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New at around £2,999, £2,499 used is a fair price, sitting almost exactly on the supplied market median of £2,491. It is well below the former retail figure, though not the bargain territory represented by the £2,251 25th percentile; condition and completeness therefore matter.
The Aethos remains a seriously capable analogue integrated: 125W per channel, a robust dual-mono design, strong rhythmic drive, muscular bass and excellent detail retrieval. It also offers useful preamp/direct inputs and a very good headphone output, while avoiding unwanted digital extras. Check that the remote, original packaging and paperwork are present, and confirm clean operation with no channel imbalance or noisy controls. At £2,499, a clean, complete example is a sound buy rather than an obvious steal.
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Rega Research, founded in 1973 in Essex, England, by Roy Gandy and Tony Relph, emerged from Gandy's lifelong passion for vinyl playback. A Ford engineer and music enthusiast, Gandy built his first turntable, the Planet, in his spare time, blending the founders' surnames to create the Rega name. From humble beginnings in a derelict mill, the company quickly gained traction with early models like the Planar 2 and Planar 3, establishing its heritage as a British hi-fi pioneer dedicated to precision engineering and hand-assembly.
Rega specializes in turntables and tonearms, its cornerstone products, but has expanded into a full ecosystem including cartridges, integrated amplifiers like the Elicit and Brio, phono stages such as the Fono, and speakers like the Ela series. While early efforts included loudspeakers and electronics from the 1980s onward, the brand prioritizes vinyl-centric components over headphones, DACs, or cables, all designed in-house for musical fidelity using specialist materials and tight tolerances.
Rega holds a revered position in the high-end hi-fi market as a niche boutique icon, prized by audiophiles for affordable, lifetime-quality performance that emphasizes music over gimmicks. Globally exported to over 50 countries from its Essex facility employing more than 150, it remains a symbol of British ingenuity, with turntables like the Planar series securing enduring loyalty among vinyl revivalists.
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