EX 1000 Phone Cartridge - 2000 year old Yakusugi cedar

Research on tonewoods, wood used for musical instruments like violins or guitars, has shown that the speed at which sound travels through the wood, as well as the resin and other materials within the wood, affect the resultant sound.

Due to its fine 1-2mm grains and the special resin it holds,YAKUSUGI cedar produces a unique sound that cannot be replicated with any other wood.

The EX1000 uses its internal structure with these properties to produce a unique sound, especially when used with live instruments.

The unmuddled sound of a full orchestra—the sound of each instrument brings the image of the stage and instruments to the mind’s eye…

The lustrous melody of the strings…

The sound of the piano, almost as if it were right next to you…

This is a cartridge for a new era—I confidently recommend it to all music fans and audiophiles.

The Ruby cantilever

Ruby is said to be the second hardest material after diamond. We have machined it down and used it as material for the cantilever. It transmits vibrations at high speeds, allowing it to read the information from the grooves on records quickly. Ruby is a corundum mineral just like sapphire, but they contain different components, with ruby containing chromium.

The Super Curve Line Contact Ver. 2 stylus

The Super Curve Line Contact was newly developed when the Analog Relax EX1 phono cartridge was created, and has been very well received by customers. Ver. 2 is an upgraded version of this needle. It retains the advantages of the original, which has a line contact shape, with only the leading edge of the stylus tip having a curvature close to that of a round stylus, with additional design to pick up all of the information on the record using multiple angle cutting. It is particularly good at reproducing live instruments and human voices, creating a kind of sensual sound. Another great feature is that you will not feel any inner-groove distortion. t does not pick up the scratching sound of old original records, a worry for many record fans, allowing you to immerse yourself in the sound of the record. The stylus also is more resistant to wear and tear than run of the mill line contact stylus, giving it a longer lifespan.

Beeswax finish

To maximize the body’s resonance, we used beeswax for the surface finish. As a result, the color of the body will change over time, but we believe this will only enhance your enjoyment of this product.

• Product name & number：Analog Relax EX1000 AR-MCC-EX1000
• Transducer：MC Stereo Phono Cartridge
• Output voltage：0.65mv (1kHz)
• Impedance：8.8Ω
• Tracking force：2.1g（Recommended）
• Channel Separation: 27dB or more（1kHz）
• Channel Balance: within 0.5dB（1kHz）
• Compliance: 6μm/mN（100Hz）
• Stylus：Super Curve Line Contact Ver. 2 (Pure diamond)
• Cantilever：Ruby
• Coil material：High Purity copper
• Body：2,000 years old YAKUSUGI cedar (beeswax finish)
• Weight：about 14.0g