Rega Fono MM MK3 Phono Stage Black

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If you’ve already got a suitably talented turntable and really want to hear how good it is, this Cyrus combination is a must-buy. Maybe. It probably sounds a fraction better than its little bother. But we are talking nuances for sure.

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The tester's brain may have settled in - though that should have been fairly easy - since there was no change from the previous award-winning version 🙄 Reply The audio signal output from a turntable is usually fragile, like 1000 times low, compared to a CD player. Therefore, there’s a need to boost the signal to reach the average line-level or AUX necessary for the modern amplifiers. At least not for sound quality alone. But there might be a specific sound character (color) you prefer that require you to look outside the Rega product range. For instance towards tube phono preamps.Rega Fono MM MK3 - Rega has managed to take a near-perfect product and squeeze yet more improvements from it. The physical limitations of vinyl mean that the original audio signal has to be altered before it can be recorded onto its tiny grooves – low frequencies are reduced in level and the highs are boosted. The curve that governs this equalisation standard was set by the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) in 1954. Additionally, the build is plastic but has protective internal metal shielding against breaking from falls. Performance The internals have remained unchanged from the last generation'With only a case change, was a review necessary?

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If you compare the Elys and the 2M they are quite different in frequency response. The Elys is a bit darker sounding: I remember reading some time ago that the Aria was more focussed on the MC side than MM and improvement over the Fono MM wasn’t great. For that money there were better MM only stages. Take the Rega Fono MM as an example of such a conundrum. Since the MK2 version received a What Hi-Fi? Award it has had plenty of competition, but none sufficient to relieve it of its crown. The phono preamp is a simple electronic circuit that can be designed to sound excellent without costing a ton of money.b) To delete old conversations use the ‘Leave conversation’ option. This is just delete by another name.