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Nagaoka MP-500 Moving Magnet (MM) Cartridge

Nagaoka MP-500 Moving Magnet (MM) Cartridge

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Nagaoka MP-500 MM Cartridge

The MP-500 turntable cartridge is the flagship model in the MP series from Nagaoka. Featuring the pinnacle of record player cartridge technological improvement with the highest level of musical expression and dimensional clarity.

The Nagaoka MP-500 turntable cartridge offers the highest musical and audio creative expression of the new MP series. The MP-500 expertly extracts and reproduces with vivid, colourful and dimensional clarity what others miss. The Nagaoka MP-500 cartridge is the master of the record grooves.

The Made in Japan MP-500 record player cartridge offers a soundstage with an unbeaten depth, natural fidelity across the frequency range and excellent dynamics.

Features

  • Exclusive super rigid body
  • Superfine polished Line-Contact Diamond stylus tip
  • Powerful Samarium Cobalt Magnet
  • Low Mass-High Strength Boron Cantilever
  • Reinforced Carbon Fiber pole shoe
  • Anti Ferro-Magnetic Permalloy shield casing

Specifications

  • Type: Moving magnet (Permalloy)
  • Cantilever: High-strength boron
  • Stylus type: Superfine line contact diamond
  • Weight: 8 g
  • Output Voltage @ 1kHz, 5cm/sec: 3mV
  • Frequency response: 20Hz-25kHz
  • Channel balance @ 1kHz: > 1dB
  • Channel separation @ 1kHz: > 27dB 
  • Recommended loading: 47k ohms
  • Dynamic compliance: 8.5 x 10-6 cm/dyne
  • Tracking force range: 1.3 - 1.8 g
  • Break-in period: 30 hours 
  • Stylus replacement: Nagaoka JN-P500

What's in the box

1x Nagaoka MP-500 MM Cartridge

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