EX500 Phono MC Cartridge - hard maple body & elliptical stylus

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.

Resins and metals result in an even material, but do not produce the same sound as wood.

The EX500 model that we are offering has brought this insistence to the next level.

The body of the EX500 uses the finest hard maple, which is used in the necks backboards of violins.

It is made with the finest hand-selected maple wood for instrument manufacture, found primarily in Romania.

Enjoy a tone only possible with tone wood selected specifically for instruments.

It uses custom hyper elliptic stylus, which are polished more precisely than standard products, with coils carefully wound with pure silver wire.

The sound obtained from the unique resonance of the body’s hard maple tone wood will fill resonate throughout any room and bring it a refreshing atmosphere.

Experience the sounds of raw instruments and vocals.

You will hardly be able to suppress a smile at the unexpected appearance of the real stage spreading out before you.

It produces sound that will nourish your soul.

Take the opportunity to experience it for yourself.

• Product name & number：Analog Relax EX500 AR-MCC-EX500
• Transducer：MC Stereo Phono Cartridge
• Output voltage：0.55mv (1kHz)
• Impedance：4Ω
• Tracking force：2.1g（Recommended）
• Channel Separation: 27dB or more（1kHz）
• Channel Balance: within 0.5dB（1kHz）
• Compliance: 6μm/mN（100Hz）
• Stylus：Special ellipse stylus Solid Diamond
• Cantilever：Aluminum
• Coil material：Pure silver
• Body：All natural Romanian hard maple solid wood (violin tone wood)
• Weight：about 10.0g