Clearaudio Jubilee MM

The Jubilee MM is one of only two Clearaudio cartridges to use a Panzerholz body — the other being the Jubilee MC, which starts at $7,500. In the moving-magnet range, the Jubilee MM sits below the Charisma V2 flagship but represents something unique: the Panzerholz body characteristic of Clearaudio’s reference-tier turntables in a cartridge accessible enough for a Performance DC-tier system.

Panzerholz is a high-tech laminate constructed from multiple layers of Baltic birch compressed with advanced adhesives under 60 tons of pressure — dense enough to sink in water, strong enough for use as ballistic panel material, and yet lighter than any comparable metal at 8.8 g total cartridge mass. In this cartridge Clearaudio pairs it with an aluminum cantilever and elliptical diamond stylus — a deliberate tier decision: the MM Jubilee is not trying to be a moving-coil replacement, it is a moving-magnet that gets the Panzerholz body advantage without the higher-tier boron cantilever and Micro HD stylus of the Charisma V2 above.

Inside sits high-purity OFC copper coils driven by precisely matched hand-selected magnet pairs — the same production discipline Clearaudio applies to its entire V2 MM range, hand-selected into four performance levels for best stereo channel matching, minimum phase error, flattest frequency response, and highest dynamic range at each price point. Measured, the Jubilee MM delivers 3.6 mV into standard 47 kΩ MM loading, 26 dB channel separation, and ≤ 0.4 dB channel balance at 2.2 g tracking force.

Jubilee MM is the right cartridge for a listener who wants the Panzerholz body advantage in an approachable MM at Performance DC or Ovation tier — paired with the Verify or Tracer tonearm and any competent MM phono stage. Available on order at LMC Scottsdale — walk in during business hours or book ahead if the audition needs a Jubilee MM heard on your specific turntable.