TECHNICS MC 305 HARD TO FIND ! !

The MC 305 was the top of the line Technics LOMC cartridge. Designed in the golden years when Technics manufactured MM and LOMC cartridges where its designs were second to none for its very high quality level performances. Were the times from where comes the high regarded SP 10 TTs, EPA 100 tonearms and EPC 100CMK4 MM cartridge.

Model MC type cartridge
Cantilever Pure boron pipe
Damper TTDD (Technics Temperature Defense Damper)
Frequency range 10Hz ~ 60kHz
Frequency characteristic 10Hz ~ 10kHz ± 0.5dB
Temperature characteristic (5 ℃ ~ 35 ℃) ± 1dB (10kHz, 1kHz reference)
Output voltage 0.2mV (1kHz, 5cm / sec, zero to peak, horizontal velocity)
0.28MV (1KHz, 5Cm / Sec, Zero To Peak, 45 ° speed)
Channel separation 25dB or more (1KHz)
20DB or more (10kHz)
Channel balance Within 1dB (1kHz)
DC resistance 30Ω
Impedance 30Ω (purely resistive)
compliance 10 × 12 -6 Cm / Dyne (100Hz)
Vertical tracking angle 20 °
Needle pressure range 1.5 ± 0.2g
Needle tip 0.2 × 0.7mil elliptical diamond needle
0.1mm angle block diamond
Own weight 6.7 g

This is a great cartridge performer and for me one of the very best NEUTRAL cartridges that puts nothing of its own thank's to its very high tracking abilities ( it plays with out any single " trouble " the very hard Telarc 1812 12 cannon shots. ). It has not a signature as almost all cartridges and only pick up the LP grooves information in truthful way .
It's a hard to find cartridge but the most important subject is to find it in good operation condition as this one. Rated low only because its vintage.
One very respectable Agoner posted in the past that the Technics MM 100CMK4 outperforms his Atlas. Well the MC-305 is better than its 100CMK4 brother. Yes, it's that good.
As many other vintage LOMC cartridges it's a pity that already gone but fortunatelly exist units/samples as this that confirm how good and excellence level of almost all those designs.
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