Everyone who’s into vinyl has always aspired to a moving coil cartridge. Moving coil represents the pinnacle of turntable performance, but with pitfalls.
Firstly they are tricky to manufacturer so good ones are expensive. Secondly the output is tiny and preserving, measuring and amplifying this signal requires a high performance phono stage to acquire all the extra information.
For many years we have supplied mostly Linn and Dynavector moving coils, still will, and three years ago this was added to by Rega with a £ 920 wonder called the Apheta and a £ 2995 wonder called Aphelion. These are all the more special as they are the only moving coils actually manufactured in the UK, right down to winding their own coils. As Rega are well known for incredible value they have now added the Ania moving coil at just £ 498.
To match this Rega also have a new phono stage, the Fono MC at just £ 248
This combination will match perfectly any Rega Planar 3, RP3, RP6, or RP8 thanks to it's bespoke 3 point mounting system. Even models going back quite a few years will support this and sound fantastic.
If you fancy treating yourself to a big upgrade then this could be it. The Ania lifts the performance of a Rega to a new level and the sound of moving coil is far far superior to moving magnet.
The Ania is with us now, the Fono MC will follow at the end of June and from then we aim to have this combination always available here for a listen.
Just give us a call beforehand and I’ll have it read y and singing
