Benz Micro SLR Gullwing

For sale: Benz Micro SLR Gullwing low-output moving coil cartridge. Store demo in excellent condition. Has 85 hours on it. Barely broken in. I am an authorized Benz Micro dealer, so buy with confidence.

Asking price is $2300. Retail is $3500. I'll pay shipping in CONUS and PayPal fees at the asking price. US sales only. Louisiana buyers pay sales tax.

Includes all original packaging, tools, and paperwork.


Specifications

Body: Brass, open, free-floating

Cantilever: Solid boron rod: 0.28 mm diameter

Stylus: Nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished

Stylus tip radius: 3 x 60 µm

Vertical tracking angle (VTA): 20 degrees

Coil: Square ruby jewel plate

Weight: 12.2 grams

Output voltage: 0.34 mV at 3.54 cm/s

Internal impedance: 40 ohms

Frequency response: 10 – 50,000 Hz ± 1 dB

Channel balance: Better than 0.5 dB

Channel separation: Better than 35 dB at 1 kHz

Tracking ability at 315 Hz at a tracking force of 2 grams: 80 µm

Dynamic compliance: 15 µm/MN

Recommended loading: 500 – 47,000 ohms

Recommended tracking force: 1.8 – 2.2 grams

Optimum tracking force: 1.8 – 2.0 grams

Recommended tonearm mass: Low to medium

Optimum working temperature: 23°C

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