HI Fi World (Rab's favourite, rather British and stodgy magazine) had some excellent things to say about the M51 in their November 2012 issue:

The Rega P3 has been the Crocodile of the vinyl world. When the mass extinction of Record Players occured in the 1980s under the meteoritic impact of Compact Disc this device simply hunkered down in the market place and got on with being sold to music lovers.

This bookshelf speaker from our favourite UK manufacturer is the newest incarnation of the Bronze 2 that has been top of the British bookshelf tree for five years.

Now on demonstration at Carlton Audio Visual. You may like to try these through speakers such as Ambience Ribbons, Sonus faber Homage series, Morel Fat Ladies, or Quadral Titans.

When an irresistible force meets an immovable object something has to give ... and when you hook up a pair of AR 250 monoblocks to any speaker in Christendom and beyond, the very fabric of space is warped to bring the music into place in stage front of your listening room.