Hi David, I’m using the RP8/Apheta2 with a Reflex M and Elevator EXP. Magic. Unfortunately I need to wait for my 50th for an Accession! However, when I ran a 2M Black with the Reflex M, I borrowed an Accession through the loan scheme. For me, in my system, it was easily enough to convince me to start saving. Then I went MC, so that put a dent in the savings. Still, one day!
When auditioning turntables I took my Reflex M to the local-ish Rega dealer, and he was happy for me to swap it out for the Aria. After all, I wanted to try it with my gear. Again, for me, I much preferred the Reflex M. The Aria was totally gorgeous - warm, round, rich, seductive. On every album. Really brilliant. But then the Reflex (plugged in at 8.30am, then I had a day out in the city, started listening at 3pm), let each album sound like itself. Rubber Soul shouldn’t sound like Blood Sugar Sex Magic or Milstein playing Tchaikovsky, and DEFINITELY not like Sinatra. Through the Reflex each album had its own sound world. The Aria made them a tad homogenous in comparison.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I tend to have Hi-Fi reviewers that I like and agree with, and ones I don’t. The list of ones I agree with is short. I find that Roy Gregory (foundation editor of Hifi+) likes what I like, in music taste and in reproduced sound. He wrote glowingly of the Elevator EXP and the Revelation, which is the review that started me on my Slee journey. He has access to anything he wants, but said at the time he’d be happy to live with that Slee combo.
Still, why bother believing a hifi journo. We all know they’re corrupt and only out to sell advertising space, right? Good thing you don’t have to listen to ANYONE ELSE, because you can indulge in the loan scheme. Don’t believe me. Don’t believe Mr Gregory.
Listen for yourself. All the best, Mick.
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