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The IO? Having had an IO in person, and having also had a CXA61 in the same finish as that AXA25, I personally think the CA finish is much nicer, but that's just me. Will give it to you that the IO is very small, though. I just didn't really think the IO was that good, but I have very power hungry speakers. Not sure if it was its power supply or wattage, but it just couldn't wake my speakers up. And I see that yours are 86db at a 6 ohm load (they're Denton's right?) so you not sure how well it'd work for you.
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The Rega io doesn't have any tone controls at all. Unless I had a lot of money and could tailor a system to my room/listening preferences, I'd always opt for tone controls.
Edit - Personally though, I'd pay to get your Technics receiver re-caped. I'd don't think I'd ever get rid of my AKAI. It was my Dad's from new in the 70s, sounds great, and has bunch of stuff that just isn't available on some modern amps - mono and loudness buttons, tone controls, 2x phono inputs, 2x speaker outs. Plus silver and 'wood' wins.
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I do like that second one, and can't argue with that price really. I like having the actual controls for the bass, treble etc in a physical form.
However... it's just such a big boring box of grey.
I think that's why I like the Rega - sure it's not very exciting, but it's also small. There's a couple of refurbed ones on eBay atm for sub-£300...