MC Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S. – SPECIFICATIONS

Body: PurpleHeart Wood, 30 mm long

Cantilever: Solid Boron Rod: 0.3 mm diameter

Stylus: 0.12 x 0.12 Nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished

Stylus tip radius: 4 x 120 μm

Vertical Tracking Angle (VTA): 20 degrees

Coilbody: pure iron

Weight: 7 grams

Output voltage: 0.48mV at 5cm/s

Internal impedance: 42 ohms

Frequency response: 20 – 30,000Hz ± 1dB

Channel balance: 0.2dB

Channel Separation: 35dB at 1kHz

Tracking ability at 315Hz at a tracking force of 2.6 grams: 80 μm

Dynamic Compliance: 16 μm/mN

Recommended loading: 400 ohms (Bob Levi: I disagree! 800-1000 ohms)

Recommend tracking force: 2.0 – 2.6 grams (Bob Levi: I disagree! 2.1-2.4)

Optimum tracking force: 2.46 grams (Bob Levi: I disagree! 2.3 grams is perfect)

Recommended tone arm mass: Medium

Optimum working temperature: 20 °C

Break-in period: 50 – 100 hours