New Rega Aethos Intergrated Amplifier Media Release

The new reference amplifier from Rega has been designed to accompany the Aura MC stage and Planar 10 turntable (with Apheta 3 MC).

Creating a system delivering performance well beyond anything else at this price point.

For the new Aethos amplifier, Rega’s time, effort & money has been spent on developing the circuit and construction utilising the highest specification of components throughout.

As part of the design they have included useful features such as the switchable direct input and pre-amplifier output, to enable the new Aethos amplifier to be used in a wide combination of systems. The headphone socket has been integrated such that the speaker switching is performed by the output mute relay so as not to obstruct the signal path and degrade the sound quality.

Rega has taken the design concepts underpinning the multi-award winning and hugely successful Elex-R and Elicit-R and propelled the performance to the next level with features such as fully discrete FET based line amplifier, polypropylene capacitors throughout the signal path, K-Power reservoir capacitors, power amplifier regulated supply and a high current output stage comprising of four 160w Sanken output transistors per channel.

• The Aethos stereo integrated amplifier is housed in a brand new custom designed case
• Employing four 160W 16 Amp output transistors per channel, this delivers 156 W per channel into 6 Ω
• Dual mono design using a custom wound toroidal transformer and regulated supplies for the sensitive amplification and driver stages
• The pre-amplifier stage uses class-A discrete circuitry throughout
• The Aethos is a no compromise product with one goal, to deliver your music as faithfully as possible
• Built to Rega’s high standards of reliability and quality to ensure many years of musical enjoyment