Was with @BasicallySound, two weeks ago, auditioning one or two things…
Their demonstration Rega Naia arrived during the morning.
At some point, Graham set it up in the next demo’ room, with their Naim 300 system, which was left out from their 300 series demo’ session, previous evening.
Later that day, realised it was being used in the next room and curiosity drew me in. Just for fun, Graham played a few tracks and we both marvelled at the “straight out of the box” music we were listening to. We also played several tracks from a favourite David Sylvian album. So, familiar material too.
It was stunning. Enjoyed it more than the 333 + 300 from the previous night.
I was also struck with how nicely constructed the Naia was. Really well engineered, beautifully finished materials. I’m not normally a fan of the Rega skeletal direction. But have to admit, close up, the Naia is impressive. It just oozes quality.
Time was against me and I left Tony and Graham as they were swapping out the Aria phono, to replace with an Aura and then give that a listen too.
Wondering if that was maybe even better? (Must remember to ask them how they got on with that).