The Myrtle Silver Heart, with its Silver wound square Ruby jewel plate, is a highly evolved cartridge that is extremely tough and reliable, as well as being one of the most musically pleasing of all cartridges. Its vented Myrtlewood body is a unique vibration damper for resonance control.
The latest Cardas cartridges are the Myrtle Heart and the Myrtle Silver Heart. They are highly evolved cartridges built on a unique Benz chassis. A well seasoned Myrtle Silver Heart cartridge performs well at a high input impedance of 47 k, if the system is quiet. A lower impedance of 500-1.5 k works if the system tends to hum or the cartridge is not broken-in. This cartridge has a standard output of 0.3 mV, which is within the capability of most modern high quality pre-amps.
The character of the Cardas Myrtle Silver Heart is lasting musicality. It is well engineered, strong and majestic. It brings the lasting luxury of detailed, life like music.

Body: Machined Vented Myrtlewood Cantilever: Solid Boron rod, 0.28 mm diameter Stylus: Nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished Stylus Tip Radius: 5 x 120 µm Vertical Tracking Angle: 20-22 degrees Coil: Square Ruby jewel plate, silver wire Weight: 9.5 grams Output Voltage: 0.3 mV @ 3.54 cm/s Internal Impedance: 30 ohms Frequency Response: 10-50,000 Hz ± 1 dB Channel Balance: Better than 0.5 dB Channel Separation: Better than 35 dB @ 1 kHz Tracking Ability @ 315 Hz with a tracking force of 2 grams: >80 µm Dynamic Compliance: 15 µm/mN Recommended Loading: 500-47,000 ohms Optimum Tracking Force: 1.8-2.0 grams Recommended Tone arm Mass: Medium to high

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