Benz Micro Wood SL and Benz Micro MC Gold two new Phono Cartridge

Factory Sealed two new Phono Cartridges. Price incl. Shipping Worldwide. Paypal Add 2%. Price at title is only for a Wood Sl. See individualy prices togheter at names cartridge

1) Benz Wood SL USD$1280

Incorporate the Benz MicroRidge stylus coupled to improved generators using new coil windings and refined pole pieces/damper designs. Albert Lukaschek began researching increased performance and uniformity of his crosscoil designs while developing the Benz Ebony H, L and TR models. Experimenting with the length of the solid Boron cantilever revealed how the elasticity of this very stiff material contributed to compliance and trackability. Development of a grooved rear pole piece for countersinking the o-ring damper, first introduced on the Benz Ruby square plate cartridges, was then adapted to the cross coil designs, given their lower contact area and damping. The SL is .4mV at 3.54cm/sec with a coil impedance of 12 ohms, perfectly suited for MC phono stages with 60dB or higher gain. The SM is .8mV and 24 ohms, designed for less efficient systems and tube phono stages with gain between 45 – 58dB.

Benz Wood SL Specifications

Output: .4mV

Stylus: 5x120µm

Impedance: 12 ohms

Loading range: >100 ohms

Weight: 9g

Compliance: 15cu

Tracking force: 1.6-1.9g

2) Benz MC Gold USD$360

The Benz Swiss factory, being designed for research and specialized hand-building, can only produce a finite quantity of phono cartridges. To satisfy the growing market of music lovers searching for quality and affordable moving coil cartridges, Benz went to Japan and established a relationship with an automated factory to produce a series of cartridges reflecting the Benz philosophy. These cartridges had to possess flat frequency response to accurately reproduce the natural tonality of recordings, not the accentuated high frequencies of lesser designs. They had to have exceptional trackability and exemplary channel separation, resolving musical subtlety and three-dimensional imaging. They also had to be compatible with a wide range of tonearms, and be offered in a variety of output levels to match every preamp. The, MC Gold is the results of these efforts.

Benz MC Gold Specifications
• Output: .5mV
• Stylus: .3x.7mil
• Impedance: 20 ohms
• Loading range: >200 ohms
• Weight: 5.7g
• Compliance: 15cu
• Tracking force: 1.7-1.9g