Nd9

Rega Nd9 Moving Magnet Cartridge

The highest-performing moving magnet cartridge Rega has ever produced

The Rega Nd9 represents the culmination of decades of cartridge engineering expertise, delivering reference-level performance from a moving magnet design. Drawing directly from Rega’s flagship moving-coil development, the Nd9 introduces a boron rod cantilever and Fine Line nude diamond stylus derived from the Aphelion 2, setting a new benchmark for speed, accuracy, and musical detail.

Designed and hand-assembled by expert technicians, the Nd9 is also available as a factory-fitted option on the Planar 8 turntable, offering exceptional performance at a reduced package price.

Exceptional Detail Retrieval and Tracking Accuracy

Each Nd9 cartridge features Rega’s most advanced Fine Line monocrystalline diamond stylus, bonded directly to an ultra-lightweight boron cantilever. With an exceptionally small contact radius of just 3µm horizontally and 30µm vertically, the stylus reacts instantly to microscopic groove modulations, extracting extraordinary levels of detail from vinyl records.

This refined profile minimises distortion, enhances transient response, and ensures outstanding tracking performance across the entire frequency range.

Advanced Generator Design for Superior Soundstage

The Nd9 employs a brand-new generator geometry with perfect symmetry, delivering highly accurate channel balance and imaging. An optimised pole gap improves linearity and reduces crosstalk, resulting in a wider, more stable soundstage than previous Rega moving magnet designs.

Miniaturised parallel coils are wound in-house using 38-micron wire with just 1,275 turns, creating a low-inductance, low-impedance generator that dramatically improves high-frequency extension and clarity.

Nd Magnet Technology

Often reserved for moving-coil cartridges, the Nd9 is among the first moving magnet designs to utilise a Neodymium N55 magnet — the most powerful commercially available magnet. This innovative approach delivers significantly greater magnetic energy than conventional bar magnet systems, enabling improved efficiency, dynamics, and resolution.

Boron Cantilever and Precision Stylus Assembly

The boron cantilever offers exceptional stiffness and extremely low mass, allowing faster reaction to groove changes with minimal energy loss. Its rigidity reduces bending, ensuring more accurate signal transmission and lower distortion.

To connect the neodymium magnet to the solid boron rod, Rega collaborated with a renowned watch manufacturer to create an ultra-fine precision coupling tube, engineered with different diameters at each end for absolute mechanical integrity.

Lightweight Glass-Filled PPS Body

The Nd9 is housed in a zero-tolerance, injection-moulded glass-filled PPS body, inspired by Rega’s successful moving-coil range. This lightweight yet highly rigid construction reduces stress on tonearm bearings, allowing freer movement and improved tracking accuracy — essential for high-performance vinyl playback.

Factory-Fitted Planar 8 Option

The Nd9 is available as a factory-fitted upgrade on the award-winning Planar 8 turntable, offering exceptional value when purchased as a complete package. Speak with your Rega dealer for pricing and availability.

Rega Rebuild Scheme

Thanks to Rega’s unique pivot pad design, mechanical joints between the stylus housing and cartridge body are eliminated, improving stability and tracking performance. When the cartridge reaches the end of its life or is damaged, it can be returned to a Rega dealer for a fully tested rebuild, including a new cantilever, stylus, and pivot pad — offered at a reduced cost compared to traditional stylus replacements.

Key Features

• Fine Line nude diamond stylus

• Boron rod cantilever

• Neodymium N55 magnet

• Advanced low-inductance generator

• Rega three-point mounting system

• Highly rigid glass-filled PPS body

• Handmade stereo cartridge

• 100% recyclable packaging

• Factory-fitted option for the Planar 8 turntable