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BRIO World Train Turntable & Figure for Kids Age 3 Years Up & World Magnetic Railway Bell Signal for Kids Age 3 Years Up - Compatible with all BRIO Train Sets & Accessories

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Rega's Elex-R arrived in 2014, 13 years after the original Elex, which was the company's second-ever amplifier following its debut Elicit the year prior. The new Brio has a cleverly integrated headphone socket specially designed to avoid interference with the audio circuit when not in use and as you would expect, a very high specification moving magnet phono stage is built in as standard. Before I bought the well regarded and highly valued Rega Brio-R, I've been mostly listening to amplifiers made by big Japanese companies. As with the Elicit and Brio siblings, its biggest strength lies in its effortless, uncompromising musicality; it's the kind of product that gets straight to the heart of the music and conveys all the emotion in the recording with ease. 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.

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The closest the company has got to building a production version of the Naiad – closer still than after the Planar 8 that came just before it – it's an exceptional performer that packs clever engineering and fine build into a visually striking design. In 1976, three years after Rega’s creation, the Planar 2 launched as one of the brand’s very first turntables. The idea here was to bring some of the features of the company's more premium turntables - particularly the P25 of 1998 - within the reach of more hi-fi fans, hence the aluminium surround, complex CNC machined skeletal low mass micro-fibre plinth, and the RB700 tonearm of the P7.New decks were occasionally launched along the way but it's the P5 and its 15mm glass platter of 2002 that we're picking out. 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. He also wanted his first turntable to look different to everything else that was available at the time.

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To say we were impressed by the RP8 - which is still available, by the way - would be an understatement. BRIO Trains, Engines, Wagons, Carriages, and Vehicles feature the classic BRIO magnetic couplingsfor easily hook up! I have never owned an amp in 40 years that had 0 hum at zero volume setting (both solid state and tube, never mind which input) if you pressed your ear against the speaker (but it could not be heard from a foot or two feet away). We proclaimed the RP1 Performance pack a 'blindingly good turntable for the money, and a great entry point into the world of vinyl'.

Rega has struck gold in combining two superb products into one', we said, commenting that in some ways it's actually a better performer than when the turntable and phono stage are bought and combined as separates. Imo i think some people just have unrealistic expectations and do not understand the design filosofi behind some spesilist products. For there to be audible noise at all times is a defective design, however it is wrapped and presented.

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That partial-cure was as simple as reversing the leads to the filaments - leading me to believe that the buzz was inductive - which it was. Rega's goal of combining lightness and rigidity bore striking fruit in 2012 with the launch of the RP8.Its latest incarnation is the best yet, with a number of tweaks throughout the deck all adding up to create an even clearer and more insightful-sounding turntable. Crafted using FSC sourced European beech wood and high-quality plastics the BRIO World railway range is suitable for ages 3 Years and up and make ideal gifts for boys and great gifts for girls. My late Naim pre/ power amplifier and Rega Cursa 3/ Exon 3 monoblocks had a slight hum and hiss when the volume was turned down and you placed you ear close to the loudspeaker. The next thing after a nice first impression, I discovered a small hum when placing my ear next to the tweeters. It’s fair to say this turntable left a lasting impression, so much so that it won the Product of the Year Award twice in a row.

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