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Rega Kytes in good condition without grills. S/ns: 011985/6.
Condition-wise, good at £125 reads as a strong bargain against the recent comparable market: it sits well below the £224 25th percentile and far under the £336 median. For a buyer, that usually means you’re getting in at the sharp end of the range rather than just “a bit under market.”
These are well-liked compact standmounts with a lively, coherent Rega presentation that tends to work especially well for small- to medium-sized rooms and nearfield setups. At this price, the upside is straightforward: a clean, working pair can be an easy win, especially if the listing includes the original packaging, grilles, or other accessories that make them simpler to live with and resell later.
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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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