Clearaudio is celebrating its 45th anniversary, and to mark the occasion, the company has released a special edition cartridge: the Clearaudio Diamond Jubilee.
As with most anniversary products, the emphasis is on top-tier quality. In the case of the Clearaudio Diamond Jubilee MC cartridge, this is evident in the extreme manufacturing precision, with tolerances kept to just 0.001 mm. The technology used is so advanced that a patent application has already been filed. The cartridge’s coils are wound with 24-karat gold wire. This should not only enhance efficiency but also ensuring an incredibly detailed sound. There’s also an integrated high-frequency shield built into the cartridge body—an obvious necessity in today’s RF-heavy environments. A newly developed cantilever is designed to extract groove information with even greater accuracy than before.
The result of all this meticulous engineering is some impressive performance specs. Clearaudio reports a channel separation of 35 dB and a channel balance of just 0.15 dB. Add in a zirconium oxide body, a boron cantilever, and a precisely cut micro-diamond stylus, and it’s clear this is something truly special.
The Clearaudio Diamond Jubilee MC cartridge doesn’t come cheap—priced at €25,000. But it certainly places its owner in an exclusive group of high-end audio enthusiasts celebrating this milestone.