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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8340 Registered: Feb-05 | Apparently the folks at Rega have been busy. This appears to be a reduction in choice. New tweeter and only one finish. The R9 is gone as well. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8341 Registered: Feb-05 | Looking at these new speakers I can only speculate that they are coming out with a new higher end line...whaddaya know Frank? |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8365 Registered: Feb-05 | Anyone heard these yet...the new tweeter is supposed to be pretty darn good. http://www.rega.co.uk/index2.htm |
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Silver Member Username: SmwickB.C Canada Post Number: 118 Registered: Dec-07 | Art, what is the frequency range for the RS5 & RS7? Why doesn't Rega provide these specs? I see the new tweeter has silk in it, reminds me of my Sttaf's. |
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Silver Member Username: SmwickB.C Canada Post Number: 119 Registered: Dec-07 | Just found this. http://www.signals.uk.com/newsregarsseries.html |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8366 Registered: Feb-05 | The old tweeter was a silk dome as well, the difference is in the internal structure...also the side firing low frequency driver is improved. I saw the Signals page and it seems to me that my needs and room would still be right for the RS5's. Rega has never provided specs as such and sitting here listening to my system right now...I'm ok with that. |
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Silver Member Username: SmwickB.C Canada Post Number: 120 Registered: Dec-07 | Art, how would you compare bass response and extension between your R5's and my Sttaf's. If I remember correctly you have auditioned the Sttaf's I think. One day I would like to hear the RS line but sadly there is no dealer on the Island. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8371 Registered: Feb-05 | Oh gosh that's really tough Steve. The 2 are just radically different. The Totem sound is IMO just a little more artificial or jacked up. Music is more colorful through the Totems. Rega's have a dry sort of organic sound...the bass extension is not going to be as full and as low but through the mid bass it will be a bit more natural sounding than the Totem. My guess is that all of the bass will improve with the new low frequency driver. The Totem Sttaf and R5 or RS5 are going to sound so different that most folks who like one will not likely enjoy the other. I prefer the R5 and probably the RS5 even more but I also really like the Sttaf and it would not hurt my feeling to have them sitting here playing right now. I'm sticking with Rega speakers for my Rega or Naim/Rega hybrid for quite awhile. But I've been known to build multiple systems, stay tuned..lol! |
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Silver Member Username: SmwickB.C Canada Post Number: 121 Registered: Dec-07 | Thanks Art, I sure hope I can hear them one day. Right now I just want my Sttaf's back, should be here today. |
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Gold Member Username: Frank_abelaBerkshire UK Post Number: 3444 Registered: Sep-04 | Sorry guys, I know nothing. First I've heard of them (remember I am just a Saturday lad). I'll ask in the shop but don't hold your breath. The guys had a pretty poor opinion of the R series so the RS series would have to be pretty special to turn that around. That said, this is a pretty quick change for Rega. The R series is relatively new (new in the Rega scheme of things). |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8442 Registered: Feb-05 | Yeah I just wondered if you had any information on them. I didn't figure the fella's at your store would like them since they really only have a more refined tweeter and little better low end driver for the 5 and 7, cabinets are very similar. I must say that I don't know how ya'll missed the boat on the R series but I have a full vdH loom now and am playing some acoustic Christmas music and I've never a sound so beautiful from such an affordable system...the sound is just compelling. Everything sounds as natural as any system I've heard regardless of price. Obviously it doesn't have the same sense of scale as some of the cost no object systems I've heard but it just flat blows me away. Put the Totems where they belong...in the HT with a Yamaha receiver. |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Post Number: 2188 Registered: Jun-07 | That a boy Art!!! |
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Gold Member Username: Frank_abelaBerkshire UK Post Number: 3449 Registered: Sep-04 | I get where you're coming from Art. There's certainly an enjoyable pleasantness about the R-series, but I could never get away from the cabinet waffle of the bigger speakers. |