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Hollywood said:
What about this model here? $499 on Amazon.ca.
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I'm sure people here will have opinions since in general no one likes any of the gear or brands I own. But that's a pretty well regarded stage if you can get it for a good price/discount.

EDIT - Actually that's a good price, I think MSRP in Canada is about $650 for that one.

The problem with a lot of these smaller brands like Park and Vincent and whatnot is no one sells them up here so we end up paying shipping and duty so it doesn't make sense in most cases to buy them, also taking into account no one services them up here either... I know you can get a Vincent Pho 8 for about the same price on Amazon but it's a reseller so I don't know about service and whatnot.
 
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Mather said:
I'm sure people here will have opinions since in general no one likes any of the gear or brands I own. But that's a pretty well regarded stage if you can get it for a good price/discount.

EDIT - Actually that's a good price, I think MSRP in Canada is about $650 for that one.
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Hahahaha! Just the black! You have a pretty special system!

Much like the reviews for your phono have it matched to mine and all reviewers seem to have them as alternatives with not much between, they just pick their personal favourite. It’s the same with that Rega and the LX2-LPS. The Musical Fidelity does allow you to play with MC carts too but I’m not sure I’d want to be using that amount of gain with phono stages down the line anyway so that may well be moot.
 
Mather said:
I'm sure people here will have opinions since in general no one likes any of the gear or brands I own. But that's a pretty well regarded stage if you can get it for a good price/discount.

EDIT - Actually that's a good price, I think MSRP in Canada is about $650 for that one.

The problem with a lot of these smaller brands like Park and Vincent and whatnot is no one sells them up here so we end up paying shipping and duty so it doesn't make sense in most cases to buy them, also taking into account no one services them up here either... I know you can get a Vincent Pho 8 for about the same price on Amazon but it's a reseller so I don't know about service and whatnot.
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This got me thinking if I end up getting this Rega phono preamp which appears to be the new MK3 version of the Aria? I may as well be known as a copy cat since I already have the Revel Concerta2 F36 speakers (big brother of the F35) and inching closer to purchasing the Pro-ject X2 which is in the same family as our 2Xperience SB 😆 🤣 😂
 
Hollywood said:
This got me thinking if I end up getting this Rega phono preamp which appears to be the new MK3 version of the Aria? I may as well be known as a copy cat since I already have the Revel Concerta2 F36 speakers (big brother of the F35) and inching closer to purchasing the Pro-ject X2 which is in the same family as our 2Xperience SB 😆 🤣 😂
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No that one for $500 is it’s little brother, it lacks a lot of the Arias features and obviously being so much cheaper won’t use as expensive components. It’s good for it’s price but it’s not a patch on the aria.

But the X2 is effectively the replacement for his table.....
 
Joe Mac said:
No that one for $500 is it’s little brother, it lacks a lot of the Arias features and obviously being so much cheaper won’t use as expensive components. It’s good for it’s price but it’s not a patch on the aria.

But the X2 is effectively the replacement for his table.....
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Yes you're right I got it confused with the Aria MK3 which is an update on the Aria and an all new case design to match the Planar 10 PSU and Atheos amp.

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The new MK3 Fono MM replaces the multi award winning MK2 model which won
WHAT HI-FI? Best Phono stage in its price category 2014,2015 & 2016.
 
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Hollywood said:
This got me thinking if I end up getting this Rega phono preamp which appears to be the new MK3 version of the Aria? I may as well be known as a copy cat since I already have the Revel Concerta2 F36 speakers (big brother of the F35) and inching closer to purchasing the Pro-ject X2 which is in the same family as our 2Xperience SB 😆 🤣 😂
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Yep, you just need a 2M black, Arcam 550, the Aria instead of the Fono, a Revel B10 sub and about 7 billion dollars in cables AND YOU'RE THERE!
 
Found this customer review on Amazon.

"Paired this preamp with a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon DC/2M Red cartridge and it sounds outstanding. Night and day over previous NAD PP 2e. Worth every penny."

I guess the NAD PP 2e is out of the running 😄
 
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