Rega Aphelion 2 MC Cartridge Announced
Rega's Aphelion 2 moving coil cartridge has now been officially launched.
The new Aphelion 2 phono cartridge was mentioned at the recent Bristol Hi-Fi Show, but now Rega has gone fully official with the news.
Marking the British brand's fourth-generation of its handmade MC cartridges, the Aphpelion 2 boasts the company's latest "fine line type" nude diamond profile. This is the same profile as seen on the Apheta 3 but taken to "the next level" and fitted to a Boron rod cantilever. The Aphelion 2 has a quoted mass of 6g and features a neodymium magnet and a hand-wound coil over an iron cross. All of this is encased within a single-piece, black anodised aluminium body.
Requiring a 1.9g tracking pressure, Rega's cartridge design hands it bragging rights to being "one of the world's smallest MC generators". Additionally, the Aphelion 2 is undamped thanks to a rhomboid pivot suspension pad for the cantilever that, Rega says, allows the stylus greater freedom to track the vinyl groove.
The Rega Aphelion 2's spec sheet states a 100 ohms input load impedance and output of 10 ohms, the nominal output voltage is 350μV with channel balance ≥ 10μV and ≥ -29dB is the quoted separation.
Rega's flagship turntable, the Naiad, will now come with the Aphelion 2 as standard with the Planar 10 and Aphelion 2 bundle priced at £6,219. The latter saving you £529 compared with you buying the turntable and £3,149 cart separately. It's good to see that the latest Aphelion has kept the same RRP as the outgoing one.
For more information, check out Rega.
Jay Garrett
StereoNET’s resident rock star, bass player, and gadget junkie. Jay heads up StereoNET as Editor for the United Kingdom and Europe regions. His passion for gadgets and Hi-Fi is second only to being a touring musician.
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