Luxman, makers of lust-worthy hifi, have announced their first new phono cartridge since 1982!
“This new reference class MC cartridge is the result of two years of research into every aspect of cartridge design,” says Jeff Sigmund, president of Luxman America. “Our LMC-5 is designed and intended to satisfy demanding music listeners with a unique purity of reproduction; the result of painstaking materials evaluations, repeated prototyping and extensive listening tests. The resulting sound quality must be heard to be appreciated.”
The LMC-5 MC Cartridge sports a Shibata profile stylus, named after its inventor and renown for its ability to dig out more detail and high frequency info from your record’s grooves, mounted to an aluminum pipe cantilever.
The precision machined anodized aluminum body wears Luxman’s deep red corporate color and laser etched “L” logo. The LMC-5’s open-body design is meant to reduce microphonics while the housing’s inverted egg shape is carefully tailored to minimize sound reflection and resonance.
The LMC-5 moving coil cartridge is available now at a suggested retail price of $2,695.
Company Website: Luxman
Specifications
Type | MC (MOVING COIL) |
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Internal impedance | 4.7Ω (1kHz) |
Tracking force | 2.1 to 2.3g (2.2g as standard) |
Output voltage | 0.4mV (1kHz, 3.54cm / sec.) |
Frequency response | 10Hz to 35kHz |
Channel separation / balance | 28dB (1kHz) / 0.5dB (1kHz) |
Recommended load impedance (when head amplifier is connected) |
40Ω or more |
Recommended load impedance (When step-up transformer is connected) |
2.5 to 10Ω |
Dynamic compliance | 8 x 10-6cm / dyne (100Hz) |
Stylus | Solid diamond / SHIBATA stylus |
Cantilever | Φ0.5mm aluminum |
Vertical tracking angle | 25° |
Magnet | Samarium-cobalt magnet BH20 |
Coil | 30μm UEW |
Material of magnetic circuit | Pure iron |
Terminals | Φ1.2mm, White (L+) , Blue (L−) , Red (R+) , Green (R-) |
Body | Aluminum A6063 |
Dimensions, Threaded holes | 17.0 (W) x 18.3 (H) x 21.3 (D)mm (excluding terminals), M2.6mm x 2 |
Weight | 8.5g |
Accessories | Manual, Washer x 2, Screws M2.6 (5mm x 2, 8mm x 2, 10mm x 2), Hex wrench and stylus cover |