Kondo Audio Note IO-XP Cartridge
KONDO AUDIO NOTE IO-XP MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE
High-end Japanese HiFi brand Kondo Audio Note has released its sixth moving coil cartridge, the Kondo Audio Note IO-XP Cartridge.
The Kondo Audio Note IO-XP cartridge has been developed from the knowledge and techniques that the brand has accumulated since its first IO cartridge in 1979.
KONDO AUDIO NOTE IO-XP CARTRIDGE
Kondo continues to use an alnico magnet for IO-XP as they say that the low magnetic resistance provides many advantages in terms of sound quality. Maximum magnetic capacity is obtained with the assembly style and the magnetizing method.
They say that more accurate tracing is also achieved through setting the damping properly. In addition, by devising the body shape and internal structure to control the main body resonance, a “natural and grand sound field” is reproduced.
The pure silver wire and parts used by Kondo are completely proprietary. This silver was selected by Kondo from a European silver mine, it is annealed by the company and rests for several years before use.
KONDO IO-XP SPECIFICATIONS
Cartridge type: moving coil type (Pure silver wire)
Output level: 0.12mV(1kHz, 5cm/sec)
Channel balance: lower than 1dB(1kHz)
Channel separation: over 25dB(1kHz)
Internal impedance: 1Ω
Compliance: 6.0×10-6cm/Dyne
Stylus pressure: 1.7～2.0g
Weight: 12g
KONDO AUDIO NOTE IO-XP CARTRIDGE PRICE
9,500€
HiFi Pig Says: Kondo Audio Note are, and I am sure always will be, one of the brands that you think of when you hear ‘High End Audio’.
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