A report of a visit I paid to Audio T in Brighton in order to listen to their top end Isis CD player and Osiris Amplifier. Rega is not known for its hi end stuff - normally they concentrate on producing budget to midrange hifi separates that sound better than many other products in their respective price categories. For instance the RB251 tonearm is only about £100, yet it is used on many non-Rega decks far more expensive than the humble P2 it was designed for. So for them to launch an amp and CD player that together cost £12000, they must have thought that they could produce something quite remarkable... That's not to say I would ever justify spending that sort of money on hi fi, but it does give the wannabe audiophile a sound to aspire to, when tweaking the system. I would have loved to have heard the Osiris with vinyl, but that wasn't possible today. But it did give me faith that CD's - even LOUDNESS war ones - can sound great and I bought some speaker cable that I hope will tweak out a few minor niggles in my CD replay. CD's I used to test were: This Charming Life (Songs "This Charming Life" and "Goddess of Change") JOAN ARMATRADING Beyond Skin (Songs "The Pilgrim", "The Conference" and "Beyond Skin") NITIN SAWHNEY Hope For the Hopeless (Songs "San Fransisco" and "Make You Crazy") BRETT DENNEN Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (Songs "Sound Of Drums" and "Namami Nanda") KULA SHAKER As you can see, they let me have a jolly good play!
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
HiFi 101 The Rega Top End Experience!
HiFi 101 The Rega Top End Experience! Tube. Duration : 10.05 Mins.
A report of a visit I paid to Audio T in Brighton in order to listen to their top end Isis CD player and Osiris Amplifier. Rega is not known for its hi end stuff - normally they concentrate on producing budget to midrange hifi separates that sound better than many other products in their respective price categories. For instance the RB251 tonearm is only about £100, yet it is used on many non-Rega decks far more expensive than the humble P2 it was designed for. So for them to launch an amp and CD player that together cost £12000, they must have thought that they could produce something quite remarkable... That's not to say I would ever justify spending that sort of money on hi fi, but it does give the wannabe audiophile a sound to aspire to, when tweaking the system. I would have loved to have heard the Osiris with vinyl, but that wasn't possible today. But it did give me faith that CD's - even LOUDNESS war ones - can sound great and I bought some speaker cable that I hope will tweak out a few minor niggles in my CD replay. CD's I used to test were: This Charming Life (Songs "This Charming Life" and "Goddess of Change") JOAN ARMATRADING Beyond Skin (Songs "The Pilgrim", "The Conference" and "Beyond Skin") NITIN SAWHNEY Hope For the Hopeless (Songs "San Fransisco" and "Make You Crazy") BRETT DENNEN Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (Songs "Sound Of Drums" and "Namami Nanda") KULA SHAKER As you can see, they let me have a jolly good play!
A report of a visit I paid to Audio T in Brighton in order to listen to their top end Isis CD player and Osiris Amplifier. Rega is not known for its hi end stuff - normally they concentrate on producing budget to midrange hifi separates that sound better than many other products in their respective price categories. For instance the RB251 tonearm is only about £100, yet it is used on many non-Rega decks far more expensive than the humble P2 it was designed for. So for them to launch an amp and CD player that together cost £12000, they must have thought that they could produce something quite remarkable... That's not to say I would ever justify spending that sort of money on hi fi, but it does give the wannabe audiophile a sound to aspire to, when tweaking the system. I would have loved to have heard the Osiris with vinyl, but that wasn't possible today. But it did give me faith that CD's - even LOUDNESS war ones - can sound great and I bought some speaker cable that I hope will tweak out a few minor niggles in my CD replay. CD's I used to test were: This Charming Life (Songs "This Charming Life" and "Goddess of Change") JOAN ARMATRADING Beyond Skin (Songs "The Pilgrim", "The Conference" and "Beyond Skin") NITIN SAWHNEY Hope For the Hopeless (Songs "San Fransisco" and "Make You Crazy") BRETT DENNEN Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (Songs "Sound Of Drums" and "Namami Nanda") KULA SHAKER As you can see, they let me have a jolly good play!
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