Kuzma KC 1 MC Cartridge (ZYX R-50 Bloom H-OEM) .48V High Output!, Excellent Transparency, and image focus

Purchased from US Kuzma Importer as a Dealer - California Sales Tax Applies (7.75% - 9.25%)

Kuzma KC 1, H (High Output) 0.48mV! - Most MC Phono preamps will drive this! other ZXY Cartridges without the H (High Output) are half the output at 0.24mV Most Phono Preamps cannot drive a Low Output Phono Cartridge at 0.24mV. Most will go down to 0.35mV Not 0.24mV!

ZYX R 50 Bloom H - OEM means ZYX is the Original Equipment Manufacture for Kuzma!

Reprinted from AudioFreeks UK

KUZMA MOVING-COIL CARTRIDGES

In 2005, All Kuzma cartridges were produced by a renowned Japanese cartridge manufacturer ZYX to exact specification and sonic performance Franc Kuzma has chosen after evaluating a number of standard ZYX designs for almost a year. The range consists of 4 models (KC1, KC2, KC3 and KC4) ranging in price (in the UK) from £590 to £2,590 inc VAT. The entry-level model has a conveniently higher output of 0.5mV, while remaining variants all adopted an output value of 0.25mV which is sufficient for a noiseless reproduction when most of the very best high-end audio phono preamplifiers (either solid-state or valve) are used and set up appropriately. Without a question, Kuzma moving-coil cartridges deserve to be considered as one of the choices when initial purchase or upgrade of the kind are to be considered within any high-end analogue LP playback package.

Less than 100 hrs use!

Includes:

ZYX Wood Box, ZYX Cloth draw string Bag, Kuzma Red cardboard outer box, Plastic Bag, Screw driver, Stylus Brush and extra length screws.

Serial Number: 107038

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Output Voltage: 0.48mV

Kuzma KC 1 Features
“Real Stereo” generator system
Pure damper material, long-life rubber with no powder filler
Air-response damper mechanism
6-nines pure copper wiring in coils
Eddy current-free cartridge body
Black-finished cantilever of light and rigid AIMg-5 aluminum alloy, black finish
Line-contact stylus

Kuzma KC 1 Cartridge Technical Data (ZYX R-50 Bloom H)

Type: moving-coil (dynamic)
"Real Stereo" generator system
Output voltage: 0.48mV (3.54cm/sec., 1kHz)
Frequency response: 10Hz-40kHz
+-1dB 20Hz-20kHz

Channel separation: Greater than 25dB (1kHz)
Channel Balance: Less than 0.5dB (1kHz)
Tracking Force Range: 1.8gm - 2.5gm
Channel balance: 80 um/1.8gm
Recommended Tracking Force: 2.0gm ( 20 C-25 C)

Internal impedance: 8 ohms
Recommended load impedance: Greater than 100 ohms
Cantilever: ALMg-5 tube, 0.38/0.3mm dia.
Stylus: solid line-contact diamond
Output terminals: 1.25mm dia., gold-plated (EIA)
Net Weight: 5.0gm

Review from Daggo 2013

As I have noted in previous reviews, famed craftsman Hisayoshi Nakatsuka has been at the cartridge designing and building business for quite a long time. As such, over these many years, Nakatsuka-San has refined his designs and assembly processes to the point where each and every cartridge emerges with the characteristics that immediately identify them as designs by Nakatsuka-San. That sort of consistency is rarified in a cottage industry and even within just a single line of models from the same manufacture.

The configuration of the ZYX Bloom sports the proprietary “Real Stereo” generator system that is found in all of Nakatsuka-San’s designs, plus copper coil wires and has an output level of .24mv . The rest of the specs however harken back to Nakatsuka’s earliest designs for Accuphase. The ZYX Bloom sports an aluminum tube cantilever that has a coating to reduce resonances. There is a Line Contact diamond stylus fitted at the end of the cantilever; an essentially similar arrangement to the one employed in Nakatsuka-San’s Accuphase AC-1 design over 30 years ago.

The ZYX “Real Stereo” motor provided the usual superb stereo separation, excellent transparency, and image focus, width, and height. From that standpoint alone, this entry level cartridge did not sound at all entry level. Indeed, the ZYX Bloom couldn’t help but reveal its true lineage LP after LP and yet, its true colors emerged with a sonic palette that is simply atypical of a modern ZYX. In short, the “Bloom” is an apt name for this expressive little cartridge.

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