Rega Brio Integrated Amplifier

Description

The Brio Integrated
Amplifier

The Brio has a completely new case to house its improved
circuits and parts. It now sits in a fully aluminium two-part case which boosts
the Brio’s heat sinking capabilities and improves on Rega’s already solid build
quality and reliability. The new Brio has a cleverly integrated headphone
socket specially designed to avoid interference with the audio
circuit when not in use and as you would expect, a very high specification
moving magnet phono stage is built in as standard.

Throughout the design process the Brio has been
meticulously improved in every aspect, from the quality of materials to the
manufacturing process, to make this new Brio a step ahead in Rega’s
engineering and design for amplifiers.

Brand new case design.

The sleek and minimal look was designed to bring elegance to
Rega’s classic style but still harks back to the swooped features hidden away
in Rega’s past amplifiers. Combining all these aspects makes this Brio case a
unique standpoint amongst the competition.

Re-designed circuit.

Key improvements have been made to the circuits. The PCB
layout has been fully upgraded to handle higher specifications for all critical
parts. A second raw power supply has been added to provide further isolation
between output stage and the driver stage/line and phono amplifiers. This
improves the isolation between high and low level signal stages of the
amplifier. Higher specification MUSES operational amplifiers have been used in
the line and phono amplifier.

Headphone Socket.

For convenience, the Brio has the capability to drive
standard hi-fi headphones from the internal amplifier. Adding a headphone
socket was only possible by finding a way to reduce its impact on the main
signal path so it doesn’t disrupt the overall sound quality. We have paid
special attention to the switch that deactivates the main speakers.