Cardas Myrtle Heart phono cartridge Ruby 2 Benz

Here for sale is the Cardas Myrtle Heart phono cartridge, with its copper-wound, square Ruby jewel plate. I purchased this cartridges from my local dealer with less than the 40 hour break in period on it. I have used it in rotation on one of my three turntables for the last six months- thus it has less than 100 hours of use. I am downsizing my turntable collection.

The Myrtle Heart is extremely tough and reliable, as well as being one of the most musically pleasing of all cartridges. Its vented Myrtlewood body is a unique vibration damper for resonance control.

Myrtle Heart is a highly evolved cartridge built on a unique Benz chassis. A well-seasoned Myrtle Heart cartridge performs well at a high input impedance of 47 if the system is quiet. A lower impedance of 500-1.5 k works if the system tends to the cartridge is not broken-in. The Myrtle Heart has a standard output of 0.3 mV, which is within the capability of most modern high-quality pre-amps.

The character of the Cardas Myrtle Heart is lasting musicality. It is well engineered, strong and majestic. It brings the lasting luxury of detailed, life like music.

The Myrtle Heart Body:

The Cardas Myrtle Heart body is made from America's most beautiful hardwood, the legendary Myrtle tree. Rarest of all woods, this symmetrical, broadleaf, evergreen Myrtle grows only in Southwestern Oregon (Coos and Curry counties) and the Biblical Holy Lands.

Myrtlewood has a very complex grain structure. The coloring of the wood is unique, varying from a sedate, satiny gray to riotously, multicolored grains of red, yellow, and brown, with many and shapes in its grain. Denser than Oak, unseasoned Myrtle logs will not float.

Myrtle Heart Specification:

Body: Machined Vented Myrtlewood

Cantilever: Solid Boron rod, 0.28mm diameter

Stylus: Nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished

Stylus Tip Radius: 5 x 120um

Vertical Tracking Angle: 20-22 degrees

Coil: Square Ruby jewel plate, Copper wire

Weight: 9.1 grams

Output Voltage: 0.3mV @ 3.54 cm/s

Internal Impedance: 45 ohms

Frequency Response: 10-50,000 Hz +/- 1dB

Channel Balance: Better than 0.5dB

Channel Separation: Better than 35dB @ 1kHz

Tracking Ability @ 315 Hz with a tracking force of 2 grams: >80 um

Dynamic Compliance" 15 um/mN

Recommended Loading: 500-47,000 ohms

Optimum Tracking Force: 1.8-2.0 grams

Recommended Mass: Medium to high

Recommended Break-in period: 40 hours

I WILL COVER PAYPAL FEES AT MY ASKING PRICE.