Koetsu Urushi Gold - Gorgeous in every way! Low hours.

I must part with my beloved Koetsu Urushi Gold.  I am the second owner having purchased it from the original owner in the summer of 2015 as a 6 month old, 50 hour, like new cartridge.  This one has the full gold fleck treatment and is truly spectacular to look at, as well as to listen to. Moving up to this cartridge will raise the level of your entire system.  The Urushi has been mounted exclusively on my SME 10/IV table and has performed flawlessly for me for almost 3 years, playing mostly jazz and some classical.  Koetsus are notoriously long-lived, so this cartridge has many times that amount of life left in it.  I don't count hours, but since most of you will want me to guesstimate, I would guess I have put 200 hours on it, plus the 50 it had when I bought it, which makes my best guess 250 hours +/- 50 hours - a mere babe-in-arms in Koetsu years.  This cartridge has never seen a dirty record, and the stylus has been meticulously cleaned both before and after each side.  Unfortunately, the recent downsizing of my entire system renders this level of cartridge extreme overkill, so time for a new home.

The cartridge will be packed with care and protected for safe shipping in its original box with the original, u-shaped white plastic guard.

CONUS shipping and Paypal are included in the asking price - ALL REASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED (lowball offers may be politely ignored or openly mocked, depending upon my mood).  Local pickup (just east of NYC, near JFK airport) is welcome - please contact me. 

Check my 100% positive feedback accumulated as a buyer and seller in almost 20 years on Audiogon and buy with confidence - you don't earn that kind of record over that period of time by accident!

Please email any questions, and thanks for looking.

Enjoy!

Neil