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The 'MusicMaker' Mk III Phono
Cartridge
The 'MusicMaker'
Phono Cartridge
is a high-performance variable reluctance device,
employing a proprietory extended contact diamond stylus.
Specification
Output voltage: 4mV
Frequency response: 10Hz - 50KHz
Stereo separation:>25dB across 10Hz to 30KHz range
Loading requirement: 47K Ohm (standard moving magnet)
Cartridge weight: 6.2g
Stylus type: proprietory extended contact area diamond
Tracking force: 1.58g +/- 0.05g (critical)
Arm requirement: medium to low mass (13g or less)
Bias (anti-skate) requirements: minimal
Price: £725 GBP
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Review
Extracts
" ... the extreme harmonics of the treble were brought out with
a crispness that came as a shock next to the harshness of many
other cartridges. Record after record succumbed to the treatment
of the aptly named 'MusicMaker'.
It was easy to subconsciously compare the unit's performance
favourably with (MC) cartridges selling at far higher cost ...
Many MCs do not manage anything like the MusicMaker's (Mk II)
30Cu figure nor do they give anything like its 4mV @ 5Cm/S.
It has a sheer listenablity that few competitors combine in the
same small body, and that sounds like a bargain at any price."
World Verdict ****
Richard White, HiFi World,
2/99, P53
"... in fact, on all grounds the Mk III is a
better cartridge than the Mk II. In particular, we gain greater
clarity, lower noise floor level, faster dynamics and a better
sense of space. It is really an excellent cartridge"
E. Barker, TNT AUDIO 8/04
"The first thing you notice is the solidity and presence it has
compared to almost all MC cartridges. There's a sense of
unstoppable momentum to music...
For anyone using a valve pre-amp like a Conrad-Johnson or early
ARC, this cartridge is manna from heaven.
Being used to hearing vastly expensive MCs in a system tailored
to their balance, the MusicMaker never left me feeling
short-changed. ... never was a product so aptly named; never was
an alternative so welcome."
Roy Gregory, Hi-Fi+, 5/00,
P52-53
" Good price, high output and a winning musicality make this
moving iron cartridge the one to beat."
Hi-Fi World buying guide
' ... the MusicMaker will, in its latest guise, stands
toe-to-toe with coils at anything up to three times its price.'
Roy Gregory, Hi-Fi+,
7/01, P98-99
" The MusicMaker (Mk II) is an extremely interesting product; it
links the best of both (MM and MC) worlds together; it is clean,
accurate and detailed like a good MC while it has the warmth and
the "weight" of the best MM's.
In the end, the quality/price ratio of this cartridge is simply
excellent. Only real Music Lovers apply."
Lucio Cadeddu, TNT AUDIO
"This MusicMaker Mk II cartridge, when fitted to the
Recovery/RB900, beats the more expensive Orbe/SME/Dynavector
DRT-1 (£2500, MC) combination ..."
Geoff Husband, TNT AUDIO
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