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To these eyes it's a gorgeously designed turntable that looks like nothing else out there. It's vastly more capable than Rega's more affordable models, too, including the Planar 6. Key improvements have been made to the circuits. The PCB layout has been fully upgraded to handle higher specifications for all critical parts. A second raw power supply has been added to provide further isolation between output stage and the driver stage/line and phono amplifiers. This improves the isolation between high and low level signal stages of the amplifier. Higher specification MUSES operational amplifiers have been used in the line and phono amplifier. Brand new case design We've always been fans of Rega's entry-level turntable, the RP1, but this enhanced version took things to a new level. The manufacturer says that the 50hz transformer hum is to "improve sound quality"(they've left some components which prevent hum to speakers out of the signal path). If it is just an issue with power, do the math. Compare the headroom of your old amplifier to that of the Rega and to the efficiency of your chosen speakers. Looking at the Rega, it appears to be a moderately small unit at about 50wpc/rms/8, more at 4 ohms. Not knowing at all how it behaves at clipping, my only comment is that this is a rather small amp and may suffer from that smallness into certain speakers. For sure it would not drive either my Maggies or my AR3a speakers very comfortably - but those both are known power-pigs. But the point is if you are replacing a 100 watt amp with a 50-watt amp, all other things being equal you _will_ be disappointed. I note that the NAD you mention is only 40wpc/8. So, given that the KEFs are not particularly efficient, a 10-watt power difference is negligible. You would need at least a 100-watt amp to make a substantial difference.
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Onkyo's A-9010 is a fantastic stereo amplifier for the money and owns a area of the market where there's been a real shortage of talent lately. The design is functional rather than flamboyant, but the captivating, energetic sound is what's crucial here. I'm seriously wanting to return this one, but I don't think the dealer will accept anything but a swap to another unit of the same model.That's about it for now. Thanks for reading my rant, and feel free to disagree. I know many will, and that's completely alright :). I just wanted to bring a differing opinion from a novice user. If you find it useless, then too bad. Maybe I'm wrong. The problem is not with my particular unit I believe, as there are no clearly audible faults, I'm just being extremely critical (and have heard other units too).
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Each turntable is a five-star product in its own right and so is a good starting point if you’re just in the market for a new record player. If, however, you’re looking for an entire hi-fi system – be it your very first or a hefty upgrade – this is the right place too.
What better way to finish off this budget vinyl hi-fi system than with a brilliant pair of budget standmounters from Q Acoustics? The speakers boast terrifically refined and insightful sound for sensible money, and work seamlessly with the Onkyo and Audio Technica kit in this system. Most importantly, the Planer 2 received Rega’s new RB220 tonearm, which features new ultra-low friction ball bearings, a stiffer bearing housing and an automatic bias setting, making it virtually plug ’n’ play. It would take Rega 24 years to launch the second-generation Planar 3, called the P3 2000, but then just seven years to launch the third model - the P3-24.
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