"This new Bloodstone cartridge has exceeded anyone's expectations.
It combines transparency with a sense of ease and tonal righteousness.
The performance is magically captivating. Yes, it's expensive, but if
you heard it, you'd realize it's well worth the price."
– Clark
Williams, Acoustic Sounds, Inc.
The Koetsu Bloodstone contains a platinum magnet with silver-cladded
6 n copper wire. .2mV output. Bloodstone is also called heliotrope.
This is a limited edition Koetsu. Very few will be made.
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The pinnacle of analog is within your reach. Passionate analog audiophiles
have been challenged for decades on how to best obtain the reality, atmosphere
and passion of artists from a black vinyl groove. Rising to these challenges,
Phase Tech designed the P-1 and P-3 Moving Coil phono cartridges to recreate
the reality of music. Augmenting the cartridges are the T-1 and T-3 step-up
transformers, created for low impedance cartridges and optimized to enhance
the sonic performance of the P-1 and P-3 cartridges.
"Phase-Tech's P-1 moving-coil cartridge is a heavyweight in many
respects. At 12 grams, it's physically heavy. Its sound is 'heavy' (in
the best sense of the word) with weight and authority…when called
for. And it's a heavyweight as a competitor. This is one of those rare
audio components that could challenge your thinking about the nature
of your entire audio system. At its $1800 price, this phono cartridge
gets you very, very close to what's on an LP, and much closer than many
other cartridges at this price level." – Curtis Leeds, Hi-Fi+,
Issue 45
Special Features
- High rigid and light pure-boron for the cantilever
- 18-8 stainless steel block for the body base
- Carved from a solid block of Red Sandalwood, which absorbs remaining
subtle vibration, for the cartridge case
- 6N oxygen-free high-conductivity copper for the coil
- Low-coercivity, high-saturation-flux-density pure iron for the
coil bobbin
- High-coercivity, high-saturation-flux-density ferro-cobalt alloy
for the yoke
- Samarium-cobalt for the magnet
- Principle : Moving Coil
- Impedance : 5 ohms
- Tracking Force Range : 1.7 to 2.0 gram
- Output Voltage : 0.25 mv or more at 1,000 Hz, 50mm/s horizontally
- Compliance : 6 x 10-6 cm/dyne at 100 Hz
- Reproduction Frequency Range : 10 to 30,000 Hz
- Channel Separation : 30 dB or more at 1,000 Hz
- Channel Balance : 1 dB or less at 1,000 Hz
- Recommended temperature : 20 to 26 deg C (approx. 68 to 78 deg
F)
- Dimension : W30.5 mm (1.20")x L17.2 mm (0.68")x H16 (0.63"), Weight 12g
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The Lyra Titan i is an improved version of the widely acclaimed Lyra
Titan. More than just an enhancement, the new Titan i is equipped with
a different suspension and damping system. Tracking ability has been
substantially improved, bass performance is lifted to new levels of refinement
and speed and low level resolution and dynamics have gained a marked
improvement. Finally, the Titan i has been voiced by master craftsman
Yoshinori Mishima, who builds and painstakingly adjusts each and every
cartridge by hand.
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From the creative minds of Benz comes the next evolution of the Ruby
phono cartridge, the LP Ebony. Special aged Ebony wood from Mozambique
forms the cartridge’s outer shell.
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- Stereophile Class "A" rated
- the absolute sounds Editor's Choice 2005
- the absolute sounds Product of the Year Awards 2004
A superbly-neutral, true-to-the-music Moving Coil cartridge. The 90X
won The Absolute Sound's Phono Cartridge of the Year for 2004
because of its ability to combine transient speed with rich timbres.
Each note is clear and real. Bass extension is out of this world.
"Each
of this Japanese manufacturer's products offers superior sound at a reasonable
price...What the 90x does better than other high-end cartridges is combine
transient speed with rich, fully articulated timbres, so, for example,
on plucked violin and guitar strings you don't hear more of the starting
transient than you do of the note's steady-state tone and decay. With
the 90x you hear each with equal clarity and realism." - Jonathan
Valin, The Absolute Sound, February/March 2005
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A
new cartridge design technology improves dynamic range. These new models
(the 7000 and 9000) are a complete departure from the current line current
line of Shelter cartridges. Newly designed body, high frigidity, improved
front-yoke, larger diameter PC-OCC lead wires wound around the redesigned
bobbin. These new concepts and design philosophy allow the Shelter 7000
to achieve new levels of dynamism and quietness for a smooth and effortless
sonic presentation.
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The latest addition to the Clearaudio moving-magnet lineup, the Virtuoso
has many of the virtues of the moving-coil series with a healthy 3.6mv
that is compatible with standard phono-stages.
Clearaudio Moving Magnet phono cartridges are precision products that
are held to the most stringent quality control standards The patented
assembly process is based on the newest technical advances. The mounting
plate on the Virtuoso Wood is made of a special "Fernambuk" wood
mounting plate that is only available in the Bavarian Black Forest. This
cartridge distinguishes itself in a long life span and a replaceable
cantilever. An extremely linear frequency response, and an exceptional
dynamic response insure a very uniform soundstage. Clearaudio MM cartridges
are compatible with virtually all tonearms.
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The DL-103R is an updated version of the classic DL-103. It provides
improved sound by using 6N copper coils wound with precision to the cantilever
shaft. Audio lovers will delight with detail that is brought out by this
outstanding phono cartridge.
- Output: 0.25 mV
- Output Impedance: 14 ohms
- Stylus: 16.5 Micron round tip
- Coil: copper (6N)
- Frequency range: 20 Hz to 45 kHz
- Tracking force: 2.3~2.7g
- Compliance 5 x 10-6 cm/dyne
- Weight: 8.5g
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DL-103R
@ Acoustic Sounds
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- the absolute sounds Editor's Choice 2005
A
true upgrade over the Platinum, its ability to resolve complex musical
passages in .a relaxed fashion and with more apparent detail will appeal
to the discriminating listener. Available in .5mv, 1.5mv or 4.0mv outputs.
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Sonata Cartridge
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Manufacturer's Website: http://www.gradolabs.com/