Addictive Analog Sound and Hear-It-to-Believe-It Value: Audio-Technica AT-OC9XML Dual Moving-Coil Cartridge Features Nude Microlinear Stylus, Boron Cantilever, and Independent PCOOC Coils
Occupying the middle tier of Audio-Technica's OC9X Series, the AT-OC9XML dual moving-coil cartridge pairs addictive analog sound with hear-it-to-believe-it value. Promising countless hours of fun, the Japanese-designed instrument offers quiet operation, excellent tracking, and high-grade construction. Once it hits the grooves of your LPs, you'll no longer wonder about the critical characteristics – detail, dynamics, warmth, tonality, depth, imaging, solidity – that are always mentioned hand-in-hand with audiophile playback. AT-OC9XML brings you closer to the music you love and does so in emotionally engaging fashion.
The benefits of AT-OC9XML begin with the nude microlinear stylus and boron cantilever, which provide extremely low distortion and high transient response. Also working in concert, a neodymium magnet and premium permendur yoke with high-saturation flux density and outstanding magnetic properties further enhance the concentrated magnetic field of the coil gap. And with Pure Copper by Ohno Continuous Casting (PCOCC) coils aligned in a reverse V-shaped formation for both the left and right channels, AT-OC9XML supplies breathtaking channel separation and purity. While complex in design, AT-OC9XML keeps setup simple. Its pre-threaded cartridge body means the cartridge can be mounted onto the headshell or tonearm with just two screws. A non-magnetic screwdriver, two washers, installation screws, plastic protector, and brush come with the package.
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Body Material: Aluminum
Frequency Response: 20-47,000 Hz
Channel Separation: 27 dB (1 kHz)
Vertical Tracking Angle: 20°
Vertical Tracking Force: 1.8-2.2 g (2.0 g standard)
Recommended Load Impedance: Min. 100 ohms (when head amplifier is connected)
Coil Impedance: 12 ohms (1 kHz)
DC Resistance: 12 ohms
Coil Inductance: 25 mH (1 kHz)
Output: 0.4 mV (at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)
Channel Balance: 1.0 dB (1 kHz)
Stylus Shape: Microlinear
Stylus Type: Nude square shank
Stylus Curvature Radius: 2.2 x 0.12 mil
Cantilever: 0.28 mm diameter nude boron
Static Compliance: 20 x 10-6 cm/dyne
Dynamic Compliance: 16 x 10-6 cm/dyne (100 Hz)
Wire Used for Coil: PCOCC
Terminal Pins: Brass
Mount: Half-inch
Weight: 7.6 g (0.3 oz)
Dimensions: 0.68" x 0.66" x 1.01"
Accessories Included: Non-magnetic screwdriver; 2 washers; cartridge installation screws (5 mm × 2, 8 mm × 2, 10 mm x 2, 12 mm x 2); plastic protector; brush
Mounting Feature: Threaded body