Rega - Nd9 Moving Magnet Cartridge

The Rega Nd9 draws on decades of expertise in cartridge engineering and cantilever design to deliver the highest-performing moving magnet cartridge Rega has ever produced.

Rega's design team has introduced a Boron rod cantilever with a Fine Line stylus profile based on the reference Aphelion 2 moving coil cartridge for use in the Nd9. The Boron cantilever offers exceptional stiffness and low mass, enabling ultra-fast response and outstanding playback accuracy. Boron is exceptionally light, which allows for faster reaction to changes in the record surface, and highly rigid for its mass — a more rigid cantilever bends less, so it transmits motion more accurately with less distortion.

Each Nd9 is meticulously hand-made by Rega's highly skilled technicians. The design uses brand new generator geometry with perfect symmetry to achieve highly accurate channel balance, plus an optimised pole gap for superior linearity and crosstalk characteristics, providing a far wider soundstage than previous models. Miniaturised parallel coils are wound in house using 38-micron wire with just 1275 turns, producing a low inductance, low impedance generator with vastly improved high frequency response. Like the rest of the Nd range, the Nd9 is the first generation of moving magnets to utilise a Neodymium (Nd) N55 magnet — the world's most powerful commercially available magnet.

The complete assembly is housed in a zero tolerance injection moulded glass filled polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) body — lightweight, highly rigid, and inspired by Rega's hugely successful MC range. The Nd9 is also available as a factory-fitted option on the Planar 8 turntable, and the Nd range is supplied in 100% recyclable packaging.

Key Features

• Fine Line nude diamond profile
• Boron cantilever
• Neodymium magnet
• Unique generator
• Rega 3 point mounting system
• Highly rigid PPS body
• Handmade stereo cartridge
• 100% recyclable packaging
• Available factory fitted on the Planar 8 turntable
• Lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects

Technical Specifications

• Nominal Output Voltage: 5-6 mV
• Stylus: Fine Line nude diamond profile
• Cantilever: Boron
• Fixing: 3 point fixing (for Rega tonearms only)
• Coils: Miniaturised parallel coils
• Window Colour: Amber
• Tracking Pressure: 1.75 g