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This is a fair ask, sitting below the US$420 median and a bit above the US$241 25th percentile for recent used comps. At US$300, it’s not a steal, but it is clearly in the buyer-friendly part of the market and well short of the US$809 upper quartile.

The appeal here is the classic Rega formula: compact, punchy, musically engaging, and usually very easy to live with in a real system. If it’s clean, fully working, and ideally includes the original remote and packaging, this is the kind of integrated amp that can be a smart long-term pickup for a small-to-medium setup. At this price, I’d mainly want reassurance on smooth pot operation, quiet channels, and healthy relay/selector behavior.

Independent perspective — not a price guarantee. Always verify condition, accessories and provenance before purchase.

About Rega

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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