ARIA PRO 11 BASS REVIEW PRO
The latter are relatively easy to set up but aren’t renowned for their detail retrieving powers, the Vital profile is a variation on the line contact type which sits lower in the groove in an attempt to ‘read’ more of the information.Īs with all Rega MCs and the better MMs the Ania Pro has three fixing points which means a very strong mechanical bond to headshells that have the relevant holes. The Ania Pro as the name suggests is a close relation to the Ania inasmuch as it has the same PPS body, aluminium cantilever and magnet system, the main difference is that the Pro has a Vital profile on the nude diamond stylus, the Ania has an elliptical stylus. This brings down the mass of the ‘generator’ as the combination of stylus, cantilever and coils is known to a minimum, which means that it has higher freedom of movement than conventional designs. Instead all that holds the cantilever in place is a synthetic rubber grommet (or rhomboid pivot as they call it) in the faceplate, if you look at the Rega MCs (the ones with clear covers make it easier) it’s fairly easy to see that only the fine coil wires are attached to the end of the cantilever inside the housing. All are based around the same fairly radical design which eschews a tie wire to attach the cantilever to the body, as found on the majority of cartridges. It started with the original Apheta in 2005 which became the Apheta 2 nine years later and was joined by the Aphelion a year after that, then in 2017 the floodgates started to open with the Ania entry level MC followed by Apheta 3 early last year and Ania Pro at the end of the year. For a company that only made moving magnet cartridges in the first three decades of its existence Rega has thrown itself into moving coils with gusto.