Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua As New - Immaculate - MC cartridge
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Ships from | Belfast, ME, 04915 |
Ships to | United States |
Package dimensions | unspecified |
Shipping carrier | FedEx |
Shipping cost | $40.00 |
Original accessories | Box, Manual |
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Up for sale is an immaculate Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua low output MC cartridge. I am the original owner, and I have had the cartridge since August 2018 - I’m not sure on the exact count, but it certainly has under 50 hours of playtime, probably more like 20-25 hours. I am only selling it to move up the Dynavector line for the fun of it. There are no scratches or anything at all wrong with this cartridge and it has never been damaged and repaired like many other used cartridges. The cantilever is perfectly straight and the stylus appears unused. This is a great opportunity to get one of the best MC carts out there in like new condition for half price. My price is more aggressive than I have seen elsewhere for this cartridge, especially in this as-new condition, so please no low ball offers. Buyer to add 3% for PayPal or credit card payment. Shipping charge is high for a light and small item due to the cost of insurance.
Technical:
Dynavector's latest cartridge is called Te Kaitora, Maori for The Discoverer. The name gives away the fact that Te Kaitora was collaboration between Dynavector New Zealand and Dynavector Japan. New Zealand have been responsible for a range of high quality pre amps, power amps and phono stages. They encouraged Dynavector Japan to design a no holds barred cartridge and Te Kaitora is the result.
It is a nude design, that is it has no cover. This helps keep weight down, removes the chance of information losing vibrations and does not allow dust to collect as is possible in enclosed designs.
The cartridge motor is attached to a titanium headblock. The cartridge is mounted to the arm via screwthreads in this headblock. Titanium was picked for high strength and lightness.
Dynavector chose Ogura's line contact Pathfinder (PF) stylus attached to a solid boron cantilever for Te Kaitora. The coils are of very fine silver wire wound using Dynavector founder Dr Tominari's own design of coilwinding machine. This set up gives a good output level of 0.25mV with a very light and agile coil assembly which leads to secure tracking and a 'quick' sound.
On the front polepiece there is another coil which is Dynavectors flux damper. Another unique feature to Dynavector is their softened magnetism, ferrous metal strips arranged to alter the magnetic field. These two features combine to eliminate the distortion caused by excess magnetic flux produced by the high energy magnets used in modern cartridges.
A compliance of 10 CU and weight of 8.8 grams make it compatible with arms from Well Tempered, Linn, Naim, SME and others. Naim Aro users should note that Te Kaitora has the correct stylus point to mounting hole distance for their arms.
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