Available to order this cartridge will astonish the user. As explained the tracking force is critical. too heavy and it becomes laboured in its midband and boomey in the bass. Too light and it sharpens the music. Set it at its' sweet spot 1.58g, and you will understand why a man of Leonard Gregory's experience has the audacity to call a product "The Music Maker" you have been warned.

Stereotimes Most Wanted Cartridge 2005. Yup the all new Music Maker MkIII builds on the reputation of its forebears and wins the prestigious Stereotimes Most Wanted Cartridge 2005. Who are we to argue, with more and more users of exotic MC's turning to this high output cartridge we can only applaud their wisdom.

"Listening to the MusicMaker was a continual joy of both aesthetic satisfaction and delight in discovering new perception of musical nuance and detail. It was as if one had just inadvertantly overlooked some newly revealed aspect of performance, rather than the cartridge shouting that one pay attention to its sonic skills" Paul Szabady StereoTimes

"The Music Maker's bass articulation is a true strength. Another is the line contact stylus. It lays claim to having the longest area of groove contact in the stylus world. What this means is not just incredible tracking abilities but also an infilling of the smallest dynamic and rhythmic cues, a stable and vast soundstage (equal to that of the Allaerts) and the ability to render the really tough instruments -- female vocal, piano, cymbals -- deftly and with silken authority.." 6 Moons

"And now my system has a new "reference" for others to beat. The Hadcock with either the Music Maker or the XX-2 cleans up the bottom end of the Orbe and just makes music so much fun, so that the SME has to take third place. That my two favourite arms are unipivots is significant, I'm not saying that a unipivot is a guarantee of quality (I didn't much like the Kuzma), but those "flat earthers" that have been banging on about them for the last 20 years obviously have something going for them.." TNT-Audio Music

Technical Specification

Output voltage	4mV
Frequency response	10Hz - 50KHz
Stereo separation	>25dB across 10Hz to 30KHz range
Loading requirement	47K Ohm (standard moving magnet)
Cartridge weight	6.2g
Stylus type	proprietary extended contact area diamond
Tracking force	1.58g +/- 0.05g (critical)
Arm requirement	medium to low mass (13g or less)
Bias (anti-skate) requirements	minimal

The Music Maker II will improve with listening over the first 50 hours of playing.

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