Buying a new TT today

@aj523

To answer your question, no, I am not going to change the AC power cable from the PSU.  I have it connected to an Audioquest Niagara 1200 and, therefore, am delivering a nice clean AC current to the PSU.

In a few months from now I am getting a Symposium Acoustics Foundation Ultra rack.  Along with that I am upgrading to the new Niagara 3000 and all of my main components AC will connect to that, including the Rega.  I am maintaining my Niagara 1200 for AC connections just for the theater processor and multi-channel amp, in a separate cabinet.  I have a fairly serious main 2-channel audio system and for home theater I then simply switch on the processor and multi-channel amp.  My main preamp (BAT preamp and power amp) can receive the R/L signal from the processor and pass it through to the BAT amp.  Voila, I then have a home theater setup operating in full Dolby Atmos, 9.1.  It's really quite nice!

aj523,

"@cd318 and the @chakster
Sorry no idea what you are talking about. Because I asked about upgrading a stock cable that means I’m trying to change everything on this incredible machine? "


Err... you also mentioned a replacement mat, did you not?


"Rega isn’t going to put a $300 power cord on their table, they use a basic power cable that they didn’t design and its the law of diminishing returns....but that doesn’t mean its necessarily a complete waste."


Before presuming, maybe it’s better if you can tell us what Rega have to say. That might be useful information for other owners of Rega decks.


"I was just asking anyway. Jesus. So glad i didn’t go with a Technic or other DD design. They are ugly too."


Thank you for your opinion.
Many may not agree.



big_greg,

The Funk Firm are also another interesting company that seems to fly under the radar nowadays, and why do we so rarely hear about Origin Live?

It wasn’t that long ago that their turntable arms were hailed as the very best in the business.

Could it all be simply be down to reviewers fashion and flavour of the month based upon advertising revenues?

@cd318
Seriously, c’mon dude....I'm just getting into TT’s and 2 channel stereo (yes, a newbie) and I make the mistake of reading all over the internet by so called experts (none of whom I suspect are engineers) about replacement mats and other tweaks using these crazy adjectives, it gets me thinking..... But I’m smart enough to call Rega after dropping $6k and they set me straight and told me it will actually degrade the sound.. Meanwhile all I hear about with other TTs like Technic (which they used to sell at Toys R Us when I was a kid) is how people tweak the hell out of them and I wonder if those tweaks really work then why doesnt the manufacturer build them in?

And yes absolutely I will call Rega about the power cord. I meant to do so today but I thought it was Saturday as I have off for the holiday. lol

Fun stuff. But why is everyone so preachy?

aj523,

"Fun stuff. But why is everyone so preachy?"


Yes, it should definitely be fun, before anything else, including any expensive, possibly useless or counterproductive tweaks.

Remember the OP was faced with a budget of $2k and somehow, despite that we got carried away.

The OP didn’t and it will be interesting to hear how he gets on with his new deck.

@aj523

 Meanwhile all I hear about with other TTs like Technic (which they used to sell at Toys R Us when I was a kid) is how people tweak the hell out of them and I wonder if those tweaks really work then why doesnt the manufacturer build them in?

This is the best explanation that you have no idea what you're talking about, because a brand new Technics with Coreless DD motor is not what was in the shops near your kinder garden back in the day. As always you (just like some other people) mixed up together and OLD and NEW, expecting OLD and NEW is the same if there is a Technics logo on it. Regarding an old Technics that is still the best even today i can only recall two models SP-10mkII with EPA-100 tonearm, and SP-10mk3 with EPA-100 mk2 tonearm, nothing else. Fully adjustable (with dynamic damping) Technics EPA-100 and EPA-100 mk2 are two amazing tonearms from the past that can beat almost everything today!   

The whole Technics tooling was completely rebuild after they went out of business for a long time, they made a return only few years ago with a brand new line of High-End turntables. One of the reason is 100 Anniversary date. Technics brought SP-10R on the market and this is a killer reference class high-end turntable.   

Do you understand the difference between belt-drive Technics and direct-drive Technics? Technics also made belt-drive turntables in the past, but after a years of research they only keep making Direct Drive. Have you ever seen how many different models Technics made in the past? Now forget all that and read about SP-10R and it's budget version with the same motor SL1200G (and cheaper model is SL1200GR).   

Rega is just a tiny company compared to the Matsushita (Technics/Panasonic/National) giant of the industry. The reason why Technics turntable does not cost too much money is because they're making millions of them. 

These turntables does not require any tweaks at all to remain reference class Direct Drive turntables today.