Rega RS3 – funky little towers
Rega is better known for turntables but I just got used Brio 3 amp and wanted something british to match it better.
Found these on local internet marketplace. They where far away but read some reviews and forums. Found out people who have these speakers like them very much and they should fit my room perfectly.
Price was affordable. 220 eur from speakers originally costing 1000-1150 eur. They had some dents on veneer and original spikes were missing but I don't need them.
When speakers arrived I first started to feel some regret. Cabinets are very light for a floorstander. Both 5" woofers are made of paper. They didnt feel like 1000 eur speaker but are kind of cute.
But regrets were gone when I plugged them in and played some sweet tunes. I'n my room they give nice amount of well controlled bass. Rega does not tell but comparing to my old ones I could guess they will go lo low 40's.
Mid range is clear and especially female singers like Katie Melua and Norah Jones sound very good. Highs are clear but not too crisp. Sounspace is more 3 dimensional than in my old ones.
My room is 4 x 3,5 metres and two wall are concrete and other two lightweight siporex walls. I don't have much acoustic treatment. Only two pieces of wall art filled with Ecophon. Sound can be adjusted with changing the direction of bass drivers. In my room inwards sounds better.
I think it was 220 eur well spent. I used some oily nuts to hide dents and cleaned veneer with linseed oil cleaning agent. Now they look very nice. I had no sorbothane feet but I used some cheap ali silicone feet. Need to get better ones.
Have you ever tried Rega speakers?