Rega has pushed the boundaries of performance at this level and has given premium rivals positioned above it plenty to worry about', we said at the time, and little has changed since. To say we were impressed by the RP8 - which is still available, by the way - would be an understatement. 'When the company really goes for it, shooting for the stars rather than trying to meet a price point', we said, 'the results are spectacular'. The manufacturer says that the 50hz transformer hum is to "improve sound quality"(they've left some components which prevent hum to speakers out of the signal path).

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No. That implies that the noise should be well below the audible threshold when the system is quiescent. -70dB would be a good start. My worst of integrated amps is down 75dB. The best 80dB. Both are dead-silent when quiescent. As you'd assume from the name, the Planar 3 was not the first Planar by Rega. What's more, the model we're highlighting here wasn't even the first Planar 3. What makes this the Planar 3 to focus on is the RB-300 tonearm that came pre-installed on it. Well, the hum issue is one thing I could've lived with. The issue is so small, that you can't hear it to the listening spot, even when there's no music playing. Fridges, air condition, traffic outside etc are much louder.. not to mention vinyl roar. But, it's like a rotten cherry on the top of a poo cake now. He also wanted his first turntable to look different to everything else that was available at the time. “Why can a turntable not have three outrigger points spinning round, that people might buy as a piece of sculpture?” he asked.

A couple of things right off the bat: If, with no input and at 0-volume you are getting anything other than dead-silence at your speakers, the amp is defective. Full Stop. No well made amplifier (and a great many mediocre amplifiers as it happen) should have any sound/buzz/fuzz/hum at any level under those conditions. And no matter how well things are thought to be, an occasional defect gets past quality-control once in a while. So, if you are accurate in your description of this artifact, return the amp for a *replacement*, NOT a rework. You are entitled to a 100% new, defect-free unit, not one that has been repaired. Cutting to the chase, amplifiers are not fine wine. They either add artifacts or they do not. They are either straight-wires-with-gain or they are not. To the extent that they are, they are good. To the extent that they are not, they are bad. It’s time to put the trains to bed. The 33736 Grand Roundhouse is a great addition to any BRIO World railway layout, with beautifully realistic graphics and enough space to fit five trains. The sturdy roundhouse has five entrances on the front with an easy-to-use turntable to help guide trains in. There are also two large sliding doors on the rear of the roundhouse so that you can easily reach the sleeping trains.

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However, I've heard the hum issue with a demo unit in a store as well, and heard that there are other amps that do the same, supposedly some Naim amps. What Hi-Fi?, founded in 1976, is the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home entertainment products. Our comprehensive tests help you buy the very best for your money, with our advice sections giving you step-by-step information on how to get even more from your music and movies. Everything is tested by our dedicated team of in-house reviewers in our custom-built test rooms in London, Reading and Bath. Our coveted five-star rating and Awards are recognised all over the world as the ultimate seal of approval, so you can buy with absolute confidence. Most importantly, the Planer 2 received Rega’s new RB220 tonearm, which features new ultra-low friction ball bearings, a stiffer bearing housing and an automatic bias setting, making it virtually plug ’n’ play.I agree that no amp SHOULD do that. The manufacturer says that the 50hz transformer hum is to "improve sound quality"(they've left some components which prevent hum to speakers out of the signal path). I think it's a big joke. If it is just an issue with power, do the math. Compare the headroom of your old amplifier to that of the Rega and to the efficiency of your chosen speakers. Looking at the Rega, it appears to be a moderately small unit at about 50wpc/rms/8, more at 4 ohms. Not knowing at all how it behaves at clipping, my only comment is that this is a rather small amp and may suffer from that smallness into certain speakers. For sure it would not drive either my Maggies or my AR3a speakers very comfortably - but those both are known power-pigs. But the point is if you are replacing a 100 watt amp with a 50-watt amp, all other things being equal you _will_ be disappointed. I note that the NAD you mention is only 40wpc/8. So, given that the KEFs are not particularly efficient, a 10-watt power difference is negligible. You would need at least a 100-watt amp to make a substantial difference.

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In actual fact, almost every part had been revised since the last iteration - the P3-24 of 2007. The company had, fairly unusually, put some real effort into the styling, too. The core of the turntable was the same, though: simple, well-engineered and designed to put performance first. About covers much (but not all) of the high-end audio industry's attitude towards their customers. Bluntly, I can get noise from my speakers with the volume up, especially in the phono mode. But with the volume at 0, or with no signal other than in phono -not really. If I short the inputs on the power-amps they are dead-quiet. As it should be. I have to ask: If you had a customer come into your shop and ask for an integrated amp - then complained about a buzz - which you could also hear - what would you tell him/her? Somehow I do not think you would tell your customer to 'put up with it, it is the price you pay for good sound'.

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