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Ingeruild apparaat, aangeboden als defect. Alleen getest door het apparaat op het stroomnet aan te sluiten en in te schakelen. Het display bleef donker. Verder niet onderzocht of geopend. Oorzaak van
The “defect/for repair or parts” condition makes this a project rather than a ready-to-use tuner, but at €49 it is a genuine bargain against the comparable market: well below the €192 25th-percentile figure and far under the €367 median. Even if it needs servicing, there is substantial room before approaching normal working-unit money.
If this is the Rega Radio/Radio 3, it is a well-regarded, no-nonsense AM/FM tuner with clean, stable reception, strong musical performance, presets, and the option of remote control. The sensible buy is for someone comfortable diagnosing power-supply, display, switching, or tuner-stage faults—or seeking a donor for an otherwise complete unit. Confirm exactly what “defect” means, whether it powers up, and that the case, display, controls, IEC lead, and antenna connections are intact; at €49, those details mainly determine how good the bargain becomes.
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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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