"We never advertise" – Rega's Roy Gandy wins the What Hi-Fi? Outstanding Contribution Award 2025

Описание: Listen to Roy Gandy, the co-founder of Rega, as he accepts the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2025 What Hi-Fi? Awards in London, England.

Gandy co-founded Rega Research in 1973, and since then has been on a mission to deliver high-quality specialist audio equipment to the masses.

The company is best known for its turntables, of course, with the various Planar decks dominating our Awards for more years than we (or the competition, we suspect) would care to remember.

But the brand’s distinctive electronics have never been far behind, with various phono stages and integrated amplifiers proving to be leading contenders at their price points too. The likes of the Fono, Brio and Elex have long become go-to recommendations for us, and justifiably so. When it comes to the all-important performance-per-pound ratio, they, like the turntables, have proved hard to better.

Roy Gandy’s focused approach to engineering and the strong desire to provide real value to customers can be seen as a strong thread that passes through the multitude of Rega components he has been involved with. These components have tended to be characterful, obviously prioritising the musical experience over flashy casework cosmetics and features that don’t contribute to sound quality.

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