The Vessel B3SS Phono Cartridge

SKU: THEVESSELB3SS

  • $679.00

Details
  • • Nude Super Shibata Stylus Tip
  • • Special high grade boron cantilever
  • • 2.0 g tracking force
  • • Genuine The Vessel cartridge
  • • Made in Japan by specialized artisans

THE VESSEL B3SS CARTRIDGE 
- So much more than just music.

Special High Grade Boron exceeding those used previously by other manufacturers offers superb sensitivity and prismatic tonal expressions. In combination with its Super Shibata diamond, the B3SS delivers rare experiences with your LPs — music rendered with grace, swiftness, liquidity and luminosity. It is breathtaking in its contradictions and counterpoints.

The Vessel B3SS 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: Special High Grade Boron 
- 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: B3SS stylus

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James Whitaker (Honolulu, US)
The exact right stylus

I needed a stylus for a vintage Pickering. Perfect fit, great performance. Yeah for durable goods!

Had the needle for my 35yr old phonograph. Amazing thank you.

Sounds great, with a caveat...

As the title suggests, this stylus sounds very good. But it is lacking in the very highest registers (tinkling sleighbells, watch chimes, etc). Until it is inserted into a 66 series or one of its many clones, then that upper register comes alive. Empire made 2000s with at least 2 different electrical specs, those around 500 ohms impedance, and those around 1000 ohms. The 1000 ohms models suffer high treble loss, while the lower inductance/impedance models do not.

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search for genuine ORTOFON replacement easy, order/payment a breeze, shipped quick and arrived on time. went with a genuine ORTOFON for my vintage dual changer . Just acquired a beautiful restored yamaha cr-1020 receiver; system sounded like crap so I rewired the speakers (stacked large advents). big improvement but then the highs were thin scratchy and poorly defined, hence the new stylus. now it's starting to really sound like something. i'll give you a detailed review of the stylus after I've listened to more of the records. they all sound different now.

So far so good

Just got it and it sounds really nice.

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Jim Stafford (Sacramento, US)

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Mom’s old cartridge is alive!!

I wanted to restore my mom’s old Shure RXT-4 (Radio Shack version of the M97ED) and this stylus is just perfect!! I never imagined how beautiful this cartridge with this stylus could sound! Warm mellow melodies for Jazz and Classical! Very well balanced!! Love it! I pair it with my Technics SL-1200Mk2 and SL-D2