opinions on Rega RS1 speakers

OK, boiling down this post some.

The tweeter on these things seemed like a break-through in speaker technology......there was no distortion at all, incredibly clear sound reproduction.

This little light weight speaker, and I really mean light weight, it was too light. Sounded better than the Fancy better looking, high priced stuff in the store.

Maybe I'm just imagining it. I'm going back to listen again.

I'm thinking these are an over looked giant slayer.

waiting for comments.

You are right ..they are quite incredible.I've had some round here which I purchased on a/g recently for a friend on a limited budget. I normally listen on Lowther dx4 Medallion horns with various SE DH Triodes 45,300B,2a3,and was stunned, by their detail and overall blackness and sharp relief.I almost did not want to let them go.You're absolutely correct to say that they leave many other reputed brands in the dust.This uncanny ability,I think lies in the fact that smaller PAPER voice coils are more realistic than plastics,kevlars and the like.The trade off as with any thing in this game is whether you get sufficient bass for your taste.If you like acoustic and vocal music,you'll be ok.You can make up some ground(low frequency)with a closer listening position or in a smaller room & closer positioning to back wall..go for it...john

mcgarick, as glene opined your first impressions are spot-on--the regas are a really, accurate, well-balanced speaker. i suspect they're overlooked because of their low price, unassuming looks and light weight. their key attribute is they're impervious to placement--they sound really good at or near a wall or corner. soundstage is surprisingly wide, too.

What about adding a quality tight sounding sub with them?
I'm doing that now to good effect in my room with large book shelf speakers...

Rega doesn't give any specs that I can see?

They seemed to go fairly low if I recall, but I'm not to sure how low, that little paper woofer is so unassuming. Potent little bugger.