Cartridges

THE VESSEL R3SS CARTRIDGE 
- So much more than just music.

With its hardness and soundspeed, Ruby has far higher sensitivity to stimuli from groove modulations. The refined cylindrical Ruby cantilever in the R3SS discovers and transmits more material from groove modulations, more energy sheltered within record grooves thus conveying more inspired sentience and realism. In combination with its Nude Super Shibata diamond tip, the R3SS delivers immersion in the music's complex texture, dynamism and stellar liquidity and transparency.

The Vessel R3SS Cartridge Specifications 
- Type: Moving Magnet 
- Frequency range: 20-30,000 Hz 
- Output voltage @ 1kHz: 2.5 mV 
- Channel balance @ 1kHz: <1.0dB 
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: 23dB 
- Dynamic compliance (100Hz): 9 × 10^-6 cm/dyne 
- Tracking ability at 2.0g : >60 µm 
- Cantilever: Single crystal special cylindrical Ruby 
- Stylus type: Nude Super Shibata 
- Stylus tip radius: .00016 x .0028 inch 
- Tracking force: 2.0 g 
- Internal impedance @ 1kHz: 670 ohms 
- Internal inductance: 270 mH 
- Recommended load resistance: 47 kOhm 
- Cartridge color, body/stylus: Black/Gold/Green 
- Weight: 6.0 g 
- Mounting hardware included: 4 × Screws, 2 × Nuts 
- Stylus replacement: R3SS stylus

THE VESSEL R3SV CARTRIDGE 
- So much more than just music.

The R defines itself and its users as those who transcend the vulnerability of success, advance their intellect and sentience, extend their humanity and exceed their personal best. For the user, the R3SV is a synergistic choice.

With its hardness and soundspeed, Ruby has far higher sensitivity to stimuli from groove modulations. The refined cylindrical Ruby cantilever in the R3SV discovers and transmits more material from groove modulations, more energy sheltered within record grooves thus conveying more inspired sentience and realism.

The Vessel R3SV Cartridge Specifications 
- Type: Moving Magnet 
- Frequency range: 20-28,000 Hz 
- Output voltage @ 1kHz: 2.5 mV 
- Channel balance @ 1kHz: <1.5dB 
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: 22dB 
- Dynamic compliance (100Hz): 9 × 10^-6 cm/dyne 
- Tracking ability at 2.0g : >60 µm 
- Cantilever: Single crystal special cylindrical Ruby 
- Stylus type: Nude Super Vivid Line Contact 
- Stylus tip radius: 5µm × 20µm 
- Tracking force: 2.0 g 
- Internal impedance @ 1kHz: 670 ohms 
- Internal inductance: 270 mH 
- Recommended load resistance: 47 kOhm 
- Cartridge color, body/stylus: Black/Gold/Red 
- Weight: 6.0 g 
- Mounting hardware included: 4 × Screws, 2 × Nuts 
- Stylus replacement: R3SV stylus

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Footnote 1: See full review by John Hoffman at Positive Feedback: LP Tunes Vessel R3SV Cartridge.

Music is expressed manifold with the elegance and grace of the A3SS cartridge. Its Super Shibata stylus delivers complex texture and dynamism with stellar liquidity and transparency.

The Vessel A3SS Cartridge Specifications
- Type: Moving Magnet
- Frequency range: 20-30,000 Hz
- Output voltage @ 1kHz: 2.5 mV
- Channel balance @ 1kHz: <1.0dB
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: 23dB
- Dynamic compliance (100Hz): 10 10-6 cm/dyne
- Tracking ability at 2.0 g : 70 m
- Cantilever: Special type aluminum pipe
- Stylus type: Nude Super Shibata
- Stylus tip radius: .00016 x .0028 inch
- Tracking force: 2.0 g
- Internal impedance @ 1kHz: 670 ohms
- Internal inductance: 285 mH
- Recommended load resistance: 47 kOhm
- Cartridge color, body/stylus: Black/Gold/Green
- Weight: 6.0 g
- Mounting hardware included: 2 Screws, 2 Nuts
- Stylus replacement: A3SS stylus

The Shure M75E Type 2 phono cartridge offers high tracking capability and musical accuracy. Made in the USA and long considered a historical standard, we are delighted to offer these very few and desirable pieces for reference and listening enjoyment. Many stylus replacement types are available thus making it an ideal cartridge to own and grow with.

Shure M75E Type 2 Cartridge Specifications
- Type: Moving magnet
- Tonearm mount: 1/2 inch
- Output voltage: 5mV
- Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz
- Channel separation: > 25dB
- Recommended load impedance: 47k ohms
- Inductance: 720 mH
- DC resistance: 630 ohms
- Weight: 6 g
- Terminals: 4
- Accessories included: User guide, mounting hardware

Revived exactly the same as the original, this companion to the Shure M44-7 provides an ideal balance between skip resistance and accuracy of sound reproduction for entertainment purposes. It's a versatile performance needle, appropriate for both intensive scratching and mixing.

With a tracking force of 0.75 to 1.5 grams and a frequency response which is essentially flat from 20Hz-20kHz, the Shure M44G produces a vibrant, high-definition sound. With the same unique Shure Type S cantilever as used on the Shure M44-7, the Shure M44G is a highly reliable performer, which is also easy on your vinyl. Samples of the newly revived M44 series models were used to capture all of the titles contested at the International Turntablist Federation (ITF) World competition held in Amsterdam on November 17, 1998.

The Roksan Corus Black phono cartridge has beguiled and besotted many audiophiles with its power, ease, articulation, rhythmic timing, and refinement. Make no mistake, this cartridge is top notch. The Roksan Corus Black phono cartridge features the highly acclaimed Gyger II super fine line stylus which has excellent tracking ability, superb detail retrieval and minimal surface noise. The stylus is housed in a one-piece molded body fitted with non-magnetic threaded inserts for ease of mounting and alignment. The cartridge is considered by its many avid advocates to be one of the finest moving magnet cartridges available today.

Roksan Corus Black Phono Cartridge Specifications
- Weight: 6.5g
- Tracking force: 1.8-2.2 g
- Load resistance: 47k ohms
- Load capacitance: 150 - 300 pF
- Internal inductance: 570 mH
- Internal resistance: 660 ohms
- Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz +/-2dB
- Static compliance: 24mm/N lateral, 16mm/N vertical
- Vertical tracking angle: 24
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: > 2dB
- Channel balance @ 1kHz: < 2dB
- Output voltage @ 1kHz,5cm/sec.: 6.5mV
- Stylus tip mass 0.45 mg
- Stylus type: Gyger II

Pickering XL-33U Phono Cartridge Specifications
- Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5.5cm/sec.: 4.4 mV
- Frequency response: 10-22,000 Hz
- Channel separation: 32dB
- Internal impedance, DC resistance: 1,300 Ohm
- Internal inductance: 900 mH
- Recommended load resistance: 47 kOhm
- Stylus type: Stereohedron
- Tracking force range: 1.0-1.5g
- Cartridge colour, body/stylus: Black/White
- Cartridge weight without screws: 6.0 g
- Replacement stylus unit: DTL2S
- Accessories included: 1 Case, 1 Stylus brush, 1 Screwdriver, 1 Half-inch adaptor, 5 Screws, 3 nuts, 2 spacers, 1 Pickering SC4 stylus cleaner, 2 Mounting instructions.

"The Ortofon OM3E outperforms the Ortofon 2M Red by a wide margin on my system to which I owe you very many thanks. In addition, the token of quality inspection as per shipping document makes me feeling good."
- TO, customer from Japan

The Ortofon OM3E OM 3E phono cartridge is the least expensive cartridge that Ortofon offers. It uses the same high performance cartridge body as its sibling up the line and it comes with a special elliptical diamond stylus. As in other Ortofon OM series cartridges, it portrays music naturally across the frequency spectrum.

And when its time for you to seek more discernment, you can easily upgrade to a higher level of performance by simply replacing the stylus to a Stylus 5E, 10, 20, 30 and 40. You can enjoy music now and even further later on when you choose to.

Ortofon OM3E Specifications
- Frequency range: 20 - 22,000 Hz
- Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec.: 4.0 mV
- Channel balance at 1 kHz: 2.0 dB
- Channel separation at 1 kHz / 15 kHz: 22 / 15 dB
- Tracking ability: 60 m
- Dynamic compliance: 20 m/mN
- Stylus: .0003 x .0007 inch special elliptical diamond
- Equivalent stylus tip mass: 0.5 mg
- Tracking force range: 1.5 - 2.0 g
- Tracking force, recommended: 1.75 g
- Tracking angle: 20
- Internal impedance, DC resistance: 750 Ohm
- Internal inductance: 450 mH
- Recommended load resistance: 47 K
- Recommended load capacitance: 200-600 pF
- Color: Black
- Weight: 5 g
- Stylus replacement: Ortofon Stylus 3E

• LP Tunes Ultimate inch mount headshell
• Finely processed Duralumin alloy for tensile strength and low resonance
• SOAR HD5 headshell wires for exceptional sound quality
• Aligned length ~52 mm for use with many tonearms
• Alignment adjustable for extra precision and compatibility
• Free alignment protractor
• 16.7g weight with mounted M97xVL cartridge

• LP Tunes High-Definition inch mount headshell
• Aerospace alloy for tensile strength and low resonance
• SOAR HD5 headshell wires for exceptional sound quality
• Aligned length ~52 mm for use with many tonearms
• Alignment adjustable for extra precision and compatibility
• Free alignment protractor
• 16.7g weight with mounted Grado Gold 1 cartridge

The LP Tunes iMAGE SE phono cartridge offers higher fidelity sound quality for popular USB turntables such as ion and Numark. We upgraded its performance by using a highly polished Special Elliptical diamond stylus bonded to a thin wall Zualum cantilever that traces a more precise image of the grooves thus resulting in higher accuracy and fidelity with more detail and harmonic richness - more goodness to listen and record. It's a fine sound that enriches with goodness.

For those seeking to extract the best sound from their USB turntable for recording and listening, the LP Tunes iMAGE SE phono cartridge offers this special product of excellence.

The cartridge comes complete with a LP Tunes iSMG9SE stylus, installation instructions, screws and nuts. Made in Japan.

LP Tunes iMAGE SE Phono Cartridge Specifications
- Output voltage @ 1kHz, 5 cm/sec: 2.4mV
- Channel balance @ 1kHz: <2.5dB
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: > 16dB
- Frequency response: 20Hz- 25kHz
- Stylus type: Bonded special elliptical diamond
- Stylus tip radius: 0.3 x 0.7 mil
- Tracking force range: 2.5 - 3.5 g
- Tracking force recommended: 3 g
- Tracking ability @ 315Hz @ recommended tracking force: 70µm
- Internal impedance: 1.2k ohms
- Recommended load resistance: 47k ohms
- Color: Black/Red
- Weight: 4.3 g
- Stylus replacement: LP Tunes iSMG9SE

KOETSU BLACK GOLDLINE PHONO CARTRIDGE

Ships to US only

Throughout time, the Koetsu Black has maintained its dual role as Koetsu's entry-level model and Koetsu's best-known cartridge. In 2002, the torch was passed from Yoshiaki Sugano, the founder of Koetsu, to his son, Fumihiko Sugano - who was especially trained to take over. Thus the Koetsu Black's legacy continues and endures. Reviewers and listeners marvel and kvell the Koetsu Black as relevant and exceptional.

Koetsu Black Goldline Phono Cartridge Specifications
- Frequency response: 20Hz-100kHz
- Output voltage: 0.4mV
- Channel balance @ 1kHz: 0.50dB
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: 25dB
- Stylus type: Proprietary
- Cantilever: Boron
- Tracking force: 1.8-2.0 g
- Compliance: 5 x 10-6 cm/dyne @ 100 Hz
- Coil Wiring: Copper
- Magnet: Somarium cobalt
- Body: Anodized aluminum
- Stylus color: Red
- Weight: 10.8 g

Reviews
"Its sound was lovely: smooth, textured, exceptionally colorful, and just a little rolled off in its treble range."

"The Koetsu Black phono cartridge is a lovely, musical product..."

- Stereophile Class B Recommended Component Vol. 31 No.10 October 2008

"The Koetsu's timbral richness and realism were a joy..."

- Art Dudley, Stereophile, July 2007

The Grado Statement Reference1 retrieves all manner of musical detail lost in the long winding coils of many other cartridges. Records well known and played often in the past sound fresh and deliciously new. With its tonally complete and harmonically natural sound quality, the Grado Statement Reference1 offers astonishing wonderment and long-lasting joy.

Grado Statement Reference 1 Cartridge Specifications
- Type: MI
- Output voltage: 0.5mV
- Frequency response: 10Hz-60kHz
- Load impedance: 47k ohms
- Channel separation: 4-dB
- Stylus type: Elliptical
- Stylus replacement: Factory replaceable
- Inductance: 2mH
- Resistance: 2
- Mounting: 1/2 inch
- Compliance: 20mm/N
- Recommended tracking force: 1.5 g
- Weight: 6.5 g