Rega Apollo 35th Anniversary Limited Edition CD Player Now Available

They are finally here! Rega's new Apollo 35th Anniversary Limited Edition CD Players have arrived and are in stock & ready to ship! We have a very limited number available of these impressive CD players available and to help celebrate Rega's 35th Anniversary we are including a pair of 1.0m Rega Couple Interconnects ($195/pair retail) FREE with your purchase of the Apollo Limited Edition CD Player ($1,695). Got a Apollo or even a Planet or Jupiter CD Player and have the urge to upgrade? Well then, feel free to call (315-622-4137) or e-mail us and we will work out a trade up deal to move you up to the Apollo Limited Edition player! Remember, only 100 of these limited edition players will be available here in the USA and once they are gone, Rega is not making anymore of them (and the improvements in the limited edition player are NOT going into the standard Apollo player in the future - this is a true limited edition product).

What do you get for your hard earned dollars??? Well, the Apollo LE essentially incorporates many of the improvements in the $2,595 Saturn for much less. You get:

• A custom solid aluminum front facia with aluminum feet, and aluminium control buttons.


• A more precise clocking mechanism that ensures lower noise and jitter.


• Upgraded capacitors. Polyester units are replaced with high spec polypropylene units.


• A dedicated power supply that prevents noise from getting into the clock circuit.


• Upgraded parts tolerances throughout the player.


• Lovely black and only black finish!

New Rega RS Series of Speakers!

We now have the complete line up of the new Rega Research RS series of loudspeakers on display. OK, I know most of you out there think only turntables or maybe CD players when it comes to the Rega Research name, but Rega has been making very good speakers for over 20 years! The new RS1, RS3, RS5, and RS7 incorporate a host of improvements. The main improvement is Rega's first in-house designed soft dome tweeter that is featured in all the RS series models. The tweeter features what Rega calls Zero Rear Reflection Technology which minimizes reflection related resonances for a smoother and more even treble response. Additionally the woofers uses in the RS3, RS5, and RS7 models use a re-designed 8 layer cone design along with Rega's Bass Resonance Technology to help control bass resonances for a smooth and even bass response. The cabinets have also been spruced up (better footer design, dimensions tweaked, and real wood veneers) as well.

So far, we have been playing the new RS1 ($695/pair retail) and RS5 ($1,595/pair retail) around the shop and we are mightily impressed. The new tweeter not only offers a more even and smoother top end response (improved bloom and more natural decay), this also improves resolution of the speakers as well. The RS5's (like the $1,195/pair RS3's I listened to at CES) strike us as a terrific value for their price. Like the other three way RS speakers I have heard, they disappear well, the bottom end is even with good weight and definition, and most importantly they have a natural tonal character. This is all accomplished with a speaker that does not have the significant frequency response tailoring I hear in other speaker to achieve a certain "sound". Are they perfect? No. But the sins of the Rega RS speakers tend to be ones of omission... I'd much rather have the Rega's slightly smoother presentation than a speaker that tries to amp up detail with a bright/grainy sounding mid-range driver or a little less top end "air" for a more even and natural sounding treble.