I was lucky to be able to purchase a demo Rega Osiris from a local audio dealer for about 34% of retail. I have seen a used one or two go for close to that amount. It is very good. Because of it's list price of $9995, that it is made by Rega plus it does not look extra fancy in looks, I don't think that it has been a great seller. It's sound I would compare to that of the upper level Naim products. At ten thousand dollars there might be better choices, but at a significant discount would be hard to beat. Oh yes, Rega's repair service is unbeatible.
Rega/Totem combo wow!
Was out of town for work last week and managed to stop into a hifi shop downtown after work one evening. I forget the name of the place but it was right in Cincinnati (audible elegance i believe). I had always wanted to hear a rega/naim amplifier. Long story short, they had a rega brio and elex r hooked up to a pair of Totem Rainmakers (which is a nice compact speaker for my space) and I have to say that I was really impressed by the speakers even through the lower powered brio. The gentleman switched from the Brio to the Elex to hear the difference. And yes, there was a difference. The Elex provided more bass and a little smoother sound to my ears but both amps sounded superb and although the Totems are 4ohms, I was more impressed with the little Brio handling them quite well. I haven't really heard many people talk about totem speakers on too many threads but like I said, there seemed to be a really good match there between the regas and the totems. Has anyone else had a similar experience with these two brands playing together and if so what were your thoughts?