My Sonic Lab Eminent EX Low Ooutput Phono Cartridge

The sound of the Eminent Ex is the result of master cartridge designer Yoshio Matsudaira seeking natural reproduction by minimizing signal loss, internal distortion, and phase distortion. Eminent EX utilizes Matsudaira-san's unique SH-¼X magnetic core. This special core material has higher permeability and flux density than the core material typically used in MC cartridges. It allows My Sonic Lab to use fewer coil windings than other moving coil cartridges, minimizing music robbing distortions, while not making the sacrifice of signal output. This high efficiency approach equals wide dynamic range, fast transient response, low distortion and high signal-to-noise ratio. In other words, expect tremendous natural detail and clarity and to hear new layers of information in your favorite records.

"My Sonic Lab's Eminent EX is among the finest, most skillfully balanced cartridges I've heard." Michael Fremer, Stereophile

"If Mercury Records had designed a cartridge that captured the Living Presence sound, it would have been the My Sonic Labs. From the moment the needle hits the groove, things sound 'alive!' Not only does this playback device have more zap and dynamics, it also has a more liquid sound, and is so genuinely seductive you might well buy it on first listen." Harry Pearson, The Absolute Sound

Specifications

SH-¼X core

Extra Super Duralumin A7075 alloy body

Super Duralumin cantilever

Semi-line contact stylus

Internal impedance 1.0Ω

Output voltage 0.4mV

Compliance 10x10-6cm/dyen

Weight 9.5g

Recommended tracking force 1.9-2.2g

Recommended loading 100-800Ω (ideal is around 400Ω)