Linn Ekstatik MC Cartridge

• In order to make our best cartridge ever, we needed to look further afield, and at more varied materials. We conducted extensive experiments; auditioning different materials and configurations for the body, inserts, cantilever, suspension, windings and leads. The result is Ekstatik – the new jewel in the crown of the Linn cartridge range.
  
• Our all-new, flagship cartridge, Ekstatik, sets a new bar for arm/cartridge synergy; its unique construction forges an harmonious synergy with Ekos SE; wicking away more unwanted resonances along the arm, and out through the sub-chassis.
  
• In our search for ever better materials, our experiments led us to the implementation of aluminium-bronze inserts. Now a feature of Ekstatik, these inserts allow us to reap the sonic benefits we found this alloy to possess.
  
• With a bespoke, honeycomb cut into the cartridge body, we have skeletonised Ekstatik so that overall mass is reduced to our preferred sweet spot of close to 7g.
  
• A micro-ridge stylus on a sapphire cantilever makes for an extraordinarily responsive cartridge. The sapphire cantilever is far stiffer than boron or aluminium, resulting in less loss between the stylus and the generator.
  
• The overall result is an agile, responsive cartridge with the added performance yielded from specifying these materials; masterfully matched in unique configurations.
  
  

• Technical Specifications
• All-new flagship moving coil cartridge
• Stylus Type
  Micro-ridge
• Cantilever
  Sapphire
• Armature
  Square
• Pin Connection Type
  Flying wire with termination clips - 1.2mm, gold
• Mounting Points
  3
• Coil Wire
  Copper 4N
• Output Voltage
  0.45mV @ 3.54cm/s
• Channel Balance at 1kHz
  <1dB
• Channel Separation at 1kHz
  Better than 30dB
• Load Resistance
  100 Ω
• Load Capacitance
  1nF
• Tracking Force
  2.0 g
• Cartridge Mass
  7 g
  
  

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