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Northwest Analogue moving coil cartridges
Northwest Analogue moving coil cartridges
Northwest Analogue Special Supex.
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Each cartridge is constructed using materials and techniques acquired from many years of experience.
We only use Fritz Gyger tips as we feel these offer the best sound quality and can last many thousands of hours use. We use our own unique cantilever material DHC. This again sounds superior to other exotic materials plus cannot snap and virtually impossible to bend. We developed our own unique damping material, this enables our cartridges to track very dynamic music and will last a very long time. Tips are fitted to a fraction of a degree enabling music lovers to get the very best out of their pressings. No stone is left unturned in our search for vinyl nirvana.
We only use Fritz Gyger tips as we feel these offer the best sound quality and can last many thousands of hours use. We use our own unique cantilever material DHC. This again sounds superior to other exotic materials plus cannot snap and virtually impossible to bend. We developed our own unique damping material, this enables our cartridges to track very dynamic music and will last a very long time. Tips are fitted to a fraction of a degree enabling music lovers to get the very best out of their pressings. No stone is left unturned in our search for vinyl nirvana.
The DH1 is currently unavailable as they have all sold, but its development spawned both the DH2 and now the DH3.
I have studied the design of many moving coil cartridges, spent many years carrying out improvements and repairs. Whilst traditional builds all have benefits, I have developed what I believe is a unique approach to construction. The cartridge is the body, this may seem obvious to some, but it has never been done quite like this.
Until a cartridge is made this way it is easy to assume the traditional way is best. Part of the design brief for the DH1 was to increase structural rigidity within the body, therefore reducing any resonance to a minimum. I have a new material for the cantilever I call the DHC. This is a solid rod similar to the well-known boron and gem stone, but slightly more flexible, not only does it sound superior, it is more robust than other solid rod cantilevers.
The coils are wound on soft iron cross shaped formers (to improve channel separation) from very high quality copper wire, fitted directly on top of the magnet. No yoke is used in this design. I rely on the natural field lines produced by the magnet itself.
The connecting pins are made from solid un-coated beryllium copper. This offers as pure a path for the delicate signal as possible.
Finally, the tip is the legendary Fritz Gyger Signature. This is the only tip that mimics the cutter tip.
The detail this tip can retrieve from good quality vinyl, is in my opinion, second to none. I wanted to produce a cartridge that was incredibly musical, with detail and insight and provide wonderful three-dimensional abilities and huge sound stage. This cartridge for me represents the pinnacle of vinyl replay. The plan is to redesign the DH1 in the future, using all the knowledge gained over the last 10 years.
News!
The DH1 will hopefully be back in 2022!
We have re designed the suspension, cantilever and tip details. What we have learned in the last 12 years we have put into this build. It may look a little different when we have finalised the build. Performance is quite frankly amazing. If you want to hear the pre production sample, get in touch. You will not be disappointed. Out put is on the low side, around 0.17mv, so a step up transformer is recommended.
The DH1 will hopefully be back in 2022!
We have re designed the suspension, cantilever and tip details. What we have learned in the last 12 years we have put into this build. It may look a little different when we have finalised the build. Performance is quite frankly amazing. If you want to hear the pre production sample, get in touch. You will not be disappointed. Out put is on the low side, around 0.17mv, so a step up transformer is recommended.
This is in our opinion the 2nd best cartridge on the planet!
DH3 and DH3 S Moving coil Cartridges. These needs to be heard to be believed. Performance exceeds the best moving coils in the market. Sound is open extremely dynamic, detailed and very pure. Music has amazing emotion with these cartridges abd at the same time sound incredible accurate. Hand made to order. We use our own DHC cantilever material, Fritz Gyger II or S tip, flux aligned coils, our unique suspension and our own damping material.
Tip angle is accurate to within 30 seconds of one minute of one degree. Surface noise on some recordings is completely absent. Dynamics are simply breathtaking. This is probably the last phono cartridge you will ever need. My own DH3 and DH3 S are on permanent demonstration here at Northwest Analogue. This cartridge takes record replay to a whole new level. If you are serious about vinyl reply, you need to hear the DH3. No other cartridge uses the same materials or is built to the same accuracy.
Cartridge can be re worked/ re tipped when needed ensuring lifelong enjoyment and value for money.
Output 0.2mv
Impedence 3 ohm
Channel seperation> 26db
Tracking ability >70um
Mass 15 grams
Tracking 2.1 grams
£3400 for the entry version featuring FG II tip.
£5000 for S version featuring FG S tip.
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Lyra
Lyra Phono Cartridges are designed and manufactured by Lyra Co Ltd of Japan and include a line of high end Moving Coil phono cartridges and other products related to phonograph record playback. Lyra has been developing and manufacturing Moving Coil phono cartridges since 1985. All products are based on the designs of Jonathan Carr and each Lyra cartridge model is developed by Yoshinori Mishima who is also involved in the assembly and fine tuning process of each and every sample produced.
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Lyra
Lyra Phono Cartridges are designed and manufactured by Lyra Co Ltd of Japan and include a line of high end Moving Coil phono cartridges and other products related to phonograph record playback. Lyra has been developing and manufacturing Moving Coil phono cartridges since 1985. All products are based on the designs of Jonathan Carr and each Lyra cartridge model is developed by Yoshinori Mishima who is also involved in the assembly and fine tuning process of each and every sample produced.
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Koetsu
Every audiophile music lover knows of the legendary sound of Koetsu phono cartridges from decades past. Those old enough to have experienced Sugano's Koetsus retain the memory of a musical experience unequaled. Few were privileged to own and enjoy a Koetsu. Many of the converted searched out second and third Koetsus, assuring a long, cherished relationship.
Now, in analog's Golden Renaissance and through the efforts of Sugano's sons, Koetsu phono cartridges are again available.
To fully appreciate Koetsu, we must know Yosiaki Sugano, artist, musician, swordsman, calligrapher, business executive and creator of the world's most renowned phono cartridges. In post war Japan, Sugano rose to prominence in one of Japan's largest industrial companies, yet continued to pursue his passions, now including hi-fi.
Now, in analog's Golden Renaissance and through the efforts of Sugano's sons, Koetsu phono cartridges are again available.
To fully appreciate Koetsu, we must know Yosiaki Sugano, artist, musician, swordsman, calligrapher, business executive and creator of the world's most renowned phono cartridges. In post war Japan, Sugano rose to prominence in one of Japan's largest industrial companies, yet continued to pursue his passions, now including hi-fi.
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