The Acoustic Signature MCX4, our flagship moving-coil cartridge, is crafted with cutting-edge technology. It’s the ideal match for our NEO tonearm series. Key features include a ‘nude’ Shibata stylus for flawless tracking, gold-plated coils of oxygen-free copper, and a resonance-optimized, CNC-milled chassis based on finite element design principles. It’s a top-tier cartridge.
Features:
- Modern MC cartridge with gold-plated, oxygen-free copper coils
- Resonance-optimized aluminum chassis
- Easy mounting
- Excellent tracking due to nude Shibata stylus
- Suitable for medium to high mass tonearms
Specifications:
| Cartridge system: | Moving-coil |
| Stylus type: | Nude Shibata |
| Coil material: | Gold-plated, oxygen-free copper coils |
| Cartridge chassis: | Resonance-optimized aluminum chassis |
| Voltage output (at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec.): |
0.3 mV |
| Channel balance at 1 kHz: | < 1.0 dB |
| Channel separation at 1 kHz: | > 26 dB |
| Compliance, dynamic, lateral: | 15 µm/mN |
| Tracking force range: | 2.1 to 2.5 g |
| Recommended tracking force: | 2.3 g (23 mN) |
| Frequency range at -3 dB: | 20-25,000 Hz |
| Frequency response 20-20,000 Hz: | ± 1.5 dB |
| DC resistance: | 5Ω |
| Recommended load: | 100Ω |
| Weight: | 12.6 g |