Sidebar 2: Specifications
Description: Moving magnet phono cartridge system with multiple stylus and cantilever options. Specifications for A3SS version, Shibata stylus on aluminum cantilever. Frequency range: 20Hz–30kHz. Output voltage @ 1kHz: 2.5mV. Channel balance @ 1kHz: 1.0dB. Channel separation @ 1kHz: 23dB. Dynamic compliance (100Hz): 10 × 10–6cm/dyne. Tracking ability at 2.0gm: 70µm. Stylus tip radius: 4.064 × 71.12µm. Recommended tracking force: 2.0gm. Internal impedance @ 1kHz: 670 ohms. Internal inductance: 270mH. Recommended load resistance: 47k ohms. Recommended load capacitance: 100–300pF.
Cartridge weight: 6.0gm.
Available stylus assemblies and prices: Bonded elliptical/aluminum cantilever (A3SE), $129; Nude hyperelliptical/aluminum cantilever (A3SV), $249; Nude hyperellipticalruby cantilever (R3SV), $539; Nude microline/aluminum cantilever (A3SM), $499; Nude microline/ruby cantilever (R3SM), $649; Nude Shibata/aluminum cantilever (A3SS), $499; Nude Shibata/ruby cantilever (R3SS), $649; Nude Shibata/boron cantilever (B3SS), $679.
Manufacturer: Excel Sound Japan. Exclusive distributor: LP Gear, 3024 Via Venezia, Henderson, NV 89052. Web: lpgear.com.
Cartridge weight: 6.0gm.
Available stylus assemblies and prices: Bonded elliptical/aluminum cantilever (A3SE), $129; Nude hyperelliptical/aluminum cantilever (A3SV), $249; Nude hyperellipticalruby cantilever (R3SV), $539; Nude microline/aluminum cantilever (A3SM), $499; Nude microline/ruby cantilever (R3SM), $649; Nude Shibata/aluminum cantilever (A3SS), $499; Nude Shibata/ruby cantilever (R3SS), $649; Nude Shibata/boron cantilever (B3SS), $679.
Manufacturer: Excel Sound Japan. Exclusive distributor: LP Gear, 3024 Via Venezia, Henderson, NV 89052. Web: lpgear.com.
