Cartridge Reviews

Description: low-output moving-coil cartridge featuring a boron cantilever; low-mass Ogura PA line-contact stylus; "five nines" FPS (Functionally Perfect Silver) silver coils; "five nines" iron core. Internal impedance: 2.5 ohms. Recommended vertical tracking force (VTF): 1.8–1.85 grams. Compliance: 9cu. Weight: not specified. Channel separation: not specified. Frequency response: not specified. Output: 0.4mV (5cm/s, 45° peak). Recommended load: 200 ohms–47k ohms.
Serial number of unit reviewed: F7432.
Price: $2550 (1996); no longer available (2007). Approximate number of dealers: 422.
Manufacturer: Scan-Tech, Tokyo, Japan. Importer: AudioQuest, San Clemente, CA (1996); AudioQuest, 8710 Research Drive, Irvine, CA 92618. Tel: (949) 585-0111. Fax: (969) 585-0333 (2007). Web: www.AudioQuest.com.