opinions on Rega RS1 speakers

OK, boiling down this post some.

The tweeter on these things seemed like a break-through in speaker technology......there was no distortion at all, incredibly clear sound reproduction.

This little light weight speaker, and I really mean light weight, it was too light. Sounded better than the Fancy better looking, high priced stuff in the store.

Maybe I'm just imagining it. I'm going back to listen again.

I'm thinking these are an over looked giant slayer.

waiting for comments.

What about adding a quality tight sounding sub with them?
I'm doing that now to good effect in my room with large book shelf speakers...

Rega doesn't give any specs that I can see?

They seemed to go fairly low if I recall, but I'm not to sure how low, that little paper woofer is so unassuming. Potent little bugger.

Akg ca
What was your gear before REGA? I think you may have tipped me to buy the Regas!
BTW, I soldered in some Claritycaps in my speakers and they took a leap forward...nice

I bought a pair of RS1's today.

The dealer said to try them over the 4th weekend, right out of the box they're great!

What might they do when broken in?

I cant wait to hear the changes!

I'm glad I stumbled into the audio store that day.

My B&W ASW 600 sub seems to mate well with them too, giving the needed weight.

I'm excited.
Thanks for all the responses and comments, these are sooo under the radar.
I'm impressed to say the least. Can't wait to get them broken in.

These have a real nice flow about them, music just rolls out natural,very nice.

Interesting fact from article about the Rega RS line.

Quote:

Although the new model has undergone other subtle changes, the RS1 differs from the R1 in two key areas: its gone up by £100; and it now incorporates Rega's radical new tweeter.

Radiation control

Coping with the rear radiation generated behind a tweeter's dome diaphragm has been an issue with speaker designers for years. Many drill a hole through the polepiece to avoid pressure build-up, but Rega has gone much further by drilling most of the polepiece out and leaving just a thin cylinder of metal instead of the usual thick rod.

By using powerful magnets, Rega's 19mm tweeter now has a 16mm-diameter hole through its polepiece, so the fabric dome effectively operates in free air and the rearward radiation passes through the motor into a generous cavity, shaped to avoid reflections.

These are the best small speakers I've had to date, I'm running them with a REL T-2 and it's pretty awesome.