Hear Why Analog Feels More High-Res Than High-Resolution Streaming: EMT JSD Pure Black MC Phono Cartridge Plays with Gorgeous Detail, Depth, and Warmth

Taking advantage of its historical value in the broadcast industry, and combining such honesty with playback marked by revealing textures, involving energy, and sought-after analog warmth, the EMT JSD Pure Black MC phono cartridge "reminds you why so many feel LP remains a better source of 'hi-res' than high-resolution digital audio." Such is the expert take of Hi-Fi+, and everything about this Japanese-built cartridge comes equipped to deliver on such a promise. 

The body of JSD Pure is fitted with a high-densitiy layer that reduces unwanted resonance behavior between cartridge body and tonearm. Its modern generator features a multi-facet diamond on sapphire cantilever. In addition, EMT's unique assembling technology makes it possible to tune the individual sound properties of this high-resolution transducer unit to maximum musicality.

"This is a stellar cartridge, one that gets under the skin of music with outstanding coherence and energy and it does have that encompassing, beguiling warmth of vinyl replay. But, this is also a cartridge that stems from a broadcast heritage and that comes through, too. It’s about as honest as it gets, and that is perhaps even more beguiling than the warmth inherent to vinyl, because it reminds you why so many feel LP remains a better source of ‘high-res’ than high-resolution digital audio."
—Alan Sircom, Hi-Fi+