Once we get bulletins from Rega about new equipment, we are likely to count on them to be a few file deck; however the British turntable specialist has a shock new launch: a pair of premium Aya floorstanders.
Born after greater than ten years’ price of analysis and growth, these new Rega Aya audio system be part of the model’s current Kyte standmounters (used within the five-star Rega System One) in a sparse however moderately unusual-looking speaker vary.
Probably the most uncommon factor in regards to the new Rega Aya audio system is not the form of the cupboards – which have been “developed alongside a UK-based firm finest recognized for bespoke concrete furnishings and installations”.
It is the fabric used to make the cupboards themselves. Citing rising prices of the extra conventional MDF cupboards with actual wooden veneers utilized by many speaker manufacturers, Rega has turned to utilizing a fabric referred to as GRC – glass strengthened cement – for its new Aya audio system.
Whereas we now have come throughout audio system made out of concrete and concrete composites (such because the Grasp & Dynamic MA770), using cement remains to be pretty uncommon in mainstream hi-fi audio system. The fabric ought to result in a stiff and inflexible enclosure, which is good for audio system, but it surely comes with fairly the load warning.
Rega claims the glass fibres within the materials assist to scale back the overall weight of the audio system (14.1kg every) whereas nonetheless retaining – and even “rising” – structural integrity. To Rega, this technique was the way in which of making the “good loudspeaker enclosure that enhances efficiency while providing distinctive worth for cash.”
The present Kyte standmounters had been additionally manufactured from a non-wood phenolic resin materials (and equally designed and moulded in-house within the UK), so this non-traditional step for Aya is not, for Rega at the very least, too uncommon.
The Aya floorstanders are a 2.5-way configuration with a “band move” enclosure design and a entrance vent, and use Rega’s personal ZRR tweeter, 5-inch (12.7cm) MX-125 bass/mid driver, and a 7-inch (17.8cm) RR7.8 bass driver. The audio system have a claimed sensitivity of 89.5db into 6 ohms and total every speaker measures 87.1 x 25.8 x 21.5cm (hwd).
The brand new Rega Aya audio system can be found now for £1499 and in a single metal gray end solely. As a part of Rega’s sustainability initiative, the Aya floorstanders do not include grilles, however they’re accessible as an elective additional, for £80 per pair.
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