The Nagaoka MP-500 phonograph cartridge offers the highest musical and creative expression of the new MP series. It expertly extracts and reproduces with vivid, colorful and dimensional clarity what others miss. Meet our little friend - the Nagaoka MP-500 phonograph cartridge - the master of the grooves.
• Exclusive super rigid body for ultra resonance and superb fidelity
• Superfine line contact diamond stylus
• Powerfull samarium cobalt magnet
• Low-mass, high strenght boron cantilever
• Carbon fibre reinforced plastic shoe
• Anti-ferro magnetic permalloy shield casing
We carefully set up every turntable and cartridge we sell. So if you're new to turntables or have decades of experience, you know you'll be getting the most enjoyment from your system. You can be safe in the knowledge that you can take your turntable home, plug it straight in and start enjoying good music without any worry of something being setup incorrectly.
Type: Moving permalloy
Cantilever: High strength Boron
Stylus type: SuperFine line contact diamond
Weight: 8.0 grams
Output voltage: 3.0 mV (5cm/sec)
Frequency characteristic: 20 - 25,000 Hz
Channel balance: Better than 1.0 dB
Channel separation: Better than 27 dB at 1 kHz
Recommended loading: 47,000 ohms
Dynamic Compliance: 8.5 x 10-6 cm/dyne
Tracking force range: 1.3 - 1.8 g
Replacement stylus: Nagaoka JN-P500
Thumbs firmly aloft then, for this excellent pick-up cartridge; it’s surely the best of its type around – and certainly the finest moving magnet that I have heard. - stereonet.co.uk