Ultima MC Cartridge

Research-grade ultra-high-purity iron responds to magnetic flux with minimum distortion. Ultra-fine coil on a precision cross-cut armature brings moving mass to its absolute minimum.

Quieter between the notes. More present within them. No compromise on material, no concession to cost. The XV Ultima is for the listener who has heard everything and is still looking.

First realised in the Dynavector 20X2A, the Special Annealing Process now reaches the XV Series, bringing the full potential of the magnetic circuit to Dynavector's flagship for the first time.

Developed in collaboration with specialists in advanced magnetic materials, the Special Annealing Process addresses a problem that conventional magnetic annealing cannot fully solve. Processing and machining, distort the crystal structure of metal at the atomic level, reducing magnetic permeability. A generic annealing process cannot fully reverse this.

Dynavector's process requires fine tuning and adjustments in temperature, atmosphere, duration, and both heating and cooling rates for each component. A technique passed down through the tradition of Japanese swordsmithing and now applied to the pursuit of perfect sound.

In the XV Ultima, this discipline goes further than ever before. Not only the yokes and the equaliser, but the eight ALNICO magnets themselves have also be treated with Dynavector's Special Annealing. This pushes the ALNICOs potential to its limit. No other Dynavector cartridge has been built this way.

The result is pure iron and magnet restored to its full magnetic potential, delivering unrivalled resolution, smooth wide-range expression and an expansive sound field.