The Cartridge Man
Music
Maker III Moving Iron Cartridge
£725
Brand new version of this true classic, a “High End” moving
iron cartridge with a relatively high output voltage of
more than 4.8mV. Tracking weight 1.45 – 1.65g varies
depending on mass of arm. The stylus and cantilever
assembly have been fashioned to the highest possible
standards along with a very high quality generator
assembly. The generator assembly is well damped inside the
cartridge body and represents an almost theoretical neutral
transducer. This cartridge in use displays one of the most
open and neutral soundstages available at any price. No
longer do you need to acquire Phono or preamplifiers to
suite the cartridge, almost any High End RIAA, which has a
neutral audio footprint will do.
The Conductor, Parallel Tracking Air Bearing pick up
arm
£1500
Long in planning and design, the all new Cartridge Man
Conductor parallel tracking air bearing pick up arm has to
be heard to be believed.
The Conductor follows The Cartridge Mans' principles in
that The Conductor will be brought to the market place at a
price that brings distortion and geometric error free
playback of vinyl to the masses. Not since Bruce Thigpens'
Eminent Technology ET2 in the early 80's has such an
affordable quality parallel tracker been available. Forget
the issues of cartridges mounted on carriages on wheels, or
high pressure air pumps through ceramic bearing housings,
the Conductor uses a simple high flow low pressure aquarium
based air pump system that negates the need for expensive
stainless steel pressure fittings and fixings.
Mountable on most standard turntables, specify to your
dealer when ordering, from standard Rega type mounts
through custom Acoustic Solid, Avid, Nottingham Analogue,
Origin Live, to Roksan and Thorens to name but a few.
The Conductor is now available as either arm alone, or as a
complete kit including pump, fittings, tubing and custom
surge tank, so all you will need is a few minutes to mount.
We are of course are providing a full setup guide taking
you by the hand and showing you how to mount and set up the
arm correctly, giving you a level of playback performance
unheard of at the price.
Precision Set Up Tools
Digital
Stylus Force Gauge
£225
The most accurate stylus force gauge available. Designed to
match the thickness of an LP. The accuracy of these scales
allows the user to hit the sweet spot of the cartridge
every time. The unit comes with battery charger. Accurate
to +/- 0.01g
Digital Levelling Gauge
£225.50
The Digital Level is invaluable for setting up anything
that you want levelled correctly. CD, Amp, shelves, racks,
turntables, scientific instruments, DIY. Battery operated
and consistently accurate to 0.2º. £225.50
Cartridge re-Tipping
£250 Music Maker
The average life of a stylus tip is approx 1000hrs,
depending upon your set up. The cleaner your records the
longer they and your stylus will last. However, all good
things must come too an end. So when your cartridge needs
replacing send it back and we’ll send out a new one.
THE
ISOLATOR
£85 -unbelievable results!! The chain of a vinyl playback
system invariably links all three components, the
cartridge, arm and turntable. All could collectively be
called "the source". Well what if the cartridge could be
isolated from the tonearm allowing the system to be the
chain between cartridge, arm bearings and turntable.
This alteration in the finely balanced equation that is
"the record player", has a profound effective on its sonic
aptitude. Gone are the issues of tonearm resonance and in
comes the absolute clarification of the rule of Musical
reproduction, get the source right.
The Isolator is an elegant and simple solution to a long
term
The Isolator transforms your vinyl system whatever it be,
Project, Rega, Hadcock, Schroeder, Kuzma, Tri Planar,
Graham, Roksan or Origin Live to name but a few. An
optional longer bolt version is available for arms with
headshells thicker than 4.5mm. We have found mounting in
Naim arms offers no significant difference.
"This innocuous looking stainless steel sandwich may be the
answer to an almost insurmountable problem. The Cartridge
Mans' Isolator is constructed from two sheets of stainless
steel, with a piece of compliant material placed between
them. The top plate has two studs protruding which have
nuts run down them, to attach the plate to the pick up arm.
The pick up cartridge is simply adhered to the bottom plate
via two small locating pins as the cartridge is placed onto
the hi-tech glue film".. "The differences were staggering,
with the plate the stereo image width was simply huge,
along with better depth and height. Bass was described with
better information retrieval. Transients were certainly
much clearer with a confident style of delivery. Timing in
the transcription was much sharper allowing the music to
pour out of the loudspeakers in an unfettered fashion.
There seemed to be much more "space" around the musicians
with a much lower noise floor. Vinyl and surface noise was
reduced almost to silence. Intonation was easier to
distinguish, as was the melody line of the music."
Stewart Wennen, Hi Fi World magazine.
Keep an eye on the press for some quite stunning reviews on
this ground breaking product from the stable of The
Cartridge Man.
"The improvement gained by using The Isolator with any
arm/cartridge combination trumps by far upgrades of
components in the system: purchase of ‘better’ arms,
cartridges, phono stages, cables, and tonearm wiring should
be delayed until auditioning The Isolator with one’s
existing components."
Paul Szabady, StereoTimes Online Magazine
"There is no doubt in my mind that this isolator represents
a significant advancement in the science of vinyl replay.
Right now I would recommend the purchase of the Isolator to
anyone with a vinyl front end priced over £300, and would
put this in the same category as having a stylus force
gauge and an accurate means of speed measurement, as an
invaluable accessory which is mandatory for anyone serious
about vinyl playback."
David Allcock, Writer Hi Fi News magazine
The 2.4mm studs will not fit in some cartridges where the
bolt hole is threaded. For these cartridges, in the main
MC's, we offer a different version with a 2.0mm stud that
will fit in the threaded cartridge hole.
Available in five forms:
• 6-2.4: for all tested tonearms using a cartridge with non
threaded mounting holes. - Almost all MM and most MC's
• 6-2.0: for all tested tonearms using a cartridge with
threaded mounting holes, i.e. Lyra, Dynavector
• 10-2.4: for all tonearms with an extra thick headshell
and a cartridge with non threaded mounting holes.
• 10-2.0: for all tonearms with an extra thick headshell
using a cartridge with threaded mounting holes.
• DJ: heavy duty model to keep DJ's happy in the clubs and
halls.