Vertere Acoustics provides the Darkish Sabre transferring magnet and range-topping XtraX transferring coil to its pick-up cartridge secure.
Becoming a member of the present line-up of Magneto MM, Sabre MM, and Mystic MC are the (probably Mandalorian-inspired) Darkish Sabre MM and top-flight and premium-priced XtraX MC phono cartridges.
With the 11.5g Darkish Sabre, Vertere continues to champion the transferring magnet cartridge, which is ideal for contemporary high-end built-in amplifiers and is a improvement of the model’s Sabre mannequin and advantages from a single crystal, nude micro elliptical diamond tip and aluminium telescopic cantilever. Naturally, it additionally sports activities a extra appropriate black aluminium physique as an alternative of the opposite mannequin’s burnt orange hue.
Moreover, a brand new square-shank diamond meeting is claimed to optimise alignment precision and construct consistency and rigidity. Moreover, the form of the stylus tip is claimed to enhance monitoring skill with out rising floor noise or sacrificing high-frequency response. In the meantime, the revised cantilever makes use of two totally different grades of aluminium for stiffness and resonance management.
The cartridge physique options threaded fixing holes with three raised sections on the highest plate to make sure secure contact with the tonearm headshell. It’s optimised to assist the cartridge’s low-mass generator, held within the housing by 4 stainless-steel ‘spike’ screws (slightly than being glued) once more for efficiency and alignment. The beneficial monitoring weight is 2.0g.
An output of 4.3mV and a claimed frequency response of under 14Hz to above 28kHz ought to imply the Darkish Sabre can be welcomed by most transferring magnet phono phases.
Flip XTRAX
The XtraX moving-coil cartridge additionally sports activities the threaded aluminium physique, stylus tip and telescopic cantilever as seen on the Darkish Sabre, alongside the four-point mounting of the generator within the distinctive hard-anodised light-purple physique, albeit a transferring coil right here and so outputs 0.45mV. It additionally upgrades the generator to a Samarium-Cobalt magnet with a low-mass cross coil fabricated from pure virgin copper wires in contrast with the Darkish Sabre’s Alnico magnet.
The XtraX ideas the scales at 11.2g, and Vertere recommends a 2.05g monitoring weight. In the meantime, the claimed frequency response is under 10Hz to 45kHz.
Each new fashions can be found from the tip of October, with the Darkish Sabre moving-magnet cartridge priced at £1,450/ €1,798 and the range-topping XtraX transferring coil costing £5,800/ €6,998.
