The hand built Aphelion 2 Moving Coil cartridge is the ultimate in micro engineering and design. This ground breaking new cartridge is guaranteed to retrieve more music from your vinyl than ever before.

To improve stiffness, we are using a boron rod cantilever to increase tracking accuracy and ultimate performance 'Fine Line Type' profile. Rega’s Moving Coil cartridge design is unique in its approach to achieving an ultra-low mass generator which is undamped (no tie wire) using a unique rhomboid pivot for the cantilever, powered by a purpose designed, exclusive to Rega, neodymium magnet system. This type of design requires a zero-tolerance engineered cartridge body which is Rega’s area of expertise and with the Aphelion 2 these bodies are machined from one piece of the highest quality aluminium. This is a difficult and expensive process requiring all of Rega’s forty-seven years of experience to achieve. In particular, the “zero” tolerancing of the body is required in the alignment and dimension of the pivot pad mounting hole and the magnet mechanism mounting hole relationship.

Specifications :

Tracking Pressure 1.9 g

Input load impedance 100 ohms

Output impedance 10 ohms

Nominal output voltage 350μV

Channel Balance : ≥ 10μV

Separation : ≥ -29dB

Mass 6g

Key Features :

Graded zero tolerance black anodised aluminium body

Boron rod cantilever

'Fine Line Type' profile, nude diamond stylus

Iron micro cross & coil assembly making one of the worlds smallest MC generators.

Worlds most powerful minaturised neodymium magnet.

High specification fine wire 0.018mm

Load settings for adjustable MC stages

Impedance -100ohm

Capacitance - 1000pF

Gain setting - High ('On' position for Rega phono stages )

MC dip switch settings for all adjustable Rega MC cartridge models.

Aria MC dip switch settings for all Rega MC cartridge models