too enjoy your videos very much! I'm an old guy and not too long ago, I got intrigued by the resurgence of interest in "records". So, I dug out my old turntable, which has survived more years than I care to admit to, as well as numerous moves. Why I kept it, I haven't a clue; I mean, vinyl was dead, right? It's a Dual 1242, so NOT a high-end model. It still works, so I bought a decent (but not great) cartridge and a few pieces of "kit" to make sure it might work correctly; I didn't want to sink too much money into it, just give it a fair test run. It worked surprisingly okay. It's a tribute to German engineering/manufacturing. So, now I've been bitten by the vinyl bug, as exemplified by my watching your channel. Unfortunately, my means come nowhere close to my ability to purchase the objects of my desires. Even a Rega P3 is well out of my league at present. But I've often found that, if one is patient, possibilities present themselves. Until then, I'll continue to watch your channel as my favorite source of information. Then I'll know exactly what I want when it's time for me to pounce!
Yay!!! Warmest Regards to you, your family and your lovely system!!!! Dual 1242 and a superb German piece of built doing duties as ever in your home. Lovely!!! Thank you for coming by and spending time with me, thank you my friend🤗🤗🤗 Hehheh, vinyl is alive, well and kicking, due to us😄🙌🙌😄 May you and your family be well and happy 🍀safe and healthy always✌🏡💚🍀🎶🍀
i myself have only just put together a decent 2.1 channel vinyl system. but yes in terms of tonality and presence my humble project record player with grado blue cart and acrylic platter and tons of isolation, stomps my old 2k denon sacd transport. not to say i dont still enjoy an sacd once in a while, i find myself reaching for them less and less. very glad to see your videos and look forward to some new stuff. would love to here your advice on low cost power filtration as i have a ground loop or dirty ac that causes a tiny hiss at high volumes with no content playing! thanks !
Dear Brother!!! Grado Blue is good!!!! Very happy that it stomps your SACD trasnport. Hahaha.. metoo... i very seldom, play music from the digital front nowadays, except while driving some times. Apologies though, I do not have the best experience and thorough advice for your last question on power filtration... I am sorry brother Jason! Warmest regards, and hope you are having more and more fun playing more and more vinyl records!!!! - ian :-)
Well said and well done ! No room for snobbishness in this very humbling journey called Hi-FI. Curious, I am just learning about AVID (I am in the USA and it is not a very well distributed brand, unlike VPI, Pro-Ject, Rega etc) and am wondering how the Avid Sequel has performed ? I am considering AVID Sequel vs Rega P8/P10 and others along the similar price point.. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thx.
Thank you my friend from Argentina...Gracias!! See you around, and may you have a great vinyl'ing journey ahead with more and more friends! Warmest Regards..
Consider this video retweeted! Well done! I started my vinyl journey with a vintage Goldring-Lenco GL75, but as I already had a Rega Planet and Luna amp (remember the Luna, Rega fans?) I really wanted a Rega. I bought the P3 with Elys2 cartridge. It was like being snuggled up in a warm blanket with Earl grey tea and oranges - just a warm and cuddly and nostalgic sound - truly wonderful. Of course I upgraded it to a P5 first with an Ortofon 2M Blue (detailed and analytic) and then a Goldring 1042 (more rhythmic, smoother and more detailed treble than the Ortofon). I bought an external Creek Phono Stage to upgrade the built in one on the Rega Mira 3 amp I was then using. Nowadays I use a Rega RP8/Exact/Aria with the Elex-R and RS5 speakers. Heavenly!
Wow Mark!!! :-D amazing journey you HAD too!!! Exact with Aria sounds Magical. I TOTALLY understand!!! And those Goldring cartridges are just beautiful aren't they? Well done for having used the 1042 cartridge before. You had a very good journey...littered with gems along the way. Now you're in Blissfulness. :-) Cheers cheers my friend! Sincerely, Ian. And thank you for your kind appreciation of my video... very happy!
Dear friend, of buying today, I would choose the RP6 because of its better cartridge prepackaged together with it (the Exact over the Elys), the better double-layered glass platter with a thicker rim for much better intertia and speed stability, and lastly the TT-PSU that also comes mandatorily prepackaged with the RP6's motor specially designed for external speed control. :-D This is my frank choice. Best Regards my friend :-D, and may you have happy days playing your vinyl records, - ian.
Geekanoids Dear Dave!! I am more than checking out your channel now-- i am viewing your videos with interest!!! Thank you for creating a good channel for us. Definitely, for me!!! I am viewing the wireless earphone now now after the youtube camera! And great hike for you!!!! :-D Best, best regards Dave!!!!!!!!
Hi Ian, thanks so much for checking out my channel too. If you are looking for a new camera I highly recommend the Canon 70D (for at home) and the Canon G7x II (for light vlog videos). This video might help ruclips.net/video/IDONG0l6jXs/видео.html Now, my addiction for vinyl and rediscovery of music is coming back and your channel is great, I love your presentation style. Right at this moment I am watching your Schiit :D videos.
Your Welcome. I will be on holiday in Japan early next year and plan to follow in your footsteps around the Shibuya vinyl shops, and maybe even pickup a MP150 cartridge.
Robin Hood Roger that my friend 👍😄!!! You can catch shots which i had taken in my current latest video at Yodobashi Camera at Akihabara...these shots were of the cartridges and their prices!! Spot the MP150 too💪😄!!
The RP6 was on my next turntable list (in gloss white HaHa) until I started looking at VPI. Now it is the VPI Scoutmaster with a 10.5 inch tone arm. The new VPI Prime looks very interesting too! Oh boy.....
My friend...choices choices!!!!... Yes the VPi Scout does look substantial and classy!!! :-D whatever floats your boat and vinyl dreams!! Update me again! Would love to see your new VPi in action! Yummy! Best Regards :-), Ian.
Wow!!!!! My eyes glowed in happiness AND in equal measure: stress!...because it is a tough choice to pick between the two of them!!!!👍😄✌you are good my friend!!! I may veer towards the GR because of the flexibility and fun in changing cartridges almost at will, and its easier usability. But both sound quality are almost equal. The top plate of the GR may feel a bit plasticky compared to the great old SL1200Mk3/4/5/6s. The P6 has very well executed principles that deliver superb vinyl analogue playback sound! Do read the Rega book: the vibration measuring machine. It details the principles of design and critical parts of the turntable which have to be made extremely well with very tight tolerances. Buddy you are on a roll!!!!!✌😄👍🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶
Thank you so much for the professional advice ! Seems I will reconsider the p6 as I may use one cartridge for long time , nagaoka mp-300 is my choice by now.😆
If I could name more than 8-10 albums where the quality is sufficiently high on 80% of the recorded material, I'd be 100% fine with vinyl. Having grown up in an era when it was the ONLY real choice (cassettes need a much more expensive player than I could ever afford), I lived with milk cartons full of vinyl records but nothing is more annoying that buying a double album that has - at best - 3 tracks worth listening to. Soundtracks now are WAY better than they were in the 70s, and that would be the only genre I could see myself consistently shelling out 30-40aud (!) for whenever I wanted new music. Spotify gives me access to more music than I could ever have dreamt of as a teenager - I still have the option of paying for the albums that resonate with me but more importantly I get to dodge the absolute dross some bands feel they can foist on their fans. Thanks for the video,
Hehheh.... Brother from Australia :-D !!!....yes true.... a simple Spotify can easily let us access many songs....RUclips uploads from generous people who took the time to do them too... I agree :-D.. yup, some bands do insert some dross into their albums!... Warmest Regards and have a restful Sunday night my friend. Sorry to have missed out on this message for two weeks Brother. Thank you for your time.
i just got RP6 3 days ago, its one of the best buy. to my ears, it beats my former Linn Majik table hands down in terms of churning out honest to goodness music. the Linn has accurate tracking but sounded bland or even sterile against the RP6, Rega has really done itself proud.
Wow!!! Brother! Thank you for updating us again!!!!! :-D really thank you for all the interaction and updates... give all of us vinyl friends continued boost!!! Amazing....how you SHARED your experience of Linn. Thank you again! Talk to us again!
Hi Ian, just subscribed to your channel :-). I am a musician (composer) and sound is definitely one of the key component I am looking for in a turntable system. I've been looking at Pro-Ject DC, Audio-Technica, Music Hall and Rega. Your reviews are great and very informative. Sound, music is so subjective so it's really hard to choose what's going to meet your needs but I think I tend to lean towards Rega after watching your reviews :-) I've also listened to the P3 and P6 in Singapore (Adelphi) and the differences is obvious however the price is definitely much higher on the P6. So I think what I may be going for and based on my budget, get a P3 without the cartridge and upgrade to an Ania Cartridge... Thoughts? Thanks for reading and have a great weekend, cheers!
Well done , a true enthusiast . My equipment is old but has been modified by myself and sounds fine . There's a lot of snobs with money in hifi like other hobbies , they are usually quite gullible to fads and trends and waste money on things that don't make the sound better just different . The HiFi trade relies on them to sell ever more units.
Dearest Brother :-D EXACTLY!!!!!!!! gosh, lots of things that we can help correct!!!! Hehheh!!! You are a true enthusiast too!! So much marketing garbage pervading and "influencing" paid audio reviewers. Sigh. It is up to us, people power, to help correct the situation, and help all fellow buddies and friends in this lovely hobby :-D !!!!!! Best Regards my friend, and may you have a great week and journey ahead! ~ ian.
Dear Buddy, we're all in this together💪🤗✌... and please let me wish for you and your family🍀🌱🏡🍀🍀🍀, good health and safety, and you all, be well and happy always. We will march on. Together. 💚💚💚
Dear Buddy :-D the P6 vs the UltraDeck... very tough call my friend!!! I have not procured them, nor listened to them A-B anywhere as yet. BUT, two friends have tried indeed, and chose the SL1200GR over these two decks. I am amazed!!! Warmest Regards to you and your family in France and have a great week ahead with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers!! ~ ian
I’m new to the vinyl world and was really thinking about getting a Rega P2, aside from some decent speakers what else do I need to get the best sound from my turntable?
Brother🤗, hi!!!! Thank you for your coming by and catching up! Okay let's get to the issue. May I ask, are your speakers active or passive? If they are active, you would just need your P2 paired to a Schiit Mani phonopreamp (USD129), and the output of the Mani connected to the input terminals of your active speakers.
Hello Ian. That RP6 looks like a fine table! I was brought up in a humble working family. Mom, Dad and my older sister. We weren't rich money wise, but rich in love. I really like the vintage Japanese audio equipment. They need to be preserved. I love my Pioneer PL-518 TT. I appreciate your passion and candor about audio. Therefore you shall be dubbed Sir Ian, member of the Royal Court of Vinyl Afficianados. (RCVA). Cheers mate!
Me too brother... my dad's a school teacher, mum's a home maker. Hope you have good Sunday evening at California.... right now I just had breakfast and listening to MoFi James Taylor with the Grado Red cart. Wow good one there that sounds like RCA :-D!!! No brother, I am no sir, just a small pawn who loves prodding on vinyl and equipment. Just like you who would love: www.hifido.co.jp/KWpioneer/G0301--/P/A10/J/0-15/S0/M0/C14-85009-32017-00/ AND.... www.hifido.co.jp/KWpioneer/G0301--/P/A10/J/0-15/S0/M0/C17-11965-60158-00/ Two choose one... which one do you prefer? Thank you for your kindness and time BROTHER coming by!!!!!!! Remember to choose one.
This is perhaps your most entertaining video, busting the myth of $$ vs performance. I recently toyed with a $$-spirited hi-fi connoisseur using a Rega P3. Moral of the story: $$ equipment “may” sound better, but a carefully setup system will definitely sound much much better than $$-driven one!
Yeah definately, it requires great skill and ability to listen, in order to fine-tune a turntable & cartridge. Also speaker placement, extremely difficult to get 'right' If you only have money and no ability to make good setup, you'll have wasted alot of money. Even a moderately priced system, with careful setup and fine-tuning can sound amazing.
You were very smart to start with a quality "Plug and Play" option. This Rega is a great choice. Vinyl pressings have greatly improved over the past 10 years.
Keith Ling Just need to watch out where the vinyl is sourced from I try to buy music sourced from analog tapes. Of course the newer music is digital so you have no choice.
Hi Ian. I have stumbled across your videos and I love how passionate and analytical you are. Amazing job! I have watched several of your videos and since I am about to buy my first turntable (system), I was wondering whether you could make some recommendations to someone who is just getting into vinyl. I was thinking to get the Rega Planar 1, however I am not sure about the preamp and speakers. What would you suggest? Greetings from Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sanjin
I sold small Heco ones to a friend....that wasmy 2nd pair in the kitchen attached to a Akai midi system which is dissimulated in the drawers :-) No need to have a brighter sound than my vintage 70ies Kenwood Ka-3700 on small wooden Panasonic speakers rom 2001: perfect match for the oily dampy kitchen...would like to try Dali with a valve tube amplifier...but the hifi is too expensive to spoil it with fat damps...I spend 2 hours per day in the kitchen listening to this small 25 W combination....waste of quality and details in the music...new idea: turntable in the kitchen to listen to Erasure, B52's and Queen and Rondo Veniziano lol. PS: next to the flower and pepper in the upper cupboard thrones a Denon DRM-710 tape deck :-) it was my wish to have in every piece of the apartment at least 1 complete set of hifi system, except turntable...1 of 3 midi Kenwood turntables works properly and my Rega P3. I need 2 new needles for the Kenwood P-94 and the P-84, but the P-84 seems to have serious automatic arm problems...
Just discovered your channel here the other day and i have seen almost all of your videos now. I think it's great to see someone who actually loves vinyl for the musical experience and don´t care about the price-tag as long as it sound good. For the last 15 years i have been a surround-guy wit some hign end stereo wit cd's and streaming, but a couple of months back i had the pleasure of hearing av mid priced vinyl-based system and i fell in love. At this moment i am still saving up since i dont wanna buy cheap, enjoy it, sell with a lose, buy the next step and so on. So i wondered if you could say something about how you experience the diference in sonic quality between the Avid and the Rega p6?
Dear Rune, thank you for sharing with me your great experiences with detail, and I know how you feel. I loved listening, collecting and buying music since I was 11years of age back in 1986, saving up coins (I come from a very average family, dad is a teacher, mum is a homemaker) and when I have enough, I went to buy a cassette album costing S$8 (about USD6) during then :-D...and have always been interested in enjoying my music.... and I was involved in digital playback for many years in my audiophile hobby since 1995. I have never agreed with vinyl playback!!!...but until early 2014, when my wife asked me to get a affordable turntable for her to play her Japanese vinyl records shipped over from Japan, I discovered to my amazement, what I have been out on! The music that emanated from the RP6 through a humble Rega Fono MM Mk2 was tremendous. I smiled widely and bought it. My wife initially had wanted a RP1, but hearing much of what I can achieve of the RP6, I ignored her :-D and bought the RP6. Dear Rune, you are a very experienced audiophile and a reasonable one. My friend, to me, I can totally go to Desert Island with my Technics SL1200Mk5 now with a Grado Green/ Goldring Elektra / Nagaoka MP110 with a Schiit Mani phonostage and enjoy my vinyl music forever. This is my happy final realization: vinyl analogue magic with that dynamics, coherence and beauty, can be enjoyed at such highly affordable prices. To say that the Avid sounds much much better and gives me heavenly sound, I hope it will not detract from the absolute beautiful music which the Technics+Green/Elektra/MP110, or RP6, can give. I am enjoying my Technics+Green/Elektra/MP110 every day. ..."dont wanna buy cheap, enjoy it, sell with a lose, buy the next step and so on.".... good one Rune :-D Thank you for catching up with me here!!! :-D You can email me at hivinyws@gmail.com Sincerely, Ian.
Wow!! Thank you for your kindest tips!!! :-D really thank you! I will look at the methods you suggested. Really learned from your feedback! Greetings for you and your family. Ian :-)
Hahaha.... I am not sure my friend... I tried to ask my local Rega retailer but they are unsure too. Perhaps your insider news would be helpful!!! :-D Thank YOU brother!! If you have them, just let us know too! Warmest Regards, - ian
Hi Ian, thanks for the videos. I see below that someone asked the question about the RP6 vs. the Planar 3. You said you would take the RP6 because, among other things, the RP6 had the better cartridge. But what if they both had the MP-110? Would the RP6 still be better in your opinion?
Dr. J. Yes my friend 👋😄 the rp6. Coz the rp6 has a dual glass platter with the second layer adding that flywheel effect for better speed stability, and it comes standard with an outboard power supply. So if both P3 and RP6 were to sport the same superb MP-110, i will definitely take the RP6. Thank you my friend for coming by and catching up! Warmest Regards and see you again!💪😄✌
R Jan Dear friend R Jan, I have sold my harbeth SHL5+ speakers in Feb2015 because I realised that they were really unideal to my requirements of accuracy and musicality. I did a thorough comparison with my B&W and other friends' speakers in Feb2015, and was shocked at how far the harbeths were behind all other speaker brands and models that I am lucky to have auditioned. It was not easy for me because they had cost me about US$7k in Oct 2014, and not easy to realise and admit to myself I have bought too much into the hype over them without auditioning and spending more time at the process. Thank you for your kind and courteous enquiry :-)
Hi there. I found your channel a few days ago and watched almost all your videos. They are very entertaining, clear and to the point. Oh, and the music you use is also great. I want to upgrade my tt to either a Rega P6 (the new model) or an Electrocompaniet ECG1 (can't really explain why, but these are my two options). My vinyl collection mostly comprises of prog rock, but I also listen to classical and jazz sometimes. I'm very interested in sinergy, and I want my stuff to have the characteristics you praise - punchy sound, but not hollow, with smiley EQ. So my question would be if you heard the Nagaoka MP500 and if it would be a wrong mach for a Rega P6. The phonostage will also need upgrading, so I was wondering if you had the chance to hear the new Rega Fono MM (mk3) and how it compares to your prefered budget one - the Schiit Mani, and how you think it would fit the setup - a Rega Aria is in the books, but not for now. My concern with the Electrocompaniet is that I read it can sound too smooth, and I don't know if you can offset that with cartridge choice (something like Ortofon 2M). Rest of my system is Naim Nac N 172XS + Nap200 with B&W PM1. Thank you, and greetings from Romania, keep up your very nice series :)
Dear Friend, You have a fantastic system!!! You have a very big budget, and yes the P6 will definitely be up for it. It takes a lot of money (if you buy other brands) to beat a Rega turntable in terms of performance. This is what many of us friends have realized. Apologies that I have not heard the MM Mk3 yet, but it will be in the books and I will review it as soon as possible within the next few months. I doubt it can beat the Schiit Mani. The Rega Aria is a scorchingly great phonostage in MM mode (not in MC mode, like most other sub-$5k phonostages in MC modes, sadly, except the Avid Pulsus). I do have the MP-500, preliminary results show it to be extremely superb!!!! Amazing cartridge, great, great, great sound. Your PM1 must be giving you a lot of goosebumps with clarity and realism on offer every day :-D... Amazing setup with some really solid Naim electronics. We shall see if the ECG1 will outperform your NAC+NAP... exciting to see the results!! Do update me :-D Warmest Regards for your hifi journey and vinyl journey :-D, ~ ian.
Thanks a lot for your reply and quickness, Ian :) Seems like Rega + the MP500 is the way to go. About my system, it's all SH or ex-dem, so got everything at almost half price (with some trade-ins here and there). Love your passion for this hobby. Also, if you get the chance, try to audition JBL 4312SE - I just heard them yesterday and, although I like a slightly sophisticated sound (and puncy), the very raw sounding JBLs are the first speakers that made me forget all the equipment and gave pure joy. I kept laughing during the audition, it was joy. They sound very raw, but in a great way - so try to hear those, you might find them very very much fun. If I had a big room, I would get them over any speaker I heard at even 4-5 times the price. Ofc it's all personal, but no other speaker made this impression on me. Thanks again for your feedback and your passion. :D Bogdan
OH yes, my friend Bogdan, I forgot to let you know that you would need to acquire the Rega tonearm base spacer to bring it up by 6 to 8mm (3 to 4 spacers, each giving 2mm height increase), so as to allow the Nagaoka MP-500 to achieve the ideal Stylus Rake Angle of 92degrees. I have that in my experience with Nagaoka carts and my Rega P3. :-D I enjoy reading the way you write so lively about the JBL4312 speakers!!! hahaha okies, if i have the chance, I will hear them. Thank you brother!!! And, yes, best regards for your vinyl journey! ~ ian.
Dear Brother, you can actually just buy ONE spacer, and this spacer is able to adjust for 2-4-6-8mm by turning it around. THis is a aftermarket spacer. The original Rega ones are solid spacers each giving a 2mm height increase. But this aftermarket one gives you 4 settings. You can look at this video: ruclips.net/video/NFnkv6cAqgg/видео.html :-D Hope it goes well my friend!! Warmest Regards, ~ian.
Dear Big Brother Ron, thank you yet again. Vinyl really is such a heart-warming platform. I am totally in love with it, and the community of friends and acquaintances too kind.
Hi enjoying your reviews. My oldest LP's are 50+ years old eg. Jini Hendrix, Jethro Tull & many Deutsche Grammofon classical-all fairly battered & currently in the loft of our 3OO year old cottage where we are retited in France. Thinking of resurrecting them with a Rega Planar 2-or is that too much? Would appreciate suggestions. I hava a Bose Lifestyle System since appearance is important to my wife. Thanks, Roger
Roger Waldram Brother Roger... thank you for your nice comments and feedback, and your story!!! 300yr old cottage with LPs....shhhhh😄✌!!! Okay brother... i fully recommend you to get the Rega Planar 3... white. The Planar 2 still has the rough lesser quality plinth finish which will not appeal to your wife. The Planar 3 has the modern, high quality laminated finish, and together with the OptiWhite glass platter shimmery edge... and overall Zen-like appearance, should apoeal aesthetically to her. It also looks simple and simple enough that she would use. I know...because i realize that with my wife too!!!! 💪😄. Just bought a white P3 seven weeks ago. She loves it. Sound quality: best in class.
Thanks for your quick reply-the RP3 is €988 from Am fr-ouch! Discounting is rare in France it seems. Just been watching your jaunt in Japan & enjoying your music & John Coltrane through Bose-just downloaded from Spotify-sounds good-made wife & dog jump when Blutooth doofer came to life after charging. Cheers, Roger 😎👌
I see! Sorry for the late reply brother... just woke up and rushed to clinic to start work :-D... thank you for coming by other videos and looking at the Japanese trips I made and excerpts I filmed... John Coltrane Blue Train is a nice record :-D thank you for sharing with your family!!! Best Regards and enjoy your weekend bro!
Dear DSylva :-D !!! Hi!!! Thank you for coming by and catching up! How are you doing on this weekend?! :-D My email is hivinyws@gmail.com Best Regards, - ian
I have always like the cd version of all my Elvis records And rock albums but I like to bring out my vinyl once a year or twice and play my albums for hours it great. I just don't want to spend a lot of money on a record player but at the same time don't want to buy junk! I just bought a vinyl record of Amy wine house black to black I like the sound then I put in the cd of the same album and I thought the cd sounded better than the vinyl but I do plan to buy all her albums on vinyl so I can say I have all her music on record
Loved hearing the personal story/journey... and the retailer is obviously long - I have heard $25 USD used tables that sound just fine - it is all setup and speakers that matter the most. My UTurn is considered a "cheap" player and looked down by most audiophiles - but I have had people with golden ears say great things about it, even Michael Fremer has good things to say about the table. It won't get you 100% audiophile performance, but it will get you 85-90% there... those last 10% are where those kind of retailers live.
+dixielandfarm Yes I agree with you. I disagree that one has to spend big bucks to ENJOY music. I really wanted to get a U-Turn 2 weeks ago, but because Singapore uses 230v, and U-Turn doesn't provide any facilities for a 230v version... a couple of my friends and I held back our purchase. U-Turn is really a great turntable I really agree with!!! Totally!!!!!!
+HiViNyws channel The motor actually uses a power supply that brings it down to 24v AC, so I think you can find an adapter pretty easily and still be able to enjoy the UTurn... As a matter of fact, I think that is the same voltage a Rega uses...
Καλησπέρα κύριε ....πως γίνετε να παραγγείλω απο την χώρα σας Ιαπωνία να μου στείλουν το turntable technics sl 1200G στην χώρα μου Ελλάδα συγνώμη που δεν τα γράφω στα αγγλικά δεν τα ξέρω καλά ..σας θαυμάζω.....
Any music on any support is always only as good as the original recording and the master done from it. You can get great sound, great musicallity, a massive soundstage with air and holography out of digital, if it's recorded and mastered properly. The problem is a lot of things aren't mastered properly, because digital is too permissive and allow them to brickwall limit to sound louder, and that's good enough for them. Vinyl doesn't allow that, it have to be properly mastered; that's why it ends up sounding better a lot of times, despite being technically inferior.
Buddy, thank you so much for saying all these out loud and teaching fellow friends about this fact!!!!!! I learnt from you too!!! Thank you Sir. Warmest Regards and may our paths cross again soon. Happy vinyl'ing my friend! ~ ian
@@HiViNywschannel I started my audiophile journey with digital, and went vinyl because I got fed up with only finding poorly made remasters. Knowing nothing about vinyl, your channel was a god send, you taught me how to setup my turntable and a lot more; so, thanks to you too sir :).
Hey Mate Quick question..how do you decide when you need to upgrade your turntable? I received from my grandparents lately Sony turntable from 1979 it's actually first turntable I've and everything is new to me. I'm slowly learning different kind of stuff about turntables and vinyls. Reason why I wanted to get turntable was because some of the bands I listen don't release CDs or any other formats but vinyl only and I really wanted to listen their music so there you go. I've been thinking should I upgrade to Rega RP6 or Pioneer PLX-1000 (DJ turntable I like the looks of it) but I seem to be happy with the sound quality I've right now I replaced the needle since it was 30 years old but little used but I've now new one. I can't change cartridge in this model at all..Also does in your RP6 get any clicks and pops on records? I've bought new records where some pop in exactly same spot over and over while some records don't produce any other noises than they should. I only use like..carbon fiber brush and eyeglasses cleaning cloth gently on the record before I play it and clean the needle as well. How I should choose when to upgrade? Also I'm thinking to replace my pre-amp Project with the Schiit Mani one. :) cheers
+SmirGel Dear Friend!!! :-D I can't be too quick in my reply. It will be carefully thought out and written to prevent any misunderstanding and to facilitate proper approach and insight and how to make the best inroad into vinyl playback without making mistakes. Mistake like what? :-) mistake is when people get into vinyl with first purchase: buying Crosleys and some other turntables that regrettably...sound so horrible that after 1month or 2months, the owners would get so tired and ill incentivised to listen to vinyl anymore...and chuck it to one side... chuck it to one side not for listening, but just as a style statement... a hipster statement. These owners would not be fooling their friends who came by because these friends would NOT impressed with such lousy sounding vinyl players... but they won't say it. None is the wiser in the above situation.... *** Remember that in the 60s and 70s, it DOESN'T matter if one were to start off with a turntable that is really entry level and sounded horrible, because that is the only way to listen to music i.e. vinyl. But now, with mp3, computer files, bluetooth speakers... it is pretty easy to see the CONS with having a vinyl setup that sounds horrible...and to forsake the vinyl setup after a month or two, back to digital format playback, which is so much more convenient and cheaper. THUS, the only only incentive, for the VINYL WAVE to be truly SUSTAINABLE and LONG LASTING.... is: for the PUBLIC to REALISE that :-) : --->>> VINYL MUSIC PLAYBACK is WAY BETTER than digital. How can that be achieved? :-) Getting a vinyl setup that is SOUND-WORTHY. A REGA RP1 or PROJECT DEBUT CARBON.... + a SCHIIT MANI PHONO PREAMPLIFIER. US$400+US$129. Match them to an Onkyo A9010 amplifier US$300 and a pair of Elac Debut B5 US$230. Whole system: $1060. You can also get the Aktimate Mini+ B or Aktimate Blue active speakers instead of the Onkyo+Elac combination. The Mini+ and Blue are terrific speakers that has Epos speaker pedigree and Creek amplifier pedigree, and 2 pairs of RCA inputs which you can hook up to your TV, and to your vinyl setup, and it includes a USB input for your computer files!... AND it has Bluetooth connectivity so that you can stream music from your smartphone over. Very clean... no need for another "BOX" lying around (i.e. the amplifier). Thus you see my train of thought... you see that I am not being a snob by suggesting that to enter into vinyl, one must at least get the above... because anything less than that, will not be sound-worthy enough for the user/owner to continue the vinyl journey. :-) *** It is understandable to have vinyl records that keep having that tick/pop at the same spot again and again repeatably... :-) don't be too hard on yourself okay? You're doing fine! You may get Spin Clean to wash/clean your records. Carbon fibre brush (for the vinyl record) is good for casual cleaning before putting that stylus down onto the spinning vinyl record. *** I'd still recommend the Rega RP1 or ProJect Debut above the PLX1000 :-) *** Keep me update my friend! :-D Best Regards, Ian.
+HiViNyws channel Hey mate, thanks for detailed reply! I've currently Sony PS-LX231 -> Pro-Ject Phono Box MM/MC Phono preamp -> O2+ODAC it's DAC/AMP for headphones but I use RCA to 3.5mm so I use headphones to listen vinyls I don't personally like speakers. I am more worried about my Pro-Ject not going so good so I might as well order Schiit Mani from USA and ship it to EU it shouldn't be that expensive. I don't personally think the sound is horrible (not that I've even heard any expensive/modern turntables in person) but for my kind of music it sounds okay to me at least but my biggest problem with the Sony is that there isn't any way to get any upgrades to it like change new cartridge or so. Just needle can be replaced to stock one. I choosed Rega RP6 over RP3 cuz of the speed changer device where you just press a button to change speed to 33/45. I've 45rpm records as well so changing speed in RP1 or RP3 seems trouble some that's why I was thinking the DJ table or RP6. But as I've always though about myself I just need a turntable that has the features like easy to change speed and good quality sound decent enough but not cost 10,000€ to me :D so yea.. in my region RP6 seems to go between 1300-1600€ with EXACT cartridge but Pioneer DJ turntable goes about 700€ without cartridge. www.project-audio.com/main.php?prod=phonobox www.jdslabs.com/products/48/o2-odac-combo-revb/ also if I decide to get the Schiit Mani it will fit nicely to my small package thing going on with the O2+ODAC ;)
+SmirGel I see! :-) Agreed.... And also... i second your thought of getting the RP6 to supercede your Sony turntable as your high worth turntable. It has provided me to this date...and in fact, to this minute (I AM listening to the RP6+Exact+Mani NOW as I am typing this reply to you), wonderful beautiful vinyl analogue sound performance. Yes, Schiit Mani with the RP6. Superb! And, Congratulations mate!!! Best Regards! Ian.
When you have a Rega RP6 you don’t have to say anything to prove a point. Period. !!! It needs no endorsement and those who buy the RP6 know exactly what they’re doing. People buy a Rega because they know Rega. Publicity for the RP6 is actually insulting the product. Vinyl The murder of vinyl was the computer CD recorder which should have never been sanctioned That was the injury the insult came with free downloads and vinyl took a hit. Those who use digital today, sadly never ever heard vinyl. The human ear is made for analog 😃😄
Your digital front end, (costing $10k) sounds flat, 2 dimensional to you? ...so!??? ....my "Asian-Pacific digital" system cost me $1900. Sounds 3D, depth of field, good soundstage, airy, decays very nicely!!!! ...with "Chi-fi" Rogers LS3/5 spkrs, JBL 570. I'm more than happy, have a few $$$$ in my pocket!! I also have descent vinyl collection, all genres, Kenwood kd 500 table, moving coil/magnet carts, (5)....no arm/step up. ???since '99??? Been an "Audio-fool" Music lover since 1973....big whoop? I actually enjoy yr enthusiast adventures on video! Peace from Temple Hills, USA. 😆😆
record players and phono preamps sound different to Dacs and CD players. NOT better or worse, just different. And no an rp6 does not sound more 3 dimensional than a 100k digital front end. absolute nonsense. They are usualy comparable in performance. In fact i will say that in my experience at the same price point, the dacs ive tested outperform a turntable. Records are beautiful things as are turntables. They have a good enjoyable sound as do Dacs and CD players. If you think your Dac sounds harsh change it to one that does not. This nonsese about records sounding better is absolutely incorrect. Btw I own both DAC and turntable.
In a perfect world, everybody would have this kind of approach to hi fi and music....humble, honest, thoughtful, healthy thinking...
A smart and open minded guy with good ears! Vinyl is the way to go. Cheers!
Thank you Yippie for your kindest comments!!! :-)
may you have a wonderful weekend! and let's Keep the Vinyl Spinning!!!:-D
Open minded would mean listening to music on both records and CDs (and even tape if one has the means). There are a humongous number of songs and albums that are not on vinyl or at least never reissued on records since the original releases (going back to the 1920s). So going only with records would mean missing out on a huge selection of music especially if one listens to music from the 1910s to 1940s.
You are the man! Always keeping it true and humble, thank you. This is my favorite audio channel on YT by far
Buddy Alvaro!!! Thank you for catching up here again!°°👋😄👋😄👋😄🎵🎶!!! WE keep on spinning or records!!! Warmest regards brother!
I just started getting into vinyl. I spent a lot on DAC / digital but was never satisfied. So far I love the analog sound. I have the RP6 with Exact 2 MM with a cheap Schitt phono. Fun journey. Thanks for sharing.
Dear Buddy Sean, thank you for your sharing!!! 😄👌👍💪 Our vinyl analogue sounds and music! RP6, Exact2 and Schiit?...I know! Lovely isn't it!
May you and your family be well and happy, safe and healthy 🏡💚🍀
Hello. What amplifier are you using? Id get p8 with apheta 2 and rega aria. What amplifier should i use? And speaker as well. Thanks
You are the coolest and the most honest and humble guy ....in the audio community and you are really in love with music....your talk is very sensible...and informative. thanks!!
Dear Brother Choi, thank you very much for your time and kind friendship too. Let's march on, no, dance along with analogue music :-D!!! All the Best Buddy!!! See you anytime we catch up again!..
Hello there again. I'm in to audiophile since 2000. Today I own a digital based system, in which I have a brand new, recently bought network player (playing FLAC), solid state pre + power amp and a pair of Dali speakers. After viewing this video 2 days ago, it got me thinking... and today I decided to buy a turntable. In fact, I just bought it. It's a Rega RP-1, entry line, just to taste. I decided not to spend so much at first, because I don't know what to expect from vinyl after the pacticity of the digital. Well... if it really gives me a more "palpable" soundstage, I will definitely invest more. Well, this is it. Just passing by to thank you for your encouragement. It was because of your video that I joined the analog comunity. Keep feeding us with your material. Probably you don't realize, but you give us plenty of joy with your charisma. Best regards from Brazil.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback!
My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D
Everybody does.
Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback!
Thank you very much my friend from Brazil!
Thank you Pacato :-D
Sincerely,
ian.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback!
My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D
Everybody does.
Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback!
Thank you very much my friend from Brazil!
Thank you Pacato :-D
Sincerely,
ian.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback!
My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D
Everybody does.
Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback!
Thank you very much my friend from Brazil!
Thank you Pacato :-D
Sincerely,
ian.
Dear Pacato :-) it is okay! I was not keen on vinyl playback for 20 years (between 1994 to 2014)...but once i heard what the rp6 gave at the retailer's store with a humble integrated amp and speaker setup, i know what i have been missing and wrong about vinyl playback. I have always been a digital guy prior to 2014. But it is okay we don't denounce the merits of digital playback, it is just that i find vinyl playback much more involving with the sound quality it exudes and emanates. I love it totally. My mind is totally eased, refreshed, excited, engaged and invigorated all at the same time listening to vinyl playback!
My whole family now loves it very much since 2014 and we are looking forward to help more and more friends get engaged and appreciate vinyl playback. It is very beautiful, both the sound aspect, and the human aspect. We made lotssss of friends :-D
Everybody does.
Let's walk on, spin on and enjoy our analogue playback!
Thank you very much my friend from Brazil!
Thank you Pacato :-D
Sincerely,
ian.
+BLauPunKT
What are your thoughts on the RP1 so far? I have the exact same table myself probably with worse quality speakers and amps however, but I still love it. Keep in mind that if you want a truly analog experience you should look out for records only mastered on analog production chains. Many records today are just digital sources of the CD version pressed onto the analog record medium, giving a not so impressive experience.
I've decided this will be my second turtable. Watching your videos and doing more research on what makes a good turntable, I feel more confident than when I first started with this hobby.
It may be one or two years until I'm able to purchase the Rega 6, but until then I'll enjoy the journey.
Thank you Ian!
Have fun!Brother!!! The Rega RP6 is a very accomplished turntable!!!!!! Please help yourself!
I apologise for my late reply my friend.
I wish you and your family be well and happy, safe and healthy :-)
~ ian.
Great video as usual, and I love that you share your passion for music with your family, keep up the good work, greetings from Texas, U.S.A 😃
Beautiful video my friend.
I have been building a good playback system for ten years now and have finally found myself in the position to go to vinyl. Wow. What a journey and what a hobby.
I took the first step with rega P3 and now I can't stop tweaking and playing with it. So much fun.
Thanks again for your excellent advice 🙂
Hello Ian!
A wonderful message and heartfelt review.
I too love my RP6! I upgraded from the RP1 a little while ago and I run the RP6 with a Rega Ania MC cart. It sounds lovely 😉
I opted for the high gloss white as it was the last one the dealer had, I wanted black but I have to say I’ve fallen for it and love the white finish.
Unfortunately it’s so easy to be dragged into the snobbery of hifi.
I believe that music is the main component in every setup and that it can be appreciated on any budget.
Keep up the great work, it’s much appreciated 🙏
I don't plan to own more than 25 to 30 records, so a decent entry-level turntable is all I need. Thanks for recommending the Rega 'plug and play'.
Dear Buddy Ken :-D...yes, go ahead my friend!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, I already checked some of your video and I come up to this old one.
I'm came from not a rich family and might not have that struggling but I do understand points you are talking about.
I started my music journey like 7 years ago. I just gathered my humble small 5.1 system last year and a 2 channel system.
My main source was an entry level yamaha cds 300 I got some old CD from my home and some from Japan trips.
And now I am about to put my quote last big investing, I am going for a Rega P6 Ania and Fono Mc. I just started fresh with 7 Vinyls and coming.
My system gathering are wuite bizaar and may be even unmatched, so spare me those humilation. But I do love the sounds.
I using 90watt 2 channel and 90 watt 7.2 receiver. The speakers are closed cabinets. It worked well in my tiny Flat/Condo to not so loud to adjacent rooms.
I hoping my best with the up coming P6, which I should not never be replaced except for the catridges.
You might not really read this but thank you for the space and I love to see you and family enjoy this, my wife also not against this and I hope she would find happiness from the music too.
Best Regards,
Han
How did I miss this video! Well done Ian! I thoroughly enjoy your honest, informative and humble reviews. You are a great advocate for vinyl and for music in general! Thank you for what you do. And I am really enjoying my new P6. :)
A pleasure to watch your video. Well done !
Thank you Sir!!! :-D
Thank you for your support...
Best Regards to you and your family,
Ian
Was about to buy a Rega RP6 when the distributor here in the Philippines told me they don’t have any stock anymore. He then gave me a good deal for an RP8, which is too tempting to pass up.
Ooooohhh no RP6 but an RP8 at a heavily discounted price!! Take it then Buddy!! :-D Update me again!
HiViNyws channel I already did and I love it!
@@keanesee01 hi
Love your videos. You have access to such great vintage Japanese Preamplifier's like an E7-B Sony. I don't understand why you wouldn't use something like that instead of a Rega Box.... I have been importing your vintage labs gear , and it is truly exceptional once I have it serviced , may as well be accuphase or luxman. People are in the dark over here. I'm going to put your heritage back into the light. Your lab team's were some of the best that ever existed in the late 70's.
Brother, thank you for your kind comments. But I am not a Japanese. I am a Singaporean👋😄!! Thank you for watching my videos my friend. May we enjoy our common vinyl analogue bliss.🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶
I started off with a Rega Planar 3 with matching R100 cartridge in 1981. It was £148 for the turntable including VAT. It featured the original S type tonearm and was my first taste of real HiFi. I look back fondly on those early years, a new vinyl LP usually sold for £2.99!
John, I think that was the Rega Planet no?
THIS AMERICAN LOVES YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND INFORMATIVE REVIEWS.
I TOO HAVE OWNED A P3,P25, AND A P6 AND I LOVE IT! REGA TABLES HAVE SUCH INTEGRITY AND CLASS THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF IN AWE OF THEIR TABLES.
Dear Kevin :-D, thank you for your kind words.
Apologies for my late reply... I am happy you have been enjoying the quality all along! Best Regards and have fun in your vinyl journey with your friends!!!!
Warmest Regards,
ian :-)
Yet more sound advice from our brother in analogue All energy and power and avery happy new year to him!!!!
+Edward Barr Thank you for your kindest support and encouragement Brother Edward!!! :-D I am thrilled!
My wife happened to pass by and viewed your comment over my shoulders...
She said thank you to you too!!!for supporting this husband of hers who is crazy about vinyl analogue!!!
Best Regards to you and your family too!
Ian :-)
Thank you for sharing your love of audio. I have to agree with you about digital vs. turntable. I have an old Technics turntable with a 2M Red and a Schiit preamp. The digital I'm using is mostly high bitrate FLAC; there is a life in the analog that isn't there in the digital.
Thank you Buddy Fred👏😄🙏
We love analogue magic and truth!!!💚💚💚🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶
Warmest Regards to the Johnson family and stay safe and healthy.
Stay vigilant and go slowly with the steps of sanitizing when out buying groceries. Wear a mask, bring some basic deep-water mix/sanitizer in a small bottle when out.
Stay safe and secure my friend and your family.
@@HiViNywschannel Yea we being safe. Your videos are always so heartfelt, thank you. Stay safe.
@@fredjohnson9856 Yes Brother!!!
Physically distant,
But,
Socially, we're closer.
💚🤝💚🤝💚🤝💚🤝💚🤝💚🤝💚🤝💚
Hello there. Loved your video. Feels great to see so much passion involved on the audiophile hobby. Cheers from Brazil.
Dear Pacato my friend, thank you for coming by and dropping in a note! Thank you for your encouragement!!!and we are all on this vinyl journey together!!! Let's go!! I wish you the best regards with all your vinyl friends there in Brazil too!!!
- ian :-)
Hello Ian,
what a great video! You are the man!
Thank you so much for the shoutout "people in Germany go with Clearaudio" :D
That is so cool!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the Rega RP6. I listened to it for several times and I agree with you. It's a fantastic turntable.
I can't wait to hear more about your hifi journey and the Avid in the future.
Talk to you soon :)
Armien
Brother Armien!... hahaha... you're on my mind when I gave that shoutout "my friends in Germany, go with ClearAudio! The way to go!"
Because I know you have a gorgeous setup with that super ClearAudio rig of yours with custom built tonearm too! Your cartridge is also superb. Hehhehheh Bro, I know you're one super humble guy who doesn't show off your system.
I continue to learn a lot from your knowledge of music genres. Keep up your good work brother! Glad to have you around always.
Best regards to you and all of you friends in Germany!!!
Ian! :-D
Love your videos man - am happy that you are not a snob. Yes vinyl is indeed the way to go. I have a CEC ST-930 TT and 2 Original version Rega Plannar 3 and a michell tecnodec with a Tecnoarm. Nice to see a fellow junkie in Singapore
Rameish Siva ooooh MAN WHAT CLASSICS YOU HAVE!!!! Keep them my Brother 💪😄 !!! Nice to see you post some videos of your vinyl rigs. Will be helpful as viewers will feel even more galvanized by our vinyl love and energy! Hahaha yes😄
Hello there. I really like your channel and your reviews. And I really love "Dust Cleaners" on your reviews!!! I'll have to find the vinyl somewhere!
Thank you my friend 👋😄!!! Hope you procure and enjoy your favourite records soon🎶🎵🎶🎶😄👍
You love your Rega, we love you. Cheers bud.
Dear Buddy we love one another in our vinyl ecosphere✌😄✌🏡🏡🏡🎶🎵🎶!!!
Warmest Regards my friend!
Hi Ian,
What a great video. Like you passion 👍🏼.
Keep the vinyl alive!
Tony
Thank you Mr Abreu! you too!... you're keeping the vinyl playback magic alive too!!! I am sure you have positively influenced the people around you to appreciate it and even take it up too!! :-)
Best regards!
Ian.
Thank you Mr Abreu! you too!... you're keeping the vinyl playback magic alive too!!! I am sure you have positively influenced the people around you to appreciate it and even take it up too!! :-)
Best regards!
Ian.
Ian great job, you remind me of myself and yes I ran into snops here in the US, but I finally found a good dealer, in town who hears music the way I do and isn't trying to constantly try to get me to buy that 10,000 turntable. It's about the music. Ian is that a Avid pulsar, you have upgraded quite a bit and yes I came from a poor back ground as well, keep up the good work and play some music off of that beautiful turntable.
Wow I'm so happy for you Brother McNulty!!! You've found your great retailer who loves music the way you do and "doesn't keep trying to sell THAT turntable"!!!! Hahaha... I know what you mean ;-) hi five! Don't we love such retailers?! They cease to be retailers who just 1)offer fair prices and 2)five good professional service... They are 3)friends, who give guidance and don't shy away from referring us to other products/brands they don't carry!!! Most of them can do 1) and 2)... but can't do 3).
Dear Brother, I appreciate your support and encouragement. I did this video upon your prior pointers and encouragement too!
Thank you Brother McNulty:-)
Best regards,
Ian!
Great video mate. Just found your channel.
Have been listening to records for the last 33 years. Bought a black RP6 last year. Love it.
Down Under Vinyl Hi Nick🤗... yes i saw your channel videos and identified immediately your yellow Exact cartridge on the black RP6 as well!!!! Hi five👐👐!!!😄
Best Regards again my friend,
ian!
Ian you are a such nice guy! Thanks for sharing your story! Kudos bro!
Dear Friend in -Vinyl :-D, thank you for coming by and saying hi too!! Warmest Regards and have a good weekend listening to your vinyl records too. ~ ian :-)
Rega is great, I love my Rega P9 with RB1000 tonearm :) I also like your Avid very much, great piece!!
Heh! P9 is a keeper!!!!!! Don't ever sell it!!!!!!! Brilliant performer. Able to beat many many tables costing twice as much easily! RB1000 is legendary. Nothing much about my Avid brother. The retailer for Avid here in Singapore is very humble. The retailer for Rega in Singapore is equally humble and superb in service. Both of them treat me very well and were never ever pushy in sales. Very openminded business people :-) by fate I bought the Rega and the Avid. Thank you for viewing amidst your precious time dear friend :-D...
Thank you very much.
May your family be well and happy:-),
Ian.
***** I thank you, great videos, keep it up :)
Vinyl Gourmet thank you fellow vinyl friend for your encouragement... :-) yes I will keep doing my best!!
Spinning my vinyl as you messaged! Warmed my evening! Thank you friend!
love all the info... love the humility of your effort to show it doesn't have to cost thousands and thousands to make a quality sound... but where are your reviews on the speakers? I need your honesty on what is the best value for great performance.
Dear Buddy Chris, thank you very much for your kind support and words...
I hope you have been enjoying your very own Technics :-D
Warmest Regards to you and your vinyl friends!
~ ian.
And lastly - your snob friend is indeed lost - decent vinyl playback has always began with a Rega Turntable - I should know........, I once worked audio retail during the early 80s|90s, and we sold boatloads of them. Thanks once again Ian for keeping it real and remembering your roots - as many tend to forget where they came from. Long life - O_o scar
NosTubes58 Wow!!! You worked in audio retail in the early 80s 90s?!! :-D cool!..... hahaha... boatloads of Rega sold... happy days!!!
Dear friend, i will heed your advice and support and continue to keep my Rega table. My first foray into vinyl... Rega, my benefactor of Vinyl enjoyment :-)
Good health to you too Oscar!!
+HiViNyws channel Brotha Ian, it has indeed been a pleasure watching all of your videos, and I shall continue to enjoy your quest.
You are right on about much of the audiophile community losing touch. I have been looking at the new RP-10 with mc cartridge as my last upgrade. I like the simplicity of setup that you mentioned.
Yes indeed it is, the RP10.
Brother Richard, please pick up the Rega book: A Vibration Measuring Machine.
You'd know what is really, really going on in Rega's engineering and why their turntables are so great.
I agree with your choice, the RP10. Fuss-free, highly engineered, zen-like. High quality. Simple. Like Muji products in appeal.
Warmest Regards Richard... let me know when you are picking one up!!!!
~ ian.
Thanks for sharing, I have a Rega RP6 in red! It does all the things you said. I like your views on whether using the Rega Fono Stage discontinued and connect to PreAmp Phono Stage (McIntosh C2700)
Wow Brother!!! Thank you for catching up💪😄✌😄 congrats on your RP6!!! I'm very happy you're enjoying your vinyl analogue music!!!🎶🎵🎶🎶
But brother, sorry, as I'm unable to help you on whether to go for the Rega Fono, as I've never heard the C2700 properly before. I hope you'll find your way easily!!!
HiViNyws channel can you tell me the make and model of your Avid TT and what you like about it.
Interesting video! I'm looking to get the Rega RP1 soon to kick off my vinyl collection.
+timinno Dear friend, do go ahead!!! WOWWWWW!!!!!!
Please keep us UPDATED!!!
I am sure you will have a very beautiful, enjoyable time ahead.... years, years of enjoyment...
The Vinyl Analogue magical, dynamic and beautiful sound will be here for all of us for years and years.
Best, best regards,
Ian :-)
Very encouraging video, loved it. The only sad part is that many of the new records cut today are made from digital sources. Even remasters said to be from the original master tapes are sometimes still made from a digital source of the master tapes instead (Looking at the 2014 Led Zeppelin remasters). But if you get into vinyl you should know the hard work ahead of you and a less convenient experience. That is part of the fun for me however. Discovering the worse sound of some records and preferring the older reissues just gives a longer journey and deeper knowledge of my record collection. And at the end of the day its still best not to worry too much and just enjoy instead.
"...Discovering ...the older reissues just gives a longer journey and deeper knowledge of my record collection..."
Very, very well said. I like it. Succinct. We really do rediscover them, and appreciate them so much more now :-D....
Thank you brother for coming by again !!
~ian.
Fantastic video with a very positive message, thanks.
Thank you Glenn... everybody has their positive stories...hahaha, this is my own little one :-D
But thank you really for dropping by a note and your encouragement. I appreciate your kind gesture!
May you have a wonderful musical journey ahead too....
..again, thank you for your time my friend.
- ian.
Back in '81 Rega only made 2 turntables. The Rega planar 2 with wooden surrounds & a thinner glass platter - this was very popular with first timers & many are still out there, a snip at £118 including arm. And of course the cult Rega planar 3 with thicker glass platter which was yours in any colour so long as this was black. I hope you have enjoyed your history lesson!
John Smith Thank you Brother👍😄✌!! Thank you for sharing with me these information! Adds to everyone's knowledge!!! Thank you my friend for your time. Warmest Regards🤗
Hi I’m new to this analog record systems, recently I bought aThorens TD203 TT with Ortofon 2m blue cartridge for 799 Canadian Dollar (on Amazon)and I’m enjoying it,as you said yes I can see the real differences in analog and digital playback, vinyl sounds more of live musical . And I just like your reviews on RUclips.
Heh Buddy :-D Hi five!!!!!! Yes hehheh analog is just different :-D POSITIVELY!!!!!!!! It sounds more live because it lacks the prering, ring, postringing, time smear and phase shifts of digital that unsettles our mind! I am very happy you can attest to that, experience and continue to enjoy and live it for the rest of your musical journey!
Warmest Regards Den!!!
@@HiViNywschannel Thank you very much !
We all go ahead with warmth and friendships :-D!! See you Buddy!!! Anytime.
Interesting commentary. Love your channel so far, this is an older video, but as this was a more personal video it was nice to see a little of the man behind the great reviews and felt I had to comment. There is plenty of inexpensive gear that performs amazingly well. One thing I can say is that most speakers restrict you from amazing sound moreso than the source material and front end.
Cujobob Dear Brother... thank you😄🖑 for your kindness and encouragement... i am very happy to hear your thoughts and experience!!! Point taken definitely about those speakers you talked about👍😁✌
Warmest Regards,
ian.
I am not a snob, I own the Rega P6, very commendable table
Can be tweaked for further enhanced performance, but performs well out of the box
Rega offers good value
Yes I agre. Rega turntables P1, P2 and P3 are the class leaders indeed. Only the P6 gets some serious competition from the technics sl1200gr😄🤗🤗🤗🤗.
Do enjoy your beautifully understated P6. Superb.
Nice video. I upgraded from a Planar 2 to an RP6 (gloss green!) and and extremely happy with it. The RP6 makes high quality recording LPs simply sound stunning - and 'live' in playback performance. In fact, several of my favourite albums sound better than I've ever heard them anywhere else, on any format. It is however unforgiving of poor quality pressings, revealing all of their flaws in fine detail!I found that isolating the table on a Rega wall bracket mounted to a solid wall improved the noise floor to virtually indiscernible levels on clean recordings.
+Nathaniel Hornblower Yes I just clicked and saw your previous videos on your Planar2! Seeing another vinyl friend like you experience vinyl analogue magic is so exciting and heartening!!! :-D Hi Nat, thank you for sharing!!!
Thank you for taking time out to chat over here with me. I value your friendship and efforts. Best Regards to you and your lovely family too!!!
Sincerely, Ian :-)
Ian, it's nice to see that your entire family is able to enjoy music with you, and don't be afraid to call the differences between vinyl and digital for what they are in reality - as you're merely speaking the truth. Once again very informative videos. Be well, O_o scar
NosTubes58 "...and don't be afraid to call the differences between vinyl and digital for what they are in reality..." :-D THANK YOU Oscar!!!!
Great that vinyl listening has become a family event and binds my family together....seated together in front of the stereo and listening together.
I am sure it has done for you too!
Best Regards Sir.
ian :-)
Very nice video , you are very passionate person, bravo.
When will you make and other video?
Hi Maurice,
Thank you for coming by!, I have been making videos regularly and you can check them out on my channel. Hope you find them useful :-D
Warmest Regards,
ian.
I use a rega planar 3, It's what I can afford, also have a pair of wharfedels and a pioneer amp.... I love collecting pink floyds bootlegs.
Brudder...cool bootlegs.
They'll be of high worth and a super cool rarity very soon!!!!!! Keep 'em 💪😄👍👍👍🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶!!!
I too enjoy your videos very much! I'm an old guy and not too long ago, I got intrigued by the resurgence of interest in "records". So, I dug out my old turntable, which has survived more years than I care to admit to, as well as numerous moves. Why I kept it, I haven't a clue; I mean, vinyl was dead, right? It's a Dual 1242, so NOT a high-end model. It still works, so I bought a decent (but not great) cartridge and a few pieces of "kit" to make sure it might work correctly; I didn't want to sink too much money into it, just give it a fair test run. It worked surprisingly okay. It's a tribute to German engineering/manufacturing. So, now I've been bitten by the vinyl bug, as exemplified by my watching your channel. Unfortunately, my means come nowhere close to my ability to purchase the objects of my desires. Even a Rega P3 is well out of my league at present. But I've often found that, if one is patient, possibilities present themselves. Until then, I'll continue to watch your channel as my favorite source of information. Then I'll know exactly what I want when it's time for me to pounce!
Yay!!! Warmest Regards to you, your family and your lovely system!!!! Dual 1242 and a superb German piece of built doing duties as ever in your home. Lovely!!!
Thank you for coming by and spending time with me, thank you my friend🤗🤗🤗
Hehheh, vinyl is alive, well and kicking, due to us😄🙌🙌😄
May you and your family be well and happy 🍀safe and healthy always✌🏡💚🍀🎶🍀
I think you are/were absolutely right about digital Ian.
matereo Hi brother👋😉! Hi five for our common love for vinyl analog!!!!
i myself have only just put together a decent 2.1 channel vinyl system. but yes in terms of tonality and presence my humble project record player with grado blue cart and acrylic platter and tons of isolation, stomps my old 2k denon sacd transport. not to say i dont still enjoy an sacd once in a while, i find myself reaching for them less and less. very glad to see your videos and look forward to some new stuff. would love to here your advice on low cost power filtration as i have a ground loop or dirty ac that causes a tiny hiss at high volumes with no content playing! thanks !
Dear Brother!!! Grado Blue is good!!!! Very happy that it stomps your SACD trasnport. Hahaha.. metoo... i very seldom, play music from the digital front nowadays, except while driving some times. Apologies though, I do not have the best experience and thorough advice for your last question on power filtration... I am sorry brother Jason!
Warmest regards, and hope you are having more and more fun playing more and more vinyl records!!!!
- ian :-)
Well said and well done ! No room for snobbishness in this very humbling journey called Hi-FI. Curious, I am just learning about AVID (I am in the USA and it is not a very well distributed brand, unlike VPI, Pro-Ject, Rega etc) and am wondering how the Avid Sequel has performed ? I am considering AVID Sequel vs Rega P8/P10 and others along the similar price point.. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thx.
great videos and channel! greatings and congrats from argentina.
Thank you my friend from Argentina...Gracias!! See you around, and may you have a great vinyl'ing journey ahead with more and more friends! Warmest Regards..
lets hear a review on fluance tables soon!
Consider this video retweeted! Well done! I started my vinyl journey with a vintage Goldring-Lenco GL75, but as I already had a Rega Planet and Luna amp (remember the Luna, Rega fans?) I really wanted a Rega. I bought the P3 with Elys2 cartridge. It was like being snuggled up in a warm blanket with Earl grey tea and oranges - just a warm and cuddly and nostalgic sound - truly wonderful. Of course I upgraded it to a P5 first with an Ortofon 2M Blue (detailed and analytic) and then a Goldring 1042 (more rhythmic, smoother and more detailed treble than the Ortofon). I bought an external Creek Phono Stage to upgrade the built in one on the Rega Mira 3 amp I was then using. Nowadays I use a Rega RP8/Exact/Aria with the Elex-R and RS5 speakers. Heavenly!
Wow Mark!!! :-D amazing journey you HAD too!!!
Exact with Aria sounds Magical. I TOTALLY understand!!! And those Goldring cartridges are just beautiful aren't they? Well done for having used the 1042 cartridge before. You had a very good journey...littered with gems along the way. Now you're in Blissfulness.
:-)
Cheers cheers my friend!
Sincerely, Ian.
And thank you for your kind appreciation of my video... very happy!
Of buying again today would you recommend the RP6 or Planar 3?
Dear friend, of buying today, I would choose the RP6 because of its better cartridge prepackaged together with it (the Exact over the Elys), the better double-layered glass platter with a thicker rim for much better intertia and speed stability, and lastly the TT-PSU that also comes mandatorily prepackaged with the RP6's motor specially designed for external speed control. :-D This is my frank choice.
Best Regards my friend :-D, and may you have happy days playing your vinyl records,
- ian.
Thank you so much for your reply Ian. I will be sharing my experience (and decision) over on my channel. Have an amazing week. Kind Regards, Dave.
Geekanoids Dear Dave!! I am more than checking out your channel now-- i am viewing your videos with interest!!! Thank you for creating a good channel for us. Definitely, for me!!! I am viewing the wireless earphone now now after the youtube camera! And great hike for you!!!! :-D
Best, best regards Dave!!!!!!!!
Hi Ian, thanks so much for checking out my channel too.
If you are looking for a new camera I highly recommend the Canon 70D (for at home) and the Canon G7x II (for light vlog videos). This video might help ruclips.net/video/IDONG0l6jXs/видео.html
Now, my addiction for vinyl and rediscovery of music is coming back and your channel is great, I love your presentation style. Right at this moment I am watching your Schiit :D videos.
Love all your'e reviews. Simply honest and no BS.
Keep up the good work. (you will not be exterminated) :)
Thank you Sir!!!
:-D Very kind of you to catch up and say hi! See you soon my friend...
Have a nice weekend with lovely vinyl music!
~ ian :-)
Your Welcome. I will be on holiday in Japan early next year and plan to follow in your footsteps around the Shibuya vinyl shops, and maybe even pickup a MP150 cartridge.
Robin Hood Roger that my friend 👍😄!!! You can catch shots which i had taken in my current latest video at Yodobashi Camera at Akihabara...these shots were of the cartridges and their prices!! Spot the MP150 too💪😄!!
The RP6 was on my next turntable list (in gloss white HaHa) until I started looking at VPI. Now it is the VPI Scoutmaster with a 10.5 inch tone arm. The new VPI Prime looks very interesting too! Oh boy.....
My friend...choices choices!!!!... Yes the VPi Scout does look substantial and classy!!! :-D whatever floats your boat and vinyl dreams!! Update me again! Would love to see your new VPi in action!
Yummy!
Best Regards :-),
Ian.
thanks very much for your sincere opinion
Love your review so much！p6 and technics sl1200gr, which one do you prefer? I am planning fall into vinyl world.
Wow!!!!! My eyes glowed in happiness AND in equal measure: stress!...because it is a tough choice to pick between the two of them!!!!👍😄✌you are good my friend!!! I may veer towards the GR because of the flexibility and fun in changing cartridges almost at will, and its easier usability. But both sound quality are almost equal. The top plate of the GR may feel a bit plasticky compared to the great old SL1200Mk3/4/5/6s. The P6 has very well executed principles that deliver superb vinyl analogue playback sound! Do read the Rega book: the vibration measuring machine. It details the principles of design and critical parts of the turntable which have to be made extremely well with very tight tolerances.
Buddy you are on a roll!!!!!✌😄👍🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶
Thank you so much for the professional advice ! Seems I will reconsider the p6 as I may use one cartridge for long time , nagaoka mp-300 is my choice by now.😆
If I could name more than 8-10 albums where the quality is sufficiently high on 80% of the recorded material, I'd be 100% fine with vinyl. Having grown up in an era when it was the ONLY real choice (cassettes need a much more expensive player than I could ever afford), I lived with milk cartons full of vinyl records but nothing is more annoying that buying a double album that has - at best - 3 tracks worth listening to. Soundtracks now are WAY better than they were in the 70s, and that would be the only genre I could see myself consistently shelling out 30-40aud (!) for whenever I wanted new music. Spotify gives me access to more music than I could ever have dreamt of as a teenager - I still have the option of paying for the albums that resonate with me but more importantly I get to dodge the absolute dross some bands feel they can foist on their fans. Thanks for the video,
Hehheh.... Brother from Australia :-D !!!....yes true.... a simple Spotify can easily let us access many songs....RUclips uploads from generous people who took the time to do them too... I agree :-D.. yup, some bands do insert some dross into their albums!... Warmest Regards and have a restful Sunday night my friend.
Sorry to have missed out on this message for two weeks Brother.
Thank you for your time.
Whats the best beginner turntable combo for someone new to vinyl.
i just got RP6 3 days ago, its one of the best buy. to my ears, it beats my former Linn Majik table hands down in terms of churning out honest to goodness music. the Linn has accurate tracking but sounded bland or even sterile against the RP6, Rega has really done itself proud.
Wow!!! Brother! Thank you for updating us again!!!!! :-D
really thank you for all the interaction and updates... give all of us vinyl friends continued boost!!!
Amazing....how you SHARED your experience of Linn.
Thank you again!
Talk to us again!
thank you for your videos!!
+brandon robinson Thank you Brandon for your kind support and encouragement too!!! :-)
Thank you...
:-) greetings, Ian.
Hi Ian, just subscribed to your channel :-). I am a musician (composer) and sound is definitely one of the key component I am looking for in a turntable system. I've been looking at Pro-Ject DC, Audio-Technica, Music Hall and Rega. Your reviews are great and very informative. Sound, music is so subjective so it's really hard to choose what's going to meet your needs but I think I tend to lean towards Rega after watching your reviews :-) I've also listened to the P3 and P6 in Singapore (Adelphi) and the differences is obvious however the price is definitely much higher on the P6. So I think what I may be going for and based on my budget, get a P3 without the cartridge and upgrade to an Ania Cartridge... Thoughts? Thanks for reading and have a great weekend, cheers!
Great video going to get P 6 w Ania cart
Well done , a true enthusiast . My equipment is old but has been modified by myself and sounds fine . There's a lot of snobs with money in hifi like other hobbies , they are usually quite gullible to fads and trends and waste money on things that don't make the sound better just different . The HiFi trade relies on them to sell ever more units.
Dearest Brother :-D EXACTLY!!!!!!!! gosh, lots of things that we can help correct!!!! Hehheh!!! You are a true enthusiast too!! So much marketing garbage pervading and "influencing" paid audio reviewers. Sigh. It is up to us, people power, to help correct the situation, and help all fellow buddies and friends in this lovely hobby :-D !!!!!!
Best Regards my friend, and may you have a great week and journey ahead!
~ ian.
It's too bad there's not more human beings like you,the world would be a better place
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Dear Buddy, we're all in this together💪🤗✌... and please let me wish for you and your family🍀🌱🏡🍀🍀🍀, good health and safety, and you all, be well and happy always.
We will march on. Together.
💚💚💚
Hello Ian. Funny enough i'm debating between a RP6 + NeO PSU and a MoFi UltraDeck+. Which one would you recommend me? Thank you. Sam
Dear Buddy :-D the P6 vs the UltraDeck... very tough call my friend!!! I have not procured them, nor listened to them A-B anywhere as yet. BUT, two friends have tried indeed, and chose the SL1200GR over these two decks. I am amazed!!!
Warmest Regards to you and your family in France and have a great week ahead with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers!!
~ ian
HiViNyws channel the Technics is on my shortlist as well since i saw your review vs the rega p3 (i guess). Good call! Thank you Ian!
I totally agree with the P3 and above.
Hi fellow vinyl Buddy! Thank you for coming by and sharing my joy.☺🙏🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵see you again!!!🤜🤛
Warmest regards!
I’m new to the vinyl world and was really thinking about getting a Rega P2, aside from some decent speakers what else do I need to get the best sound from my turntable?
Brother🤗, hi!!!! Thank you for your coming by and catching up!
Okay let's get to the issue. May I ask, are your speakers active or passive? If they are active, you would just need your P2 paired to a Schiit Mani phonopreamp (USD129), and the output of the Mani connected to the input terminals of your active speakers.
what speakers would you recommend to pair with that? thanks
Well Ian, it's a tough choice. I will have to go with the PL-1200.
Hello Ian. That RP6 looks like a fine table! I was brought up in a humble working family. Mom, Dad and my older sister. We weren't rich money wise, but rich in love. I really like the vintage Japanese audio equipment. They need to be preserved. I love my Pioneer PL-518 TT. I appreciate your passion and candor about audio. Therefore you shall be dubbed Sir Ian, member of the Royal Court of Vinyl Afficianados. (RCVA). Cheers mate!
Me too brother... my dad's a school teacher, mum's a home maker. Hope you have good Sunday evening at California.... right now I just had breakfast and listening to MoFi James Taylor with the Grado Red cart. Wow good one there that sounds like RCA :-D!!! No brother, I am no sir, just a small pawn who loves prodding on vinyl and equipment. Just like you who would love:
www.hifido.co.jp/KWpioneer/G0301--/P/A10/J/0-15/S0/M0/C14-85009-32017-00/
AND....
www.hifido.co.jp/KWpioneer/G0301--/P/A10/J/0-15/S0/M0/C17-11965-60158-00/
Two choose one... which one do you prefer?
Thank you for your kindness and time BROTHER coming by!!!!!!!
Remember to choose one.
This is perhaps your most entertaining video, busting the myth of $$ vs performance. I recently toyed with a $$-spirited hi-fi connoisseur using a Rega P3. Moral of the story: $$ equipment “may” sound better, but a carefully setup system will definitely sound much much better than $$-driven one!
Yeah definately, it requires great skill and ability to listen, in order to fine-tune a turntable & cartridge. Also speaker placement, extremely difficult to get 'right'
If you only have money and no ability to make good setup, you'll have wasted alot of money.
Even a moderately priced system, with careful setup and fine-tuning can sound amazing.
You were very smart to start with a quality "Plug and Play" option. This Rega is a great choice. Vinyl pressings have greatly improved over the past 10 years.
Keith Ling
Just need to watch out where the vinyl is sourced from
I try to buy music sourced from analog tapes. Of course the newer music is digital so you have no choice.
Do you think the RP6 could 'handle' the Ania MC cartridge?
I think so my friend :-D. It is good enough a platform!! Have fun! Best Regards.
Hi Ian.
I have stumbled across your videos and I love how passionate and analytical you are. Amazing job!
I have watched several of your videos and since I am about to buy my first turntable (system), I was wondering whether you could make some recommendations to someone who is just getting into vinyl.
I was thinking to get the Rega Planar 1, however I am not sure about the preamp and speakers.
What would you suggest?
Greetings from Sarajevo, Bosnia,
Sanjin
very cool green T-Shirt...reminds me Rega Logo :-)
Dear friend!! My goodness :-D you have so much space for so much vintage hifi!!!!
I just clicked on your channel and discovered your huge collection!!
I'm lucky that I have cupboards built in the walls where I can stock 70% of a total of 83 hifi components 11 pairs of speakers not included :-)
ELEVEN pairs of speakers?! :-D Hahahahah... you've got it good!!!!!
83 components.... phew!!!
I sold small Heco ones to a friend....that wasmy 2nd pair in the kitchen attached to a Akai midi system which is dissimulated in the drawers :-) No need to have a brighter sound than my vintage 70ies Kenwood Ka-3700 on small wooden Panasonic speakers rom 2001: perfect match for the oily dampy kitchen...would like to try Dali with a valve tube amplifier...but the hifi is too expensive to spoil it with fat damps...I spend 2 hours per day in the kitchen listening to this small 25 W combination....waste of quality and details in the music...new idea: turntable in the kitchen to listen to Erasure, B52's and Queen and Rondo Veniziano lol. PS: next to the flower and pepper in the upper cupboard thrones a Denon DRM-710 tape deck :-) it was my wish to have in every piece of the apartment at least 1 complete set of hifi system, except turntable...1 of 3 midi Kenwood turntables works properly and my Rega P3. I need 2 new needles for the Kenwood P-94 and the P-84, but the P-84 seems to have serious automatic arm problems...
Thank you for a great review
Yuri Petusko Thank you brother Yuri👋😄 for coming by and saying hi! Have a happy day!
Just discovered your channel here the other day and i have seen almost all of your videos now. I think it's great to see someone who actually loves vinyl for the musical experience and don´t care about the price-tag as long as it sound good.
For the last 15 years i have been a surround-guy wit some hign end stereo wit cd's and streaming, but a couple of months back i had the pleasure of hearing av mid priced vinyl-based system and i fell in love.
At this moment i am still saving up since i dont wanna buy cheap, enjoy it, sell with a lose, buy the next step and so on.
So i wondered if you could say something about how you experience the diference in sonic quality between the Avid and the Rega p6?
Dear Rune,
thank you for sharing with me your great experiences with detail, and I know how you feel. I loved listening, collecting and buying music since I was 11years of age back in 1986, saving up coins (I come from a very average family, dad is a teacher, mum is a homemaker) and when I have enough, I went to buy a cassette album costing S$8 (about USD6) during then :-D...and have always been interested in enjoying my music.... and I was involved in digital playback for many years in my audiophile hobby since 1995. I have never agreed with vinyl playback!!!...but until early 2014, when my wife asked me to get a affordable turntable for her to play her Japanese vinyl records shipped over from Japan, I discovered to my amazement, what I have been out on! The music that emanated from the RP6 through a humble Rega Fono MM Mk2 was tremendous. I smiled widely and bought it. My wife initially had wanted a RP1, but hearing much of what I can achieve of the RP6, I ignored her :-D and bought the RP6.
Dear Rune, you are a very experienced audiophile and a reasonable one. My friend, to me, I can totally go to Desert Island with my Technics SL1200Mk5 now with a Grado Green/ Goldring Elektra / Nagaoka MP110 with a Schiit Mani phonostage and enjoy my vinyl music forever. This is my happy final realization: vinyl analogue magic with that dynamics, coherence and beauty, can be enjoyed at such highly affordable prices.
To say that the Avid sounds much much better and gives me heavenly sound, I hope it will not detract from the absolute beautiful music which the Technics+Green/Elektra/MP110, or RP6, can give.
I am enjoying my Technics+Green/Elektra/MP110 every day.
..."dont wanna buy cheap, enjoy it, sell with a lose, buy the next step and so on.".... good one Rune :-D
Thank you for catching up with me here!!! :-D You can email me at hivinyws@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Ian.
If you really love your rp6 then you need to upgrade your platter, sub platter and counter weight with grove tracer after market mods.
Wow!! Thank you for your kindest tips!!! :-D really thank you! I will look at the methods you suggested. Really learned from your feedback!
Greetings for you and your family.
Ian :-)
Enjoying your videos! Do you think there will be RP6 refresh this year? P6 2017 maybe?
Hahaha.... I am not sure my friend... I tried to ask my local Rega retailer but they are unsure too.
Perhaps your insider news would be helpful!!! :-D Thank YOU brother!! If you have them, just let us know too!
Warmest Regards,
- ian
Hi Ian, thanks for the videos. I see below that someone asked the question about the RP6 vs. the Planar 3. You said you would take the RP6 because, among other things, the RP6 had the better cartridge. But what if they both had the MP-110? Would the RP6 still be better in your opinion?
Dr. J. Yes my friend 👋😄 the rp6. Coz the rp6 has a dual glass platter with the second layer adding that flywheel effect for better speed stability, and it comes standard with an outboard power supply. So if both P3 and RP6 were to sport the same superb MP-110, i will definitely take the RP6. Thank you my friend for coming by and catching up! Warmest Regards and see you again!💪😄✌
Thanks Ian for your input as always! I really appreciate it.
Hello, where do you have your Harbeth SHL 5+ speakers?
R Jan Dear friend R Jan, I have sold my harbeth SHL5+ speakers in Feb2015 because I realised that they were really unideal to my requirements of accuracy and musicality. I did a thorough comparison with my B&W and other friends' speakers in Feb2015, and was shocked at how far the harbeths were behind all other speaker brands and models that I am lucky to have auditioned. It was not easy for me because they had cost me about US$7k in Oct 2014, and not easy to realise and admit to myself I have bought too much into the hype over them without auditioning and spending more time at the process.
Thank you for your kind and courteous enquiry :-)
Hi there. I found your channel a few days ago and watched almost all your videos. They are very entertaining, clear and to the point. Oh, and the music you use is also great. I want to upgrade my tt to either a Rega P6 (the new model) or an Electrocompaniet ECG1 (can't really explain why, but these are my two options). My vinyl collection mostly comprises of prog rock, but I also listen to classical and jazz sometimes. I'm very interested in sinergy, and I want my stuff to have the characteristics you praise - punchy sound, but not hollow, with smiley EQ. So my question would be if you heard the Nagaoka MP500 and if it would be a wrong mach for a Rega P6. The phonostage will also need upgrading, so I was wondering if you had the chance to hear the new Rega Fono MM (mk3) and how it compares to your prefered budget one - the Schiit Mani, and how you think it would fit the setup - a Rega Aria is in the books, but not for now. My concern with the Electrocompaniet is that I read it can sound too smooth, and I don't know if you can offset that with cartridge choice (something like Ortofon 2M). Rest of my system is Naim Nac N 172XS + Nap200 with B&W PM1.
Thank you, and greetings from Romania, keep up your very nice series :)
Dear Friend, You have a fantastic system!!! You have a very big budget, and yes the P6 will definitely be up for it. It takes a lot of money (if you buy other brands) to beat a Rega turntable in terms of performance. This is what many of us friends have realized. Apologies that I have not heard the MM Mk3 yet, but it will be in the books and I will review it as soon as possible within the next few months. I doubt it can beat the Schiit Mani. The Rega Aria is a scorchingly great phonostage in MM mode (not in MC mode, like most other sub-$5k phonostages in MC modes, sadly, except the Avid Pulsus). I do have the MP-500, preliminary results show it to be extremely superb!!!! Amazing cartridge, great, great, great sound. Your PM1 must be giving you a lot of goosebumps with clarity and realism on offer every day :-D... Amazing setup with some really solid Naim electronics. We shall see if the ECG1 will outperform your NAC+NAP... exciting to see the results!! Do update me :-D
Warmest Regards for your hifi journey and vinyl journey :-D, ~ ian.
Thanks a lot for your reply and quickness, Ian :) Seems like Rega + the MP500 is the way to go. About my system, it's all SH or ex-dem, so got everything at almost half price (with some trade-ins here and there). Love your passion for this hobby. Also, if you get the chance, try to audition JBL 4312SE - I just heard them yesterday and, although I like a slightly sophisticated sound (and puncy), the very raw sounding JBLs are the first speakers that made me forget all the equipment and gave pure joy. I kept laughing during the audition, it was joy. They sound very raw, but in a great way - so try to hear those, you might find them very very much fun. If I had a big room, I would get them over any speaker I heard at even 4-5 times the price. Ofc it's all personal, but no other speaker made this impression on me. Thanks again for your feedback and your passion. :D Bogdan
OH yes, my friend Bogdan, I forgot to let you know that you would need to acquire the Rega tonearm base spacer to bring it up by 6 to 8mm (3 to 4 spacers, each giving 2mm height increase), so as to allow the Nagaoka MP-500 to achieve the ideal Stylus Rake Angle of 92degrees. I have that in my experience with Nagaoka carts and my Rega P3. :-D I enjoy reading the way you write so lively about the JBL4312 speakers!!! hahaha okies, if i have the chance, I will hear them. Thank you brother!!! And, yes, best regards for your vinyl journey! ~ ian.
Oh, thanks a lot for that, I thought I only needed one spacer.
Dear Brother, you can actually just buy ONE spacer, and this spacer is able to adjust for 2-4-6-8mm by turning it around. THis is a aftermarket spacer. The original Rega ones are solid spacers each giving a 2mm height increase. But this aftermarket one gives you 4 settings.
You can look at this video:
ruclips.net/video/NFnkv6cAqgg/видео.html
:-D
Hope it goes well my friend!!
Warmest Regards,
~ian.
awesome
Dear Big Brother Ron, thank you yet again. Vinyl really is such a heart-warming platform.
I am totally in love with it, and the community of friends and acquaintances too kind.
Hi, nice video. Is this your set up at home.
Dear fellow friend in-Vinyl! yes my friend, it is :-D
May you have many good years of vinyl playback!!!
- ian :-)
Hi enjoying your reviews. My oldest LP's are 50+ years old eg. Jini Hendrix, Jethro Tull & many Deutsche Grammofon classical-all fairly battered & currently in the loft of our 3OO year old cottage where we are retited in France. Thinking of resurrecting them with a Rega Planar 2-or is that too much? Would appreciate suggestions. I hava a Bose Lifestyle System since appearance is important to my wife. Thanks, Roger
Roger Waldram Brother Roger... thank you for your nice comments and feedback, and your story!!! 300yr old cottage with LPs....shhhhh😄✌!!!
Okay brother... i fully recommend you to get the Rega Planar 3... white. The Planar 2 still has the rough lesser quality plinth finish which will not appeal to your wife. The Planar 3 has the modern, high quality laminated finish, and together with the OptiWhite glass platter shimmery edge... and overall Zen-like appearance, should apoeal aesthetically to her. It also looks simple and simple enough that she would use. I know...because i realize that with my wife too!!!! 💪😄. Just bought a white P3 seven weeks ago. She loves it. Sound quality: best in class.
Thanks for your quick reply-the RP3 is €988 from Am fr-ouch! Discounting is rare in France it seems. Just been watching your jaunt in Japan & enjoying your music & John Coltrane through Bose-just downloaded from Spotify-sounds good-made wife & dog jump when Blutooth doofer came to life after charging. Cheers, Roger 😎👌
I see! Sorry for the late reply brother... just woke up and rushed to clinic to start work :-D... thank you for coming by other videos and looking at the Japanese trips I made and excerpts I filmed... John Coltrane Blue Train is a nice record :-D thank you for sharing with your family!!! Best Regards and enjoy your weekend bro!
Which Audio powers amps do you use ?
Dear DSylva :-D !!! Hi!!!
Thank you for coming by and catching up!
How are you doing on this weekend?! :-D
My email is hivinyws@gmail.com
Best Regards,
- ian
I have always like the cd version of all my Elvis records And rock albums but I like to bring out my vinyl once a year or twice and play my albums for hours it great. I just don't want to spend a lot of money on a record player but at the same time don't want to buy junk! I just bought a vinyl record of Amy wine house black to black I like the sound then I put in the cd of the same album and I thought the cd sounded better than the vinyl but I do plan to buy all her albums on vinyl so I can say I have all her music on record
+RKoen2006 I see! Thank you for your kind comments and sharing!
See you again my friend!
Best Regards :-D
Ian.
Loved hearing the personal story/journey... and the retailer is obviously long - I have heard $25 USD used tables that sound just fine - it is all setup and speakers that matter the most. My UTurn is considered a "cheap" player and looked down by most audiophiles - but I have had people with golden ears say great things about it, even Michael Fremer has good things to say about the table. It won't get you 100% audiophile performance, but it will get you 85-90% there... those last 10% are where those kind of retailers live.
+dixielandfarm Yes I agree with you. I disagree that one has to spend big bucks to ENJOY music. I really wanted to get a U-Turn 2 weeks ago, but because Singapore uses 230v, and U-Turn doesn't provide any facilities for a 230v version... a couple of my friends and I held back our purchase. U-Turn is really a great turntable I really agree with!!! Totally!!!!!!
+HiViNyws channel The motor actually uses a power supply that brings it down to 24v AC, so I think you can find an adapter pretty easily and still be able to enjoy the UTurn... As a matter of fact, I think that is the same voltage a Rega uses...
Καλησπέρα κύριε ....πως γίνετε να παραγγείλω απο την χώρα σας Ιαπωνία να μου στείλουν το turntable technics sl 1200G στην χώρα μου Ελλάδα συγνώμη που δεν τα γράφω στα αγγλικά δεν τα ξέρω καλά
..σας θαυμάζω.....
Any music on any support is always only as good as the original recording and the master done from it. You can get great sound, great musicallity, a massive soundstage with air and holography out of digital, if it's recorded and mastered properly. The problem is a lot of things aren't mastered properly, because digital is too permissive and allow them to brickwall limit to sound louder, and that's good enough for them. Vinyl doesn't allow that, it have to be properly mastered; that's why it ends up sounding better a lot of times, despite being technically inferior.
Buddy, thank you so much for saying all these out loud and teaching fellow friends about this fact!!!!!! I learnt from you too!!!
Thank you Sir.
Warmest Regards and may our paths cross again soon.
Happy vinyl'ing my friend!
~ ian
@@HiViNywschannel I started my audiophile journey with digital, and went vinyl because I got fed up with only finding poorly made remasters. Knowing nothing about vinyl, your channel was a god send, you taught me how to setup my turntable and a lot more; so, thanks to you too sir :).
Hey Mate
Quick question..how do you decide when you need to upgrade your turntable? I received from my grandparents lately Sony turntable from 1979 it's actually first turntable I've and everything is new to me. I'm slowly learning different kind of stuff about turntables and vinyls. Reason why I wanted to get turntable was because some of the bands I listen don't release CDs or any other formats but vinyl only and I really wanted to listen their music so there you go. I've been thinking should I upgrade to Rega RP6 or Pioneer PLX-1000 (DJ turntable I like the looks of it) but I seem to be happy with the sound quality I've right now I replaced the needle since it was 30 years old but little used but I've now new one. I can't change cartridge in this model at all..Also does in your RP6 get any clicks and pops on records? I've bought new records where some pop in exactly same spot over and over while some records don't produce any other noises than they should. I only use like..carbon fiber brush and eyeglasses cleaning cloth gently on the record before I play it and clean the needle as well. How I should choose when to upgrade? Also I'm thinking to replace my pre-amp Project with the Schiit Mani one. :)
cheers
+SmirGel Dear Friend!!! :-D I can't be too quick in my reply. It will be carefully thought out and written to prevent any misunderstanding and to facilitate proper approach and insight and how to make the best inroad into vinyl playback without making mistakes.
Mistake like what? :-) mistake is when people get into vinyl with first purchase: buying Crosleys and some other turntables that regrettably...sound so horrible that after 1month or 2months, the owners would get so tired and ill incentivised to listen to vinyl anymore...and chuck it to one side... chuck it to one side not for listening, but just as a style statement... a hipster statement. These owners would not be fooling their friends who came by because these friends would NOT impressed with such lousy sounding vinyl players... but they won't say it.
None is the wiser in the above situation....
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Remember that in the 60s and 70s, it DOESN'T matter if one were to start off with a turntable that is really entry level and sounded horrible, because that is the only way to listen to music i.e. vinyl.
But now, with mp3, computer files, bluetooth speakers... it is pretty easy to see the CONS with having a vinyl setup that sounds horrible...and to forsake the vinyl setup after a month or two, back to digital format playback, which is so much more convenient and cheaper.
THUS, the only only incentive, for the VINYL WAVE to be truly SUSTAINABLE and LONG LASTING.... is: for the PUBLIC to REALISE that :-) :
--->>> VINYL MUSIC PLAYBACK is WAY BETTER than digital.
How can that be achieved? :-)
Getting a vinyl setup that is SOUND-WORTHY.
A REGA RP1 or PROJECT DEBUT CARBON.... + a SCHIIT MANI PHONO PREAMPLIFIER. US$400+US$129.
Match them to an Onkyo A9010 amplifier US$300 and a pair of Elac Debut B5 US$230.
Whole system: $1060.
You can also get the Aktimate Mini+ B or Aktimate Blue active speakers instead of the Onkyo+Elac combination. The Mini+ and Blue are terrific speakers that has Epos speaker pedigree and Creek amplifier pedigree, and 2 pairs of RCA inputs which you can hook up to your TV, and to your vinyl setup, and it includes a USB input for your computer files!... AND it has Bluetooth connectivity so that you can stream music from your smartphone over. Very clean... no need for another "BOX" lying around (i.e. the amplifier).
Thus you see my train of thought... you see that I am not being a snob by suggesting that to enter into vinyl, one must at least get the above... because anything less than that, will not be sound-worthy enough for the user/owner to continue the vinyl journey. :-)
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It is understandable to have vinyl records that keep having that tick/pop at the same spot again and again repeatably... :-) don't be too hard on yourself okay? You're doing fine!
You may get Spin Clean to wash/clean your records.
Carbon fibre brush (for the vinyl record) is good for casual cleaning before putting that stylus down onto the spinning vinyl record.
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I'd still recommend the Rega RP1 or ProJect Debut above the PLX1000 :-)
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Keep me update my friend!
:-D
Best Regards,
Ian.
+HiViNyws channel Hey mate, thanks for detailed reply!
I've currently Sony PS-LX231 -> Pro-Ject Phono Box MM/MC Phono preamp -> O2+ODAC it's DAC/AMP for headphones but I use RCA to 3.5mm so I use headphones to listen vinyls I don't personally like speakers. I am more worried about my Pro-Ject not going so good so I might as well order Schiit Mani from USA and ship it to EU it shouldn't be that expensive. I don't personally think the sound is horrible (not that I've even heard any expensive/modern turntables in person) but for my kind of music it sounds okay to me at least but my biggest problem with the Sony is that there isn't any way to get any upgrades to it like change new cartridge or so. Just needle can be replaced to stock one. I choosed Rega RP6 over RP3 cuz of the speed changer device where you just press a button to change speed to 33/45. I've 45rpm records as well so changing speed in RP1 or RP3 seems trouble some that's why I was thinking the DJ table or RP6. But as I've always though about myself I just need a turntable that has the features like easy to change speed and good quality sound decent enough but not cost 10,000€ to me :D so yea.. in my region RP6 seems to go between 1300-1600€ with EXACT cartridge but Pioneer DJ turntable goes about 700€ without cartridge.
www.project-audio.com/main.php?prod=phonobox
www.jdslabs.com/products/48/o2-odac-combo-revb/
also if I decide to get the Schiit Mani it will fit nicely to my small package thing going on with the O2+ODAC ;)
+SmirGel I see! :-) Agreed....
And also... i second your thought of getting the RP6 to supercede your Sony turntable as your high worth turntable. It has provided me to this date...and in fact, to this minute (I AM listening to the RP6+Exact+Mani NOW as I am typing this reply to you), wonderful beautiful vinyl analogue sound performance.
Yes, Schiit Mani with the RP6. Superb! And,
Congratulations mate!!!
Best Regards!
Ian.
so true - when looking at your equipment - you are humble but your stereo equipment is not. lol
Hope we and our kids/nephews/nieces all enjoy vinyl for generations to come🤗🙏🙏🤗🍀🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶
rp6 desperately needs a sub platter upgrade.
Kinda feel sorry for that retailer guy who thinks they you need 20k to appreciate vinyl, so sad...lost soul...
When you have a Rega RP6 you don’t have to say anything to prove a point.
Period. !!!
It needs no endorsement and those who buy the RP6 know exactly what they’re doing.
People buy a Rega because they know Rega.
Publicity for the RP6 is actually insulting the product.
Vinyl
The murder of vinyl was the computer CD recorder which should have never been sanctioned
That was the injury the insult came with free downloads and vinyl took a hit.
Those who use digital today, sadly never ever heard vinyl.
The human ear is made for analog
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Your digital front end, (costing $10k) sounds flat, 2 dimensional to you? ...so!??? ....my "Asian-Pacific digital" system cost me $1900. Sounds 3D, depth of field, good soundstage, airy, decays very nicely!!!! ...with "Chi-fi" Rogers LS3/5 spkrs, JBL 570. I'm more than happy, have a few $$$$ in my pocket!! I also have descent vinyl collection, all genres, Kenwood kd 500 table, moving coil/magnet carts, (5)....no arm/step up. ???since '99??? Been an "Audio-fool" Music lover since 1973....big whoop? I actually enjoy yr enthusiast adventures on video! Peace from Temple Hills, USA. 😆😆
once you listen to a rp6 you realise how bad cd is .
Exactly Brother.
Exactly.
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record players and phono preamps sound different to Dacs and CD players. NOT better or worse, just different. And no an rp6 does not sound more 3 dimensional than a 100k digital front end. absolute nonsense. They are usualy comparable in performance. In fact i will say that in my experience at the same price point, the dacs ive tested outperform a turntable.
Records are beautiful things as are turntables. They have a good enjoyable sound as do Dacs and CD players. If you think your Dac sounds harsh change it to one that does not. This nonsese about records sounding better is absolutely incorrect. Btw I own both DAC and turntable.
Please can you stop playing music in the background ? My ears struggle to hear you properly.
Meh
Thank you for your comment my friend. Happy Lunar New Year and have a great vinyl'ing time ahead :-D . Warmest Regards, ~ ian.