Source: Official website, Last Accessed: 2017/02/09

Throughout the whole design process, the new Brio has been meticulously improved in every aspect, from the quality of materials to the manufacturing process, to make this version a step ahead in Rega’s engineering and design for amplifiers.
According to the published info, the 2017 edition of Brio has a completely new case to house its improved circuits and parts. The amp now sits in a fully aluminum two-part chassis, 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 a “very high specification” moving magnet phono stage is built in as standard, the company says.
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 among the competition.
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.
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. Rega says they have paid special attention to the switch that deactivates the main loudspeakers.
The new amplifier delivers 50/73Wrms with both channels driven in 8/4 Ohm loads respectively. Connectivity includes five inputs in total, one phono (MM/2.1mV) and four line level inputs and a recording output as well.

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