Rega Naiad - When Jason met Roy

[Tom Tom Audio]

There's a great piece over on the-ear.net about the day Roy Gandy turned up at Jason Kennedy's with the fabled Naiad turntable tucked under his arm...

As big fans of both the RP8 and RP10, I was keen to hear Jason's reaction to the ultimate expression of Roy's very single minded approach to turntable design. You can read what he heard, but off the record he was pretty much blown away - http://www.the-ear.net/features/rega-naiad-first-impressions

This must truly be the ultimate expression of 'less is more' in turntable design. As we have found with both the RP8 and RP10, this idea of minimising the physical aspect of the component to the point where you can’t really hear it works incredibly well. This concept seems to make perfect sense, rather than adding mass and complexity which is bound to screw things up.

It’s fitting that the Naiad is sat on a Sound Organisation Table – a very early example of minimising mass and complexity in order to reduce the signature of what the turntable is sat on.Thirty years ago this prompted a mass exodus of LP12’s from sitting on top of heavy sideboards, and yet too often today we see turntables sat on the top of heavy equipment racks stuffed full with vibrating electronics. 

cheers

james@tomtom