Rega Aphelion with Aria

Hi Adam

Sidetrack... Did you compare RP10 to RP8 prior to purchase?

thanks

Mark

Mark J posted:

Hi Adam

Sidetrack... Did you compare RP10 to RP8 prior to purchase?

thanks

Mark

Hi Mark

No - I didn't. Went from RP6 with Exact II, straight to RP10. 
The only comparison I can offer is between Apheta and Aphelion, mounted on my RP10.

Cheers,

Adam

Please advise 

I will try to to brief

Apheta is a fantastic cartridge. It's a rhytmic powerhouse, but it seems to impose it's way of music reproduction - very sharp and fast.

Aphelion... - it completely gets out of the way and seems to faithfully reproduce what an artist put on the record. It has that fluidity...

We only played with the Aphelion for a short while (a few days) but my recollection is that it had the same settings as the Apheta. I could be wrong though. Incidentally, if you want an upgrade to the Aria, that new Cyrus Signature is very good!

Mark, the difference between 10 and 8? I could live with a 10. 

Frank.

Frank Abela posted:

We only played with the Aphelion for a short while (a few days) but my recollection is that it had the same settings as the Apheta. I could be wrong though. Incidentally, if you want an upgrade to the Aria, that new Cyrus Signature is very good!

Mark, the difference between 10 and 8? I could live with a 10. 

Frank.

Thanks!

I d strongly  advice the original  iOS or the newer even before goin from apheta onwards.

much better upgrade than staying with aria.

Antonio - I was thinking about iOS too. A bit on an expensive side - is it worth it?

Hi Adam

aw  my gosh ,yes.

my dealer has both aria and ios. The latter now with rp10 and gyia speakers.nothing short of stunning was with a ff lp12 and very good too is now as friends who  demoed have widely confermed..

also mk1 which is what he has come cheap nowadays.

Antonio1 posted:

Hi Adam

aw  my gosh ,yes.

my dealer has both aria and ios. The latter now with rp10 and gyia speakers.nothing short of stunning was with a ff lp12 and very good too is now as friends who  demoed have widely confermed..

also mk1 which is what he has come cheap nowadays.

Looks like another home demo is coming up Thanks for the tip Antonio.

The IOS Reference is in another league from most other phono stages. However, I disagree with Antonio about the original IOS. Although worthy, it just didn't grab you in the way that the Aria and IOS Ref do. It was just a bit clinical, or matter of fact.

The IOS Ref is the same circuit, but Mr. Bateman changed a few values of some of the components, cleaned the environment with that crazy heavy chassis and casework, and sprinkled some magic fairy dust over it to make a truly world class product...

Frank

Frank - I really didn't want to read this 

Luckily, for now I have no space on my rack to fit a full-width component. Aria and RP10's PSU sit alongside each other - there is a certain easthetic to their matching cases.

But the iOS Ref seed has been planted...

In all fairness demoed both in Two very different set-up.

iOS in a very special one.

but can T help feeling the aria grabbed more my attention in analyzing in hifI termS, the other was simplY so natural ,as i reckon only do great electrmnics.

Antonio, in fairness it could simply be that you prefer a less emphatic delivery. 

Adam, sorry, hehehehe...seriously, don't listen to it unless you are SURE you can afford it. 

Frank.

Frank Abela posted:

Adam, sorry, hehehehe...seriously, don't listen to it unless you are SURE you can afford it.