Rega Valve Isis Reference

Rega’s now legendary head electronics engineer Terry Bateman spent 10 years researching the concept of a CD player using valves in the output amplifier. Valves have been widely used in musical instrument and recording amplification from the 1950’s to the present day, therefore it made great sense to develop a valve based CD player to match that of the signal chain found in such applications.
This approach kept the circuit straightforward. This is mainly because musical instrument amplification is not excessively hindered by some of the folklore surrounding certain aspects of valve audio design. He took the approach of combining the technical and sonic attributes of valves in a differential instrumentation amplifier circuit driven from differential output DAC with a passive LC filter.

Technical specifications:

Laser Semiconductor
Wavelength 780nm
Digital sampling frequency 44.1kHz
Power Consumption 46w
Phono Unbalanced 2.4V source impedance 600 Ohms
XLR Balanced 2.4V source impedance 600 Ohms
Co-Axial SPDIF 0.5V source impedance 75 Ohms
Toslink compatible output
USB 16bit 44.1/48kHzTHD+Noise< 0.06%
Frequency Response 30Hz – 20kHz +/-0.5dB
Rega custom designed and CNC machined aluminium case work
High quality anodised finish
Aesthetic high gloss black facia and lid
CNC machined matching remote control
Dimensions W 434mm x D 350mm x H 112mm
Dimension needed to operate W 434mm x D 350mm x H 200mm
Weight 19.5Kgs