Rega Naia Reference Turntable

$24,000.00

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Aphelion 2 MC cartridge

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The Rega Naia turntable is the result of years of painstaking development which was used to create the now famous ‘Naiad’ test bed turntable. The Naia takes the best of this development and technology and transfers it into a production ready version without compromise. The Naia is packed with ground-breaking features, materials and technology developed by Rega over many years to reach new levels of vinyl replay.

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Specifications

Naia Turntable Dimensions (W x H x D): 20 x 115 x 350 mm (with dustcover fitted)
Reference Power Supply Dimensions (W x H x D): 218 x 80 x 320 mm
Turntable Weight: 4.65Kg (including dustcover)
Reference Power Supply Weight: 3 Kg

Extraordinary about sums it up

The Ear

The Ultimate in Rega Performance

The Naia takes our pioneering low mass high rigidity plinth technology to the next level by using a Graphene impregnated carbon fibre skeletal plinth with Tancast 8 foam core. This ultra rigid structure is then strengthened further using two ceramic aluminium oxide braces, the same material used to create the redesigned, resonance controlled ceramic platter with improved flywheel effect and complex profile.

RB Titanium tonearm

The RB Titanium tonearm is the most advanced and accurate production tonearm we have ever released. The entire tonearm structure is designed to have the minimum of mechanical joints whilst using the stiffest materials in all critical areas. The RB Titanium achieves near frictionless movement horizontally and vertically whilst having no measurable free play in the bearing assemblies. The RB Titanium uses a new one-piece titanium vertical bearing housing and titanium vertical spindle assembly.

Graphene impregnated carbon fibre plinth

In order to achieve the ultimate balance between low mass and extreme rigidity, Rega has pioneered the use of graphene impregnated carbon and a Tancast 8 polyurethane foam core. Both materials are widely used in the aerospace industry and provide the perfect platform on which to assemble a turntable. The ultra lightweight random structure of the foam core helps reduce vibration transmission whilst the stiffness of the skin ensures no microscopic movement of the plinth occurs during playback.

Reference power supply

The NAIA reference power supply offers the ultimate in motor control stability, convenient electronic speed change, advanced anti-vibration control and user adjustable, electronic fine speed adjustment to ensure total accuracy and control over the life of the motor.

Housed in Rega’s latest custom-designed case, the reference PSU is dedicated to running our 24v, low noise motor as quietly and as accurately as possible. The speed and control of the motor is achieved by using a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) generator built upon a high stability crystal. This device will divide the accurate square wave from the crystal to the exact frequency required to turn the platter at the selected speed.

EBLT Triple belt drive

For three years, Rega has been researching and developing with chemists the use of a bespoke new rubber compound for drive belts. Using a specialised curing system, the new drive belt offers superior consistency of modulus (a constant representing the degree to which a substance has a particular property, especially elasticity).

These new belts are manufactured on Rega designed, state of the art, super-accurate tools (inspired by working with the manufacturer of high-tech Formula 1 engine parts) which produce ‘perfectly round’ and ‘dimensionally accurate’ belts, critical for perfect speed stability.

Key Features

Graphene impregnated Carbon Fibre skeletal plinth with Tancast 8 foam core
ZTA Zirconium toughened alumina (ceramic) central bearing
RB titanium tonearm: One piece titanium vertical bearing and Titanium vertical spindle assembly
Tungsten balance weight shaft and weight
Ceramic top and bottom braces
Reference advanced fully adjustable power supply
Resonance controlled ceramic platter with improved flywheel effect and complex profile
Low mass skeletal aluminium feet
Triple Reference drive belts for improved stability and drive characteristics.
Rega Aphelion 2 MC factory fitted (optional)
Lifetime warranty against manufacture defects

Who is this for?

The Naia is for the listener who has arrived. Not upgrading, not compromising, not wondering what comes next — simply listening. This is the finest production turntable Rega has ever built, the direct heir to the legendary Naiad, and it exists for the audiophile who wants to know with certainty that their source is not the limiting factor in their system.

Its graphene-impregnated carbon fibre plinth, ceramic aluminium oxide braces, ZTA zirconium ceramic bearing assembly and triple-belt drive are not marketing points — they are the result of over a decade of research into how to extract every last fragment of information from a vinyl groove without the turntable itself adding anything in return. Reviewers who have lived with the finest analogue sources in the world consistently describe the Naia as something apart: quieter, faster, more honest than anything else at the price and much beyond it.

This is a turntable that demands — and deserves — a system built to match it. A reference-grade phono stage, ideally Rega's own Aura, separates amplification, and speakers capable of conveying the finest detail are not optional extras here — they are the point. Pair it with the factory-fitted Aphelion 2 moving coil cartridge and the combination is as close to a complete, no-compromise analogue front end as production engineering currently allows.

Deceptively compact, surprisingly easy to set up, and utterly serious about one thing: getting you closer to the music than you have ever been before.

Extraordinary about sums it up. That any turntable can deliver so much musical information, so much of what the musicians who made each record laid down in the first place is truly remarkable. I have always known that vinyl is the finest format, the medium with the greatest sound quality available to the music lover and the Rega Naia proves this to be true in no small way.

The thing is though, Rega’s new wunderkind does an astounding job of keeping it honest. That same astonishing ability to keep resolving information from records, even as other turntables that you felt were deeply impressive, throw their hand in is present in the Naia too.

There is no denying that the Rega Naia is a magnificent achievement. It is as insightful and natural-sounding a record player as we’ve heard and manages that through truly ambitious single-minded engineering. It is clearly one of the best high-end record players available at this level and a must-listen for anyone interested in knowing just how good vinyl can sound.