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Rega Aphelion 2
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Rega's reference moving coil cartridge
Fourth generation, top of the range
The Rega Aphelion 2 is the fourth generation of the British company's hand-built moving coil cartridges and its reference model. It builds on the original Aphelion and the Apheta 3, but Rega's engineers re-examined and refined every individual element. Rega itself describes it as the best-performing cartridge it has made to date.
Sound character
Its presentation is musical and natural, with rich timbres, transparency and balance. The frequency ranges knit together without exaggeration, detail is exceptional and bass is well articulated and defined, within a natural, convincing soundstage. Jason Kennedy of The Ear described it as a revelation, precisely because it shows what records really sound like.
For reference systems
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Boron cantilever, Fine Line stylus
The biggest difference between the Aphelion 2 and Rega's other cartridges lies in the part that carries the stylus movement to the generator: the cantilever. Here Rega uses a boron rod, one of the stiffest materials available for this purpose.
Stiffness without mass
An ideal cantilever must be both very light and very stiff, so that it carries every movement of the stylus without flexing and without adding resonances of its own. Boron meets both requirements better than the aluminium used in more affordable cartridges. This translates into more accurate reading of the groove and a very lively response to transients, with leading edges of notes rendered sharply and naturally.
The stylus at 90 degrees
At the tip of the cantilever sits a nude Fine Line diamond stylus mounted at 90 degrees. This arrangement gives high stiffness and control at the point of contact, and it is the same technique Rega later carried over to the Apheta 3. The Fine Line profile touches a larger part of the groove wall, so the cartridge recovers details that are lost with simpler styli, particularly towards the inner grooves of a record.
The combination of boron cantilever and Fine Line stylus is what gives the Aphelion 2 the outstanding tracking ability, as well as its composure in difficult, dense passages. Large orchestras, choirs and highly dynamic recordings remain clear and easy to follow, without harshness or compression.
Zero-tolerance engineering
Rega's moving coil design uses no tie wire and relies on a rhomboid cantilever pivot and a magnet system of its own exclusive design. For this to work, the body must be made to tolerances approaching zero.
A body from a single piece
The Aphelion 2's body is machined from a single piece of aluminium, selected and graded to achieve zero tolerance, and finished in black anodising. The process is costly and demanding, but it ensures that every part of the generator sits exactly where it should. The magnet is mounted on a base adjustable in two axes, so that the field is precisely focused and the coil sits at the optimal distance from the magnet.
Why no tie wire
Rega explains that in conventional cartridges the steel tie wire creates resonances at high frequencies that foam dampers only partly control. By avoiding both, the Aphelion 2 combines clean, open high frequencies with tight, well-controlled bass. It reflects experience in precision engineering that the company has built up over decades of designing turntables, tonearms and cartridges in its own UK factory.
The attention to detail extends to the packaging: the Aphelion 2 is delivered in a dedicated case, as befits a reference cartridge. Stylus replacement is handled by exchanging the whole cartridge, a practice that ensures every unit returns to its original factory specification.
Miniature generator
Inside the Aphelion 2's body is one of the smallest moving coil generators made anywhere in the world, with a hand-wound micro cross and coil assembly, put together by hand at Rega's factory in the UK.
Less mass, more music
The coil is hand-wound with wire 0.018 mm in diameter and moves within the field of a miniature but very powerful neodymium magnet. The minimal moving mass lets the stylus react instantly to the smallest modulations, while channel balance of ≥ 10 μV, the tightest in Rega's range, ensures a stable and precise stereo image. Once the turntable is playing, the cartridge literally disappears and leaves only the music.
Installation and loading
Rega specifies a tracking force of 1.9 g. With an output of 350 μV and an internal impedance of 10 Ω, the cartridge works with an MC stage set to 100 Ω, 1000 pF and high gain, that is the 'On' position on Rega's own phono stages. Three-point fixing brings it into the correct position on Rega tonearms, with the RB3000 and the Planar 10 being the combination recommended by the company itself, ideally completed by the Aura MC phono stage.
Completed with the Aura MC, this system is the fullest expression of Rega's analogue philosophy: every link in the chain, from the plinth to the phono stage, is designed and built in the same factory, with shared goals of low mass, high rigidity and minimal losses.
Specifications
Features
- Reference moving coil (MC) cartridge, hand-built in the UK
- Nude Fine Line diamond stylus, mounted at 90°
- Boron rod cantilever
- Zero-tolerance black anodised aluminium body
- Rega three-point fixing
- Manufacturer's lifetime limited warranty against manufacturing defects
Components & Internal Specifications
- One of the smallest MC generators in the world, with hand-wound micro cross and coil
- Very powerful miniaturised neodymium magnet
- 0.018 mm coil wire
- No tie wire, rhomboid cantilever pivot
- Mass: 6 g
Performance Specifications
- Output voltage: 350 μV (0.35 mV)
- Tracking force: 1.9 g
- Output impedance: 10 Ω
- Recommended input load: 100 Ω
- Channel balance: ≥ 10 μV
- Channel separation: ≥ -29 dB
- MC stage settings: 100 Ω, 1000 pF, high gain ('On' on Rega phono stages)
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