The new generation of the legendary OC9 capsule series
Since its launch more than 30 years ago, Audio-Technica 's pioneering OC9 series of moving coil cartridges have been honored by discerning vinyl listeners and professional critics alike for their musical transparency, expressive sound and precise construction. Special Line Contact Featured on our flagship ART1000, this diamond profile offers the ultimate in accurate sonic reproduction with a sense of space and realism for all instruments that few other configurations can achieve.
- It features a bare Special Line Contact stylus and a boron cantilever with precise tracking capability and high transient response.
- A neodymium magnet and permendur yoke provide a dramatic increase in magnetic energy.
- Threaded inserts in the cartridge body allow the cartridge to be mounted to the headstock or integrated arm with just two screws - no nuts needed
- Aluminum body minimizes unwanted vibration for reduced resonance and superior audio reproduction
- Pure continuous cast oxygen-free copper (PCOCC) is used so that the coils achieve the purest signal possible
Special Line Contact Needle
Special Line Contact diamond profile offers the ultimate in accurate sound reproduction
Easy assembly
Threaded inserts in the cartridge body allow the cartridge to be mounted to the headstock or integrated arm with just two M2.6 screws, no nuts needed.
Aluminum Body
Aluminum body minimizes unwanted vibration for reduced resonance and superior audio reproduction
Features:
- Frequency Response: 20 - 50,000 Hz
- Channel Separation: 28 dB (1 kHz)
- Vertical Tracking Angle: 20 degrees
- Vertical Tracking Force: 1.8 to 2.2 g (standard 2.0 g)
- Needle Construction: Bare Square Shank
- Recommended Load Impedance: Minimum 100 Ohms
- Coil Impedance: 12 Ohms (1 kHz)
- DC Resistance: 12 Ohms
- Coil Inductance: 25 µH (1 kHz)
- Output Voltage: 0.4 mV (@ 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)
- Output Channel Balance: 0.5 dB (1 kHz)
- Needle Shape: Special Line Contact
- Cantilever: 0.28 mm Ø bare boron
- Static Compliance: 22 x 10 – 6 cm / dyne
- Dynamic Compliance: 18 x 10 – 6 cm / dyne (100 Hz)
- Mounting: 1/2” center / Threaded holes
- Capsule Weight: 7.6 gr
- Dimensions: 17.3 (H) x 16.8 (W) x 25.7 (L) mm
- Accessories Included: 1 non-magnetic screwdriver; 1 brush; 2 washers; 4 pairs of mounting screws 5mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm; 1 plastic protector
- Body Material: Aluminum
- Needle Size: 1.5 x 0.28 mil
- Terminal Pins: Copper
- Wire Used for Coil: PCOCC (Ohno Continuous Casting Process Copper.)
