Kiseki Purpleheart N.S. Moving Coil Cartridge
Our price: £2,495.00
Kiseki Purpleheart N.S. – There has always been a real mystery surrounding Kiseki Cartridges but the one thing that has never been questioned is their sheer musicality and very natural sound but with the decline of Vinyl playback once CD hit the market Kiseki vanished into peoples memories but thanks to the Vinyl Revival Kiseki were re-born in 2011 driven by the love of Kiseki by their many users over the years so at HFL we are delighted to now offer Kiseki to our customers so please feel free to come in to experience the magic of Kiseki for yourself.
The legendary PurpleHeart cartridge with a pedigree that spans three continents, returns to the marketplace and to audiophiles everywhere…
..thanks to some fantastic entrepreneurs who believe in the LP!
With the brilliant engineering efforts of Herman van den Dungen of PrimaLuna fame in the Netherlands, and the superb marketing and financial efforts of Kevin Deal of Upscale Audio in Upland, California, the Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S. (which stands for “New Style”) has been renewed, improved, upgraded, and perfected.
The Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S. is a true beauty in every sense. Physically, it is made of rare Purpleheart wood, which turns from brown to a golden purple in direct or indirect sunlight. It sports a boron cantilever the size of a human hair and an incredibly small mirror polished Diamond. Though 30mm long, it weighs only 7 grams. Its edges are all right angles, which make for easy setup. In addition, its strong .48mV output is a chip shot for all MC step-up devices that exist in the world.
We recommend reading the online reviews by some of the finest ears (from reviewers, to distributors, to music lovers alike) in Hi-Fi, who after spending time with the Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S., now use it as their reference.
The legendary PurpleHeart cartridge with a pedigree that spans three continents, returns to the marketplace and to audiophiles everywhere…
..thanks to some fantastic entrepreneurs who believe in the LP!
With the brilliant engineering efforts of Herman van den Dungen of PrimaLuna fame in the Netherlands, and the superb marketing and financial efforts of Kevin Deal of Upscale Audio in Upland, California, the Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S. (which stands for “New Style”) has been renewed, improved, upgraded, and perfected.
The Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S. is a true beauty in every sense. Physically, it is made of rare Purpleheart wood, which turns from brown to a golden purple in direct or indirect sunlight. It sports a boron cantilever the size of a human hair and an incredibly small mirror polished Diamond. Though 30mm long, it weighs only 7 grams. Its edges are all right angles, which make for easy setup. In addition, its strong .48mV output is a chip shot for all MC step-up devices that exist in the world.
We recommend reading the online reviews by some of the finest ears (from reviewers, to distributors, to music lovers alike) in Hi-Fi, who after spending time with the Kiseki PurpleHeart N.S., now use it as their reference.
It really is a very special cartridge and worth seeking out.
- Ultimate quality
- Precious materials
- Natural performance
What is a N.S. cartridge?
Kiseki use N.O.S. for New Old Style, we use N.S. for “New Style”.
Kiseki uses N.O.S. for New Old Style, and N.S. for “New Style”. It means for new 2013 designed cartridges, they use the newest technology and parts, but based as much as possible on the parts as used in the limited version of N.O.S. cartridges plus a new body. They have chosen for a shorter style body as that is easier to use with the arms currently on the market. The shape of the body is based on a design as already used by us in prior models. It is in fact a mix of the Kiseki body and the body of our MillTek high output MC cartridges.
The N.S. cartridges are based on the same internal design, the same kind of parts as the N.O.S. cartridges, but all parts are current production.
Specifications
- Body: PurpleHeart Wood, 30 mm long
- Cantilever: Solid Boron Rod: 0.3 mm diameter
- Stylus: 0.12 x 0.12 Nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished
- Stylus tip radius: 4 x 120 μm
- Vertical Tracking Angle (VTA): 20 degrees
- Coilbody: pure iron
- Weight: 7 grams
- Output voltage: 0.48mV at 5cm/s
- Internal impedance: 42 ohms
- Frequency response: 20 – 30,000Hz ± 1dB
- Channel balance: 0.2dB
- Channel Separation: 35dB at 1kHz
- Tracking ability at 315Hz at a tracking force of 2.6 grams: 80 μm
- Dynamic Compliance: 16 μm/mN
- Recommended loading: 400 ohms (Bob Levi: I disagree! 800-1000 ohms)
- Recommend tracking force: 2.0 – 2.6 grams (Bob Levi: I disagree! 2.1-2.4)
- Optimum tracking force: 2.46 grams (Bob Levi: I disagree! 2.3 grams is perfect)
- Recommended tone arm mass: Medium
- Optimum working temperature: 20 °C
- Break-in period: 50 – 100 hours
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