Acoustical Systems
Astron
$5995
The Astron cartridge represents the very best of the archon production series. The most carefully selected archons – picked for homogenous frequency response and extremely close matching channels – are transferred into the special housing featuring a constellar pattern handcrafted with pure 24kt Gold inlays.
- 0.5 mV output
- Silver coils
- Ultra-rigid special dampened titanium “Timet 1100” corpus with 24ct Gold inlays
- Static compliance 17-19 mm/N (18°C to 30°C)
- 16 to 20 mN tracking force range
- 17 to 18 mN recommended tracking force
- Channel balance better 0.5 dB / at 1 kHz
- Channel separation 28 dB
- Frequency response 15 Hz to 32 kHz +/- 2 dB
- Shibata EVO stylus
- Internal resistance 8 Ohms
- Load resistance 40-1000 Ohms
- Cantilever C37-coated tempered aluminum
- Cartridge weight only 11.5 grams
The Astron cartridge is the only moving coil cartridge from Acoustical Systems. Enclosed in a unique uni-body designed made from solid block of Timet 1100 with gold inlays, the Astron offers a refined channel balance which adds internal dampening to achieve the finest details in sound.