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Experience the full potential of your analog front end with the Aesthetix ABCD-2, our newest generation moving coil cartridge demagnetizer. The ABCD-2 is essential for preserving the performance of your moving coil cartridges and unlocking every nuance tucked away in the grooves of your favorite records. Building on our beloved ABCD-1, the ABCD-2 presents a refined design, future-proofed with an upgradable algorithm and engineered to restore vibrancy, detail, and clarity to your vinyl playback.
Why Demagnetize Your Cartridge?
Over time, even the most meticulously designed moving coil cartridges accumulate a magnetic field that dulls their musical nuance. This buildup occurs as the coil’s copper impurities gradually absorb charge from the powerful magnets used in modern cartridges—reducing the coil’s freedom of movement. The result is a growing reduction in clarity, sound which is murky and less defined that you might not notice until it is removed. A quick, periodic demagnetization is all it takes to hear the difference in transparency and liveliness.
Effortless Performance Restoration
The ABCD-2 remains as simple as ever to use. About once a month, depending on usage, connect the ABCD-2 to your turntable leads, press the front panel button, and allow its unique algorithm to neutralize the residual magnetism in your cartridge. Within minutes, you’ll hear the return of the crisp detail, dynamic energy, and immersive realism you remember from your vinyl collection.
Future-Proof Design
We’ve preserved the core DNA of the ABCD-1 while making innovative enhancements. We now have the ability to update the ABCD-2’s demagnetization algorithm when we develop new refinements in the future. We’ve also made battery replacement more accessible and streamlined the overall build process, which helps us keep costs down without compromising performance.
Crafted in America
Designed and manufactured at our headquarters in Moorpark, California, the ABCD-2 embodies our commitment to precision, quality, and innovation.
"Everyone who's into analog is sure to want one of the cute battery-powered cartridge demagnetizers from Aesthetix"
–Las Vegas '96 WCES show report, Richard J. Rosen and Lonnie Brownell, Stereophile, April 1996, Vol. 19, No. 4
"The effects… were not subtle… transient attacks are better articulated… instruments display greater air and focus, resulting in a greater sense of space."
–Myles Astor, The Audio Adventure, July 1996, Vol. 3, No. 6
