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Rega Brio R vs Wyred or Bel Canto

i have been downsizing my system due to space and some financial constraints. Currently using a Rega Brio R with a Rega DAC and a Schiit Audio headphone amp. Speakers are Harbeth mini monitors. Is switching to the New wyred4sound all in one amp/dac/headphone integrated or the Bel Canto all in one an upgrade from what i am using ? will be able to condense 3 pieces of equipment into one and sell off the others. Not sure if its worth it though if i am not making some improvement.
panu21
audioconnection
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Panu21
We have been listing to the new Rega Brio R play great music all day on the New Vandersteen 1CIs and can share with you this level of performance is not ordanary.
For 895 with phono remote and Made in UK it should raise many Eybrows.
Enjoy
JohnnyR
drjjpdc
78 posts
 
Drop,

I know this is a bit late but I have the MH a15.2 and it doesn't have any pre outs. There is something called a line out but it is really a tape out because it is a fixed output where you can't control the volume. The way it is set up now if you try to use a powered sub with some bookshelves, you would have to keep adjusting the woofer volume and the Int. amp. volume independently.
kbarkamian
647 posts
 
I think Roy Hall said that that output is a tape out, not a pre-out; the screen printer made a mistake. Not sure if it was that exact model, but I've read about the mistake a few times.
zkzpb8
212 posts
 
Panu21 - I'm using a Simaudio Moon i-3 integrated - great combination with the P-3 Harbeths. I replaced a Cyrus 8vs2 with this amp and saw a big improvement (more than I was expecting). The Moon is much more refined...
calsclbgs
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I have Rega Brio R with the Harbeth P3ESRs and it's a pretty good combo. Like someone in this thread said, nothing wrong, just seems there could be better stuff out there. Then again, the P3s are not meant to be the most powerful speaker. But upgrading to more expensive Harbeths is not an option for me (certainly not that and upgrading the Brio at the same time).

Not to get all philosophical, but my general advice after getting into this game is, set up a realistic budget, go to a dealer you trust, and have him/her take care of you. There's dealers out there who will bad mouth everything they don't carry, and there's dealers out there who will talk with you for an hour even if they don't think you'll buy anything, and encourage you to try out stuff they don't carry. Find the latter and buy from them. At the end of the day, it just seems that all products in the same price range would be right around the same quality. But that's my untrained observation.
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