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Rega · Reference
$7,025
Not currently in our rooms. For a serious buyer we will often bring a piece in from the manufacturer for a private session — tell us about your system and what you are weighing it against, and we will advise.
Rega · Reference
Rega's reference moving-coil phono stage: three symmetrical Class A stages, five resistive and five capacitive loads, and a true balanced output.
Reference mains lead included.
Authorized Rega dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
The Aura is a full-width, 13 kg phono stage built on three symmetrical amplifier stages. The first is a complementary Class A amplifier with parallel-connected Linear Systems ultra-low-noise FETs in a symmetrical compound-pair input, which means no bias current flows through the cartridge coil; it drives the passive high-frequency RIAA section. The second is a symmetrical Class A differential amplifier with a common-base driver that provides the active low-frequency equalisation. The third inverts the signal to create a balanced output alongside the unbalanced one.
Each stage has its own localised supply fed by a discrete, symmetrical tracking power supply with fast diodes and a low-noise reference, running 60 percent higher in voltage than is typical for headroom. Gain, mute and mono are switched by relays. Loading covers 50, 100, 150, 300 and 400 Ω and five capacitance values from 1000 to 5700 pF; gain is 69.5 or 63.5 dB. RIAA is held to 0.2 dB from 100 Hz to 50 kHz and distortion is 0.03 percent.
Hi-Fi Choice made it an Editor's Choice, The Ear's Jason Kennedy called it a top-notch phono preamplifier, and What Hi-Fi? gave it five stars. It is the stage Rega designed for the Aphelion 2 on the Naia and Planar 10, and it partners the Osiris or Mercury and Solis in a reference system.
| Type | Moving-coil phono stage, three stage |
| Gain | 69.5 dB (setting I) or 63.5 dB (setting II) |
| Input load | 50, 100, 150, 300 or 400 Ω |
| Capacitive load | 1000, 2000, 3200, 4300 or 5700 pF |
| Frequency response | 13.5 Hz (-3 dB) to 100 kHz (-0.2 dB) |
| RIAA accuracy | 0.2 dB, 100 Hz to 50 kHz |
| THD | 0.03% |
| Outputs | Balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) |
| Dimensions (W × H × D) | 17.1 × 3.5 × 13.8 in (435 × 88 × 350 mm) |
| Weight | 28.7 lb (13 kg) |
| Included | Reference mains lead |
| Lifetime limited warranty | Against manufacturing defects (excludes wear and consumable parts) |
Rega's phono stages, ordered by price.
Reference partners: Naia or Planar 10, with the Osiris or Mercury and Solis.
Plan your Rega system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Rega dealer. We set the loading for your cartridge before delivery; arrange an audition with a Planar 10 or Naia in our Portland showroom. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
The Aura Reference MC Phono Stage is not in our rooms at present. When it is the right piece for a client we arrange a demonstration unit from the manufacturer and set it up for a private session.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
