CES 2017

This edition of Transfiguration's explosive low output moving coil Proteus phono cartridge features a diamond, not boron cantilever.

I spotted it in the Genesis Audio room on the new limited edition Direct Drive edition of VPI's Avenger Turntable. The diamond cantilever ups the Proteus's price from $6000 to $10,000. Genesis Audio's Gary Koh told me it was the only diamond cantilevered Proteus in America and he wasn't sure if it was going to be available as a production item in the Transfiguration line.

So the cartridge, like the turntable may be in the "unobtanium" category. For most of us, the prices alone put both products in that category.