dechof Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Hi, i have a rega planar 3 with bronze (at least I think it's bronze and not red) cart hooked up to a Rega Fono pre amp and a pair of s30 Cambridge Audio speakers. Really old kenwood amp i want to know an upgrade path really weird question. Would getting a dedicated amp be an upgrade? And if so what one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Not sure what you mean by 'dedicated amp'. Do you mean a Rega amp? If so, there's really no good reason to get a Rega amp unless you like them. The Rega Brio R is pretty good. If you can tell us your budget im sure someone will have suggestions for a decent amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 certainly like the look of the new rega brio released if its integrated amps fro rega talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunyip Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 The Rega Brio is a great amp, and you can get a used one for around 500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell Ringer Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 For $350 I think this will be an upgrade. The Rega fono is just OK and I suspect the inbuilt phono on the old Cyrus would be better. It really depends on how much you want to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dechof Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Sorry more info. I bought the fono on the advise it'd be a step up on most integrated fono stages. I was tossing up between the Slee Gram Amp 2 want to keep the cost down. Under the 1k (and probably second hand because of that?) And sorry by dedicated amp I meant something to plug the pre amp into? What's the best option there? Because it doesn't need to be something with a fono stage in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbasement Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I would use the money to upgrade the speakers first because this is the weakest link imhoSent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Agree about the speakers. I would split the $1k - if that's all you want to spend : Speakers $500 & amp $500. you'll get a way better result than what you have from the classifieds for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brain Amp Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 The best is Osiris. Elicit is also good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spider Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 If you buy a Brio the inbuilt phono stage is similar spec to your fono mini....so you could sell that. Seen a few Brio's on here for around $500. then the remainder could be used for speakers. There is an Osiris for sale in the commercial classifieds....think they want $7000 for it, so may not be suitable at this stage. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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