My new Rega RP6 - Pros & Cons

My sentiments exactly. I traded a older VPI (HW19 mk III) on the RP6 and have never looked back. My wife noticed the difference right away. She listened to a couple lps and told me I made a wise decision. She immediately noticed the lack of motor noise, and the "black background." I have had zero problems with platter wobble, or with the mat sticking to the records. Would I upgrade? Sure! To What? RP8 or RP10..... I am enamored with my RP6/Exact II combo.

 

With all the pros and cons of the RP6 being discussed. Why did Rega change the designation from P to RP in current tables?

 

Never heard a Rega cart. However, Through my gear, in my room, it is hard to tell the difference between my P3/Denon 110 and my Emotiva DAC (balanced out) when switching between the vinyl and digital versions of the same album/same mastering.

The P3 has been flawless over the last decade, to add data to the mix. I hope the current QC concerns are overstated as the RP8 and RP10 are on my consideration list

 

Not that this is my thread but I wrote about the motor noise issue earlier in this thread. Earlier this march I was really confident and happy with my dealer saying they will take it in. It has been a lot to do at work and I work in another town so could not bring the RP6 in before today. This is the second time I was there and "ofcourse" none of the dealers could hear the motor noise me and my wife which was there could hear it meters away (They heard it the first time we were there BTW). All of my friends that have been over have also heard it, even from the next room as I said earlier. So short story is I might have a Rega problem and a dealer problem, and yes I am moaning on the internet. They tried to ******** me on electrical faults on my electrical input, which I know is fine. They showed me another RP6 to hear side by side and their RP6 was really really quiet, but they ofcoure could not hear mine. Good thing is that they will let a Rega specialist look at it tomorrow, but I fear the worst actually.
What are my options then? Buy a Rega Upgrade motorkit? With that speedbox? Hehe!? Just some background info; my wife is an audoligist and I am an electrical engineer and we demoed a RP6 in the same shop amongst other players tohether and we really liked the RP6. Both of us have been buying vinyl for both of our collections since 2001. Yay!
Maybe I am crazy but in my mind that expertise combined can not be wrong plus some of our friends hanging out at our place? This has turned into a how should I deal with this situation?

PS. I am really sorry for noe taking photos of the packaging as I said I should earlier, if you wonder how it is then look at drawing on the side of the box how to pack it.

 

If you say the other Rega rp6 at the shop is quiet then they should let you take that one home and you can see if you hear the motor like yours. If you do then its probably your electric. If not then it's the table.

Mine is quiet. It's my new Comcast dvr box that's loud since its always on. Unlike the older Innes.

 

It is not the electric it is the table. Played theirs in the same room with mine at the shop at the same time and their RP6 was quiet. So why I should I take their silent player home to hear what silent is?
Excuse me but english is not my first Language and I hope I dont come across as rude. The inspiration from getting the RP6 was from this forum and once all this is settled I will be very happy.
I will try to figure out how to upload a soundclip I recorded from my iPhone then you will hear what I am talking about.

 

Ask them if you can have the other table then. The quiet one.

And your English is fine. It certainly is better than most of us here speaking any second language.

 

You might need to crank the volume some since this is recorded with an iphone one meter away. It sounds low level with lots of microphone gain but everyone of our friends that have been over have heard this easely from the next room. We are "only" 30-32.

https://soundcloud.com/user163588752/nytt-opptak-1-rega-1

 

Yeah I was really tempted to take their table home not only because since it was silent but in a really cool colour!

Everything is dead solid. The platter and the arm is really well made. The sound is amazing, but we hear what you hear in the soundcloud file from the sofa so that is the issue basically.

 

Yup. I hear it.
Mine did the same thing (only louder than what I hear on your audio clip).
Dealer took one listen and ordered me another RP6 on the spot.
The new one is dead silent.
Hope you get this sorted ASAP.

 

If your dealer won't swap out the table then send an email to the distributor. If you are in the US they are in Texas. If not look at tvecriff site. Send an email with a link to that sound clip and tell them your dealer won't help you.

I bet they take care of you.

 

Who did you buy it from? Tag your dealer in this post and over on VinyEngine. Turn up the heat on them and take away some sales and I bet they will become more helpful.

 

Yep, something is wrong.

 

And here it is, yet another classic "Hoffman Forum" thread, wrapped up all nice and tidy, just to confuse me!

I literally just sold my Rega RP1, which was a fine, fine turntable, to my cousin, who was really looking for a nice turntable to begin his journey into vinyl, so I decided to sell him mine, as I was in the mood to make some new system moves in the house. Before reading this thread today, I was "highly" considering buying a Rega RP6 with an Exact cartridge, but now, all bets are off, as I can't do it now, knowing that so many here are not convincing me that the Rega RP6 is as good as I had hoped for. Of course, many will just post, "why not buy one for yourself and see if you like it or not?" I already know that I could do that, but that brings me to my next "Hoffman Forum" issue and that is ...

Is it ever possible for any of you to just buy a new piece of stereo equipment, without having to modify it or make changes to it, thusly making it "the biggest, best and most awesome product", that the actual company evidently couldn't deliver on their own? My wife is always yelling at me for subtracting items in a meal at a restaurant, because she feels that I'm cheating the way that a chef took the time to prepared that meal. She may be right, as when I read the many varying "add a new belt", "get a new this and get rid of their that", "pay another $300 dollars for this cartridge" and on and on and on ... it just gets so damn ridiculous sometimes, that I have to ask myself why I would buy such a piece of crap to begin with, if it needs THIS many changes to get it to perfection?

I hope that you guys and gals understand what I'm trying to say, as I really appreciate everyone's opinion on this forum, but sometimes, you guys just make what should be a simple purchase, seem like such hard work and it often takes the fun out of it!

 

I have a stock (except for white belt) RP6 with Exact. I think its a fine deck and I haven't had a single problem. This hobby can be as simple or complicated as you make it.

 

Actually the RP 6 is a wonderful table as many here will say. And yes all companies and products that occasionally mess up but you want the company to take care of you. Rega usually does but it seems this reseller isn't helping.

 

Want it simple? Buy an RP8

 

Look at it as what You buy has a certain quality, a certain performance. Nothing is perfect, it is built to a price point. Therefore it´s not normally any problem to get a better performance out of what you buy if doing some modifications, and if you know what to do. It doesn´t really matter what you buy, it can always be improved.

 

I thank you for the input and you are right about how simple or complicated this hobby can be made, but I often fear on this forum that it's not, "what you buy", but rather how much money you threw at "what you bought", as the final winning process.

 

One always has to decide what to do oneself, none of the alternatives is wrong or right, it´s just a decision one has to make. If one wants to stay with a stock component, one can of course do that.

 

I really wish that I had the spare $$$'s to do just that, but sadly I do not right now. Thanks for the advice, as I have highly enjoyed your input in this thread, as it seems that you like and appreciate the REGA line.

 

I listened to a 3, 6 and 8. I was always thinking of the 6 as that was my intended budget. The 6 was a huge jump over the 3 to me. But the 8 was maybe slightly more revealing

I have since added the groovetracer subplatter and white belt. I'm happy.

 

Its just peoples varying opinions and tastes. And remember, some people have problems with practically everything. You should not buy based on what you read - go compare decks yourself. I have several Regas and found them all pretty bulletproof and easy to upgrade bit by bit as times goes by. Even stock ones are fine. For some, the darn thing would fall and break their big toe. And scratch their records on the way down.

 

I listened to the dealer that sold me the RP6. He has access to VPI, Clearaudio, Music Hall, Rega, and I forget what else. He originally suggested the VPI Classic series and when I told him I wanted something a little less "massive", he suggested the RP6/Exact II. He dropped it off at the house, offered to set it up, (I refused as I wasn't ready to hook it up), and told me if I didn't like it, he would bring me something else. I've had it for almost a year now, and I have had ZERO regrets. My wife encourages lp playing, and is impressed with the table. Everybody that has heard it thinks it sounds wonderful. As far as throwing extra money at it, I haven't felt the desire to do that. Do I care in the least that others badmouth Rega? Hell no. I'm listening with my ears and like what I hear. Like I said before, if I upgraded, it would be the RP8 or RP10.

 

Vinyls in not a simple buy, play and forget about it medium. I guess you can go ahead with that philosophy and invest in the medium but you will always be a little disappointed. The Rega decks are about as close as you can get to that type of idea in a high end deck but even then you have things like cartridge alignment, VTA, record cleaning, and cartridge matching to name a few and of course the deck tweeks. Its just the nature of the medium, its not just people on this forum. If you really want a true plug and play system I'd look at computer audio. It's significantly less expensive and still incredibly satisfying. Grab a Rega DAC-R and some hi rez downloads and enjoy. About 2/3s of my listen is computer audio, 1/3 Vinyl.

Oh and I have a stock RP6 with Ortofon 2m Blue and love it.