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The AT-ART1000 (“ART” for Audio-Technica Reference Transducer) is Audio-Technica’s flagship phono cartridge, handmade in Japan. Born of the pursuit of audio excellence that has driven A-T for more than 60 years, the AT-ART1000 introduces an innovative, audiophile design heretofore unseen in mass-produced cartridges.
FEATURES
- Innovative direct power system delivers unsurpassed transient response, resulting in reproduction of even the most subtle sonic details
- Special line contact stylus and solid boron cantilever with a 0.26 mm diameter ensure an extremely accurate reading of the record groove
- Non-magnetic core coils provide exquisite, full-dimensional audio reproduction
- Powerful neodymium magnet and exclusive magnetic circuit with a miniscule 0.6 mm magnetic gap provide remarkably efficient power generation
- Magnetic circuit’s titanium base works in combination with the cartridge’s hard plastic cover and aluminum housing to disperse unwanted resonance
- PCOCC (Pure Copper by Ohno Continuous Casting) coil enables pure signal transfer
TECHNICAL SPECS
- Frequency Response: 15-30,000 Hz
- Channel Separation: 30 dB (1 kHz)
- Vertical Tracking Angle: 21 degrees
- Vertical Tracking Force: Specified for each individual cartridge (refer to “Tracking force information” included with the cartridge)
- Stylus Construction: Nude Rectangular Shank
- Coil Impedance: 3 ohms (1 kHz)
- DC Resistance: 3 ohms
- Coil Inductance: 1 μH (1 kHz)
- Output Voltage: 0.2 mV (at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)
- Output Channel Balance: 0.5 dB (1 kHz)
- Static Compliance: 30 x 10 – 6 cm / dyne
- Dynamic Compliance: 12 x 10 – 6 cm / dyne (100 Hz)
WARNING: California Residents - Proposition 65. This product can expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov