Luxman’s New LMC-5 Moving Coil Cartridge: The 40-Year Wait Is Over

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)
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