EX500 Phono Cartridge
The body of the EX500 uses the finest hard maple, which is used in the necks backboards of violins.
Special ellipse stylus Solid Diamond
All natural Romanian hard maple solid wood (violin tone wood)
Over 0.5mv (1kHz)
Multiple Neodymium Magnet
The body is made with hand-selected tone wood maple, a wood used specifically for violins
Analogrelax insists on using only all natural wood for the bodies of our cartridges. Why?
Making cartridge bodies with resin or metal produces much greater yield, and is more efficient at manufacture.
Why would we go out of our way to use wood?
It is because we believe that cartridges are instruments to play records in their own right.
What are most famous musical instruments made with? Yes: they are made with wood.
And this is nearly inevitable.
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