In-Depth Look at Rega NAIA Turntable | Michael Fremer Reports...

Michael Fremer takes in an in-depth look at the Rega NAIA Turntable. Enjoy!
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[@glenncurry3041]

Rega seems to be making the rounds with their NAIA. Good deep level of details! Thanks.

[@erikbaas2003]

Great movie Michael. Love the Rega brand !!!

[@Jason787]

My friend got to play a one on one mini gig for George in George's house. He told me how humble and kind George was. :)

[@alitabbal9529]

I don't have $17,000 for the Naia, but thank you for this very detailed and fun review, those Brits are incredible, they will certainly use the O-rings on the Space Station😉

[@3dimensionsofmusic3D]

Amazing engineering. Thanks for sharing Michael 😊. Would make a great upgrade.

[@NickP333]

Hey Greg! 👋🎶😊

[@3dimensionsofmusic3D]

@@NickP333 top of the morning 🌄 Nick. Thanks for the lift 😊

[@mookie2637]

The Technics fanboys are hard at work in these comments. I'm willing to bet none of them have actually heard a Naia - or even any modern Rega.

[@AudioElectronicsChicago]

I like it 👍🏻

[@user-ex9zm7bg3x]

Rega is one belt away from an SNL skit.

[@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox]

Lovely piece of kit! 👌👌👌

[@TascamTascam]

More like a lovely piece of shit

[@user-ix2cv5bp4j]

Good evening. Do you justify the high price of the set.....???

[@stephenlegg262]

You didn’t mention the felt mat.

[@rdmeenach]

4 years developing belt material?

[@TheChianello]

What is the rumble spec?

[@garth56]

I heard the Naia just to hear what it can do Michael.. It's good and I mean for the money really good however in this 20K bracket there are a load of competitors and some better actually way better. If you like the P10 and want something more go for the Naia.. If you want imaging, serious bass then go for something else. I still haven't heard anything to change my mind about my Dohmann Helix1 V3. Although the Thorens ref might and I'm still thinking about it. great video btw ;-)

[@chrislj2890]

Well at least it's not one of those behemoths that have several subsections, weigh hundreds of pounds and have a six inch thick platter. Those "audiophile' monstrosities really crack me up.

[@TheChianello]

Why not buy a direct drive turntable and be done with it?

[@chrislj2890]

@@TheChianello I have a direct drive and a belt drive, and they both work equally well. We have a vast choice of affordable turntables.

[@EddyTeetree]

Must be a bitter pill for all the egoists with their $$$$ plus monster TT’s that dont perform any better!

[@robert143ize]

I have a rega RP 8 turntable. I bought it in rega dealer Malyasia. I got bullshit!!!! of using it. It's not durable and heavy duty. Not like Technics. Now my Rega RP I put on scrap..... The apheta cartridge always has a problem. I broke it. It's another bullshittt... Apheta MC Cartridge. The tone arm wire clip not strong to hold the cartridge terminal. 3 times i removed the cratridge the wire clips were broken. It does not compensate for its durability to its price... It's a good look but it's like a styro & put mikarta on each side to make it stiff. Bulshit engineering. I'm not happy with this kind of turntable I have so much regret for the rega maker. It's not worth it. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@cyclistman6358]

This sounds more like a sales pitch, than it does a product review.

[@TascamTascam]

Because that’s all fremer does is kiss the ass of manufactures to get free products for himself; or at least huge discounts or super long term loans. You can believe anything from these salesmen who write for magazines

[@meesmo4]

It's hilarious Rega spent so much effort doing the belts when they could've just gone direct drive

[@jonbonzo9199]

Thanks for your words of wisdom professor. 😂

[@roryfraga3758]

yeah it’s almost like they’ve been doing belt drive for decades, it’s what they know, and the whole point of this thing is to push their particular design approach as far as it can go for a consumer product. There’s plenty of great DD options out there of that’s what you want :)

[@cyclistman6358]

Yeah, because we all know how easy and cost effective it is to make DD turntables that sound great. So hilarious

[@alkingborn4620]

I hope its horrible appearance is inversely proportional to the build and sonic quality

[@edd2771]

Your sarcasm aside, you’ve hit it precisely on the head. . Their whole design philosophy is the less mass there is, the less the mass can be impacted.

[@paulrogers7067]

Your kidding it's a work of art and sound to match

[@TascamTascam]

It’s a cheap child’s toy and a huge ripoff. The foam on the base is garbage. Hideous ugly toad of a turd

[@budsmoker4201120]

I am sorry a sl1200G will crush it

[@garth56]

How do you know that???

[@budsmoker4201120]

@@garth56 a table has a simple function. You can always over engineer something, it does not make it better. Where is the wow and flutter rating on these 5 figure tables

[@jemsmay2167]

CBTU (cant buy, too ugly…).

[@TascamTascam]

Cheap foam plinth with a Proposition 65 warning.. the foam looks horrible on the edges with pits in it. Motor mounted to plinth which is just plain stupid. It’s as light as a feather. No easy vta adjustment. Insanely priced. Looks like a child’s toy.

[@TascamTascam]

Looks like a cheap piece of junk. That foam looks horrendous