Dynavector 100R Ruby KaratNew Diamond from SoundSmithusedDynavector 100R Ruby Karat New Diamond from SoundSmith Like New with box and packingI sent this cartridge to SoundSmith so they could install a new diamond into the original cantilever because the original had fallen out. This cartridge is extremely fast and responsive. It comes w...550.00

Dynavector 100R Ruby Karat New Diamond from SoundSmith Like New with box and packing

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Ships fromBurnsville, MN, 55306
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I sent this cartridge to SoundSmith so they could install a new diamond into the original cantilever because the original had fallen out. This cartridge is extremely fast and responsive. It comes with original box, packing and paperwork. The original owner said he only played it a few hours before the needle incident. This cartridge was not cryo treated on the advice of SoundSmith, but all of the cartridges on our site are cryo treated and are on sale during September along with all turntable accessories. Use the coupon code "sept 10%" I was able dig up an old review on line... it has formatting problems, but one would be hard pressed to describe it better. DYNAVECTOR DV-100R KARAT RUBY Moving-Coil Phono Cartridge Tracked at 1.8 grams in Grace G-707, Linn Ittok LVII, and Lustre GST-801 pickup arms After several years of research, Onlife’s Dr. Tominari has developed an entirely- new generation of moving-coil cartridges. The 100R is one of two DV/KARAT models now in production. Like the much more expensive 100D, the 100R uses a Parocline-contact stylus tip mounted through a 2.5mm long, 0.4mm square cantilever . The diamond tip is fitted through a square hole in the cantilever immediately after the hole is cut by a laser; the cantilever locks the tip in place as it cools . The extremely short solid synthetic-ruby rod used for the DV-100R’s cantilever appears to be at least partly responsible for the exceptionally fast transient rise and fall times observed in this cartridge. Its reproduction of inner detailing is excellent, and its inter-transient silence is unusually good. Detail and definition are also first-rate throughout the audible spectrum; transient impact is solid and free of overhang when the cartridge is loaded with an effective step-up device input impedance of 30 ohms. The upper octaves reproduced by the DV/KARAT RUBY are very clean with a touch of brightness. The extreme high end is up a decibel or two relative to the midband. The bottom end is extremely tight and well-controlled, and completely lacking the "fullness" of many other moving-coil, moving-magnet, and strain-gauge cartridges. The midrange is virtually ruler flat, possessing a cleanliness and neutrality found in few other cartridge s available at any price. Tracking and tracing ability of this Dynavector are quite outstanding, particularly for a moving-coil design. The 100R sets a pleasing stereo stage, with very good depth, height, and lateral spread. Images are sharply focused and positively place d within the stereo panorama; images are layered equally well top to bottom, side to side, and front to back of the reproduced stage. Background ambience and air are also recreated very realistically . For best performance, alignment of the Dynavector with respect to the record groove is critical . Its fine line-contact tip must sit in the groove as close to perpendicular as possible . However, even when aligned this way (with the cartridge body raked very slightly backward) the vertical tracking angle of the cantilever is still a little too high, and correcting the VTA then misaligns the stylus in the record groove. The DV/KARAT RUBY seems to be best suited to a medium-to-fairly-low-mass arm due to its moderate compliance and six-gram mass. It should be pointed out though, that because this cartridge can only be mounted in a pickup arm with screws from the top of the cartridge body, it cannot be readily mounted in an arm such as the Mission 774, which uses screws that can only be fitted into the bottom of its headshell/mounting block . The Dynavector 100R is certainly not a cartridge for the masses particularly for those audiophiles who prefer euphonic colorations in place of merciless accuracy. Yet, carefully aligned in the right arm, it is easily one of the finest cartridges currently available, and is certain to help set performance standards for other cartridge s for some time to come. COPYRIGHT © 1980 AUDIO HORIZONS AND LEN HUPP

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