Aesthetix Rhea - IO-IO Signature


Hello,

is someone out there, who did listen to the Rhea and the IO in the same System ?
I would like to know the differences, I heard, the Rhea is very close to the IO ( or even IO Sign. ).

I listened some time ago to a few phono units in a private System ( Pass XONO, Manley Steelhead, Klyne 7PX3.5, Aesthetix Rhea ) and the Rhea was fine.

What I would like to know, specially from IO Owners who listened to the Rhea:
Is the IO way ahead or not ?
Honest anwer is preferred, I know the price difference of the IO and Rhea, but they are made from the same designer.

another question:
Is the difference between IO and IO Sign. huge ?

Thanks for reading
thomasheisig

Showing 3 responses by thomasheisig

Hi Joe,

Lapaix gave you the right info. It's a good one, it holds always the balance and is a timeless classic, there is a seperate stand for it available, too.
Well, the Zyx 1000's main difference to my former Benz and Lyra:
Good as they were, after some listening I started to rate my records a la "good sounding"," bad sounding" etc.
With the Zyx this stopped, the music is always the priority and I don't think about the quality of my records.
I think, it is a good cartridge.