If anyone needs just a little more positive confirmation, I bought a Rega P-10 a couple of years ago and it was the best move i'd made. Absolutely excellent.
@@CJNooberson Yes I do, owner for a decade without any trouble or speed issues. RP6 & Exact II for most of the time and finally upgraded to the Ania Pro a year or so ago. Never a hum either.
Fantastic talk, Steve and Roy. I really enjoyed listening to Roy’s take on things. If I were to buy another TT, Rega would absolutely be on the short list. Thanks, guys.
Very enjoyable and informative interview! My P3 has given new life to albums that I've owned for years, and I now hear things in the music that were sort of buried previously. Mr. Gandy has an interesting philosophy and balance between the engineering and artistic, and this makes for a unique experience.
Excellent interview! However I went down the rabbit hole learning about azimuth and vta after your Fremer interview and sold my p3/TT-PSU this week lol. Moving into a pro-ject x1b & the amethyst cart upgrade...this deck has a mini XLR out and is great candidate for MC cart exploration.
Enjoyed your interview with Mr Gandy! Finally broke down and purchased a Rega 3 table and it’s really improved the experience of my stereo Rega makes great turntables at all price levels!!
I like Rega's approach a lot, and am trying to find a way to justify an upgrade to my P3 to a P8 or 10. Heart says Naia, but I just can't spend that kind of money on a turntable. I wish we could have learned something about their new cartridge, the ND7, because I have used the Exact previously, and could never get along with it properly. Why did they go make a new MM cartridge in roughly the same cost bracket as Exact? But well done interview! Enjoy the music! That's some really good advice.
👏 🎉 💪 For young & old A/V consumers, RUclipsrs, bloggers, VC bitchers, and glossy mag publishers, mark the tape(!) at the 13min mark: "...price is NOT any indicator of sound quality... full stop." 💪 I'm not a Rega owner though I do own two more-modern audiophile TTs and a Pioneer vintage. But a single casual interview like this setting can/does help persuade folks from newbies to grizzled veterans like me to look their way. Reminds me, for whatever reason, of one of my FAV speaker designers for 30 years, Legacy Audio's Bill Dudleston. Why I've owned a pair of Focus towers from early 2000. Easily one of my biggest VC & forum pet peeves re: actual vinyl albums, reissues, etc., are usually regular bitchers & complainers with their "...bad pressings & 3-5 attempts to find a good sounding vinyl" and/or "...I've had 3 random skips & pops on side 2...". Great stuff Steve.
In 1982 The Rega RB250 tonearm was higher quality than other table arms in that price range. It made it a game changer as dealers then their customers noticed. Linn Sondek's Itok tonearm seems to me to have influenced Rega to make a similar designed arm and offer it for "a quarter of the price" like Roy mentioned. Linn only sold suspension table which Rega never offered otherwise. The Rega RB300 was a big improvement and a Rega 3 with the RB300 was the best bang for the buck at the time. Most of my tables are from the 1970's-early 80's, so I don't have experience with the new Rega's but see how they have evolved to offer a quality product. There are only so many companies that could be consistent like that over decades. NAD was big around the early 1980's because they offered well designed, discrete amplifiers at integrated circuit prices. Mission is another example of companies that were really competing well in a market occupied by the big Japanese and American companies.
Wow! Amazing. I love my Rega equipment! I am rockin a RP2 circa 1978. I got an Aria mk3 and a Fono MK1. My god the Fono hangs very good. The Aria still beats it…. But they Fono is amazing for about $250.
@@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox yup. I got it used off the bay for $450. Smokin deal! Very impressive. Interestingly I almost like my Fono better than the Aria. The Aria is definitely more detailed… but my Fono images deeper. I am using a Nag MP-500. Thinking about trying a Rega cart (apheta 3 or ania pro)
Steve, you could absolutely get Jason Stoddard from Schiit, he's very accessible. And they have a newish Phono preamp I'm sure he would love to talk about.
You should have asked him if he's working on a new generation of turntable models, and when they will come out. They generally release new models every 6 years or so.
i wish i could have saw this live and i coulda commented in the chat Guess what Roy you need to put a ground screw on your turn tables, what a joke no ground screw my mega hums like a bumble bee, i got it reduced, by trying all the so called solutions, but never totally eliminated C mon REGA, really?!
![[Interview] A long interview lasting over an hour with REGA CEO Roy Gandy. It was a really fun time.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NDw97eYuUr8/mqdefault.jpg)
If anyone needs just a little more positive confirmation, I bought a Rega P-10 a couple of years ago and it was the best move i'd made. Absolutely excellent.
What a concept... it's the music ......
This dude is awesome! 😎
Great conversation! Love my Rega Planar 8 / Apheta 3 combo!
I own a P10 and it’s phenomenal. I love listening to it every night after work, it brings recordings to life!
Thanks so much for bringing quality information to the masses Steve!
This was amazing, Nick. Do you have a Rega?
@@CJNooberson Yes I do, owner for a decade without any trouble or speed issues. RP6 & Exact II for most of the time and finally upgraded to the Ania Pro a year or so ago. Never a hum either.
@@novisnick6928 nice!
Always fascinating to listen to Roy. I always find myself riveted.
Yes. This was a good and informative chat.
This was a very interesting and informative episode. Im gonna have to look into rega more than i have in the past. Roy is a very straight shooter.
Fantastic talk, Steve and Roy. I really enjoyed listening to Roy’s take on things. If I were to buy another TT, Rega would absolutely be on the short list. Thanks, guys.
It would be on my shortlist too, Nick! 😉😂
@@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox Haha, Jim! 😂
FASCINATING. Thanks , Steve. Suggestion: give the guest a full screen more often, esp. if they are doing a monologue.
Of course. It was not working for me today though.
Very enjoyable and informative interview! My P3 has given new life to albums that I've owned for years, and I now hear things in the music that were sort of buried previously. Mr. Gandy has an interesting philosophy and balance between the engineering and artistic, and this makes for a unique experience.
Roy is such a humble man. I love my P8👍🏼
lol @ calling Fremer out for “going after Rega” because he didn’t get a Naia review unit 😂
Shots fired!
😮... 😂
Excellent interview! However I went down the rabbit hole learning about azimuth and vta after your Fremer interview and sold my p3/TT-PSU this week lol. Moving into a pro-ject x1b & the amethyst cart upgrade...this deck has a mini XLR out and is great candidate for MC cart exploration.
Enjoyed your interview with Mr Gandy! Finally broke down and purchased a Rega 3 table and it’s really improved the experience of my stereo
Rega makes great turntables at all price levels!!
I like Rega's approach a lot, and am trying to find a way to justify an upgrade to my P3 to a P8 or 10. Heart says Naia, but I just can't spend that kind of money on a turntable. I wish we could have learned something about their new cartridge, the ND7, because I have used the Exact previously, and could never get along with it properly. Why did they go make a new MM cartridge in roughly the same cost bracket as Exact? But well done interview! Enjoy the music! That's some really good advice.
👏 🎉 💪 For young & old A/V consumers, RUclipsrs, bloggers, VC bitchers, and glossy mag publishers, mark the tape(!) at the 13min mark: "...price is NOT any indicator of sound quality... full stop." 💪
I'm not a Rega owner though I do own two more-modern audiophile TTs and a Pioneer vintage.
But a single casual interview like this setting can/does help persuade folks from newbies to grizzled veterans like me to look their way.
Reminds me, for whatever reason, of one of my FAV speaker designers for 30 years, Legacy Audio's Bill Dudleston. Why I've owned a pair of Focus towers from early 2000.
Easily one of my biggest VC & forum pet peeves re: actual vinyl albums, reissues, etc., are usually regular bitchers & complainers with their "...bad pressings & 3-5 attempts to find a good sounding vinyl" and/or "...I've had 3 random skips & pops on side 2...".
Great stuff Steve.
Love my mostly Rega system. Thanks Roy and Steve.
I suspect Fremer will not be able to let this one go.
Great chat!!
Thanks Mazzy!!! was fun and very informative
Rega 3 anniversary here. Superb.
In 1982 The Rega RB250 tonearm was higher quality than other table arms in that price range. It made it a game changer as dealers then their customers noticed. Linn Sondek's Itok tonearm seems to me to have influenced Rega to make a similar designed arm and offer it for "a quarter of the price" like Roy mentioned. Linn only sold suspension table which Rega never offered otherwise. The Rega RB300 was a big improvement and a Rega 3 with the RB300 was the best bang for the buck at the time. Most of my tables are from the 1970's-early 80's, so I don't have experience with the new Rega's but see how they have evolved to offer a quality product. There are only so many companies that could be consistent like that over decades. NAD was big around the early 1980's because they offered well designed, discrete amplifiers at integrated circuit prices. Mission is another example of companies that were really competing well in a market occupied by the big Japanese and American companies.
I was expecting my pro-ject debut carbon to be on same level. I was mistaken and now look forward to purchasing more Rega products.
Wow! Amazing. I love my Rega equipment! I am rockin a RP2 circa 1978. I got an Aria mk3 and a Fono MK1. My god the Fono hangs very good. The Aria still beats it…. But they Fono is amazing for about $250.
Rega best equipment for the price.
Great choice 👍
@@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox just picked up a Brio. Man great equipment
@@revelry1969 nice one. I hear they are running out of parts for them, so maybe hard to come by in future months. 👌
@@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox yup. I got it used off the bay for $450. Smokin deal! Very impressive. Interestingly I almost like my Fono better than the Aria. The Aria is definitely more detailed… but my Fono images deeper. I am using a Nag MP-500. Thinking about trying a Rega cart (apheta 3 or ania pro)
I get the feeling that Roy would get along well with Jason Stoddard
Steve, you could absolutely get Jason Stoddard from Schiit, he's very accessible. And they have a newish Phono preamp I'm sure he would love to talk about.
You should have asked him if he's working on a new generation of turntable models, and when they will come out. They generally release new models every 6 years or so.
So hum = good?
Getting ALL the music??
Rega P10 and Aphelion 2. Endgame table and cart for me.
It aint rock & roll if there isnt a little hum.
Roger Waters is a brilliant engineer.
i wish i could have saw this live and i coulda commented in the chat Guess what Roy you need to put a ground screw on your turn tables, what a joke no ground screw my mega hums like a bumble bee, i got it reduced, by trying all the so called solutions, but never totally eliminated C mon REGA, really?!