Machiavelli MKI

MC Phono Cartridge

Machiavelli’s extra rigid cantilever handles a high precision Line Contact diamond in the Gold model and a Micro Elliptical diamond in the Red model, both developed in collaboration with Ogura the inventor of the Line-Contact diamond shape.

The diamond tip is mechanically inserted and blocked into the new cantilever that is consequently handled by a special pipe to increase the structure rigidity.

The Machiavelli Series feature can be easily matched with any active phono preamp for MM/MC cartridges, without the need of Step-Up transformers.

The cantilever suspension takes advantage of an elastic and non-deformable harmonic steel spring, rigidly blocked to eliminate vibrations thus enhancing the tracking capability.

 

With thin and long gold-plated pin connectors, Machiavelli is designed to connect perfectly with arm cinches, reducing energy dispersion and improving grounding for an ideal music background necessary to enjoy even the smaller details in your records.

MACHIAVELLI GOLD
Machiavelli Gold features a high internal impedance of 80Ohm and 1.2mV of output level.

MACHIAVELLI RED
Machiavelli Red features a high internal impedance of 130Ohm and 2.0mV of output level.

Technical specifications

TYPE

Gold: MC Low Output Phono Cartridge

Red: MC High Output Phono Cartridge

OUTPUT LEVEL

Gold: 1.2mV

Red: 2.0mV

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

10-40000Hz

CHANNEL SEPARATION

> 28dB

SUGGESTED TRACKING WEIGHT

1.8g to 2.1g

CANTILEVER

Gold: Boron

Red: Aluminium

IMPEDANCE

Gold: 80Ω

Red: 130Ω

 

SUGGESTED LOAD

470Ω

Red: 47Ω

COMPLIANCE

10×10-6cm/dyne

DIAMOND

Gold: Line Contact

Red: Micro Elliptical

DIAMOND SIZE

Gold: 5×20μm

Red: 7.5×15.5μm

COIL WIRE

Copper

MAGNET

Samarium-Cobalt

MOUNTING HOLE DIAMOND DISTANCE

9mm

WEIGHT

10g

BODY

Gold: Duraluminium 7050 alloy black with golden logo

Red: Duraluminium 7050 alloy black with red logo

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