Dynavector
DRT XV-1s
Introduced 2002$5,850 MSRP
The DRT XV-1s is Dynavector's flagship-adjacent moving-coil cartridge, using a magnetic circuit built from eight small ALNICO magnets arranged in a V-shape with a flux-stabilizing damper coil design. It pairs a solid boron cantilever with a PF line-contact stylus, and reviewers have called it a masterclass in vinyl reproduction, citing exceptional channel separation and low distortion.
MSRP
$5,850
Used market · Good
$2,700
-54% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $5,850 at launch to $2,700 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $5,850 US
- Weight
- 12.6 g
- Compliance
- 10 mm/N
- Stylus type
- PF Line contact; stylus radius 7 × 30 micron
- Output voltage
- 0.3 mV
- Tracking force
- 1.8–2.2 g
- Channel separation
- 30 dB at 1 kHz
- Frequency response
- 20–20,000 Hz (±1 dB)
- Internal impedance
- 6 Ω
- Cantilever material
- Solid boron, 6 mm length
- Recommended load impedance
- >30 Ω
- Output voltage 1 khz 5 cm sec
- 0.3 mV
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