Rega Research Ltd. is a British audio equipment manufacturer. Rega was founded in 1973. The company's name was formed of the initials of its two founders (RElph & GAndy). Rega are widely known for their turntables – most notably the iconic

Rega Planar 3 The Rega Planar 3, together with its successors, the P3 and RP3, is a well-known budget audiophile turntable by British hi-fi manufacturer, Rega Research available since 1977. It was a belt-drive deck that broke from convention, by employing a ...

, cartridges and tonearms, and has produced award-winning amplification and speakers for over 20 years. In addition to manufacturing products under their own brand name, they have also served as an

original equipment manufacturer An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces non-aftermarket parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. It is a common industry term recognized and used by many professional or ...

of turntables and tonearms for other companies such as NAD and

Rotel Rotel is a family-owned Japanese manufacturer of hi-fi audio and video equipment: home theater, amplifiers, compact disc players, etc. Rotel was started by Tomoki Tachikawa in Tokyo Japan in 1957 as a hi-fi electronics manufacturer. It is curr ...

. Rega Research is imported and distributed in the US by The Sound Organisation, based in

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History

In addition to making its own brand products, Rega is an OEM supplier. For example, Rega arms or variants are found in numerous other audiophile turntables."Express Machining Heavy Weight for Rega Tonearms and the Express Machining Stainless Steel End Stub for Rega RB-250 Arm"
TNT Audio. It also manufactured a slightly modified version of its Planar 2 with a RB250 arm for NAD that was marketed under the NAD533 model number."NAD533"
''Vinyl Engine'' In 2014, Rega maintains a custom-built factory and has over 140 employees. It has no marketing department, but produces every model in the UK, and tries to maintain UK-based parts suppliers as well. Rega has advertised once, stating that it does not advertise as it prefers to invest the noney saved in research and product development. The Rega factory is located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.Garcia, Wayne (13 September 2012)
"REGA RP3 Turntable, Elys 2 Cartridge, TT PSU Power Supply"
''The Absolute Sound''
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Products

Turntable A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu ...

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CD player A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to consumers in 1982. CDs typically contain recordings of audio material such as music or au ...

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Amplifier An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-varying voltage or current). It may increase the power significantly, or its main effect may be to boost th ...

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Loudspeaker A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound. A ''speaker system'', also often simply referred to as a "speaker" or ...

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List of phonograph manufacturers This is a list of phonograph manufacturers. The phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone, record player or turntable, is a device introduced in 1877 for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. Phonograph manufacture ...

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*{{official website, http://www.rega.co.uk/ Audio amplifier manufacturers Compact Disc player manufacturers Electronics companies established in 1973 Audio equipment manufacturers of the United Kingdom Headphone amplifier manufacturers Loudspeaker manufacturers Phonograph manufacturers 1973 establishments in England tr:Rega