Product Overview & Specifications
The redefined and redesigned REF MC from Skyanalog.
Clear as a Blue Sky and as warm as a Summers day.
Established as an OEM for 25 years, new SDD brand Skyanalog is now releasing own-brand Moving Coil cartridges, and Ken Kessler at Hi Fi News is the first to take a listen to its REF model. He says:
Its not just a magnificent moving-coil cartridge its also a relative bargain at a time when £10k-plus for a cartridge raises few eyebrows. I would be the last person to say £2699 is affordable, but in context, this cartridge is gonna rattle a few cages. If this is within your budget, add it to your list. If not, lets see what its siblings can do. Watch this space...
Hi-Fi News - Outstanding Product Award.
Physical
- CANTILEVER : SAPPHIRE
- STYLUS : MICRO-RIDGE
- STYLUS TIP RADIUS : 5X80uM
- VTA : 20 DEGREES
- COIL : PURE IRON SQUARE COIL
- WEIGHT : 10 GRAMS
Electrical
- OUTPUT VOLTAGE : 0.35m V AT 3.54CM/S
- INTERNAL IMPEDANCE : 6 OHMS
- FREQUENCY RESPONSE : 20 - 30,000Hz +/- 1dB
- CHANNEL SEPARATION : BETTER THAN 35dB AT 1KHz
- CHANNEL BALANCE : BETTER THAN 0.5dB
Dynamic
- TRACKING ABILITY AT 315 Hz AT OPTIMUM TRACKING FORCE : 70uM
- DYNAMIC COMPLIANCE : 15uM/mN
Set-up
- RECOMMENDED LOADING : 100-330 OHMS
- RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE : 1.0 - 1.4GRAMS
- OPTIMUM TRACKING FORCE : 1.35GRAMS
- RECOMMENDED TONEARM MASS : MEDIUM
- OPTIMUM WORKING TEMPERATURE : 23°C
- BREAK-IN PERIOD : 30 HOURS
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Skyanalog REF MC Cartridge
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