TESLA Headshell Black with Nagaoka JT-80LB Cartridge

SET TESLA + NAGAOKA

A set consisting of a Nagaoka JT-80LB cartridge pre-installed on a high-quality TESLA headshell for easy swapping on straight tonearms.

A high-quality die-cast all-metal TESLA headshell made of the special ALUElektron alloy.

ALUElektron is an alloy of 90 % magnesium and 10 % aluminium with additions of zinc and manganese, used in engineering as a material for precision die casting.

Black anodised aluminium finish with the standard half-inch mounting (12.7 mm spacing), including high-quality OFC lead wires for connecting the cartridge.

Main features:

• high-quality rigid headshell for most straight tonearms on the market with 1/2" mounting and SME connector
• ergonomic design with a long finger lift for easy cueing
• rigid anti-vibration construction
• suitable for turntables from DUAL, THORENS, LENCO, RELOOP etc.
• high-quality oxygen-free OFC copper lead wires included

Headshell weight: 10.0 g

NAGAOKA JT-80LB CARTRIDGE

Nagaoka makes MM cartridges exclusively (MM and MI motors) and has brought them to technological perfection with 100 % quality control of every component. Their cartridge series combines the simplicity of an MM cartridge with the musicality and tonal accuracy of MC cartridges. To protect your investment, all cartridges have a replaceable stylus.

Nagaoka is a synonym for "beautiful, warm sound with crystal-clear highs", which aptly describes the sound of these products. The cartridges have an excellent frequency response and guarantee the highest transparency and excellent intelligibility of recordings. Having brought the MM system to perfection, Nagaoka competes with considerably more expensive MM and MC cartridges and in many cases beats them.

Nagaoka cartridges use only top-quality materials with special treatment: a carefully designed magnetic circuit, a precisely made cantilever and stylus, all 100 % developed and made in Japan by Nagaoka. The result is a superb sound so far typical only of much more expensive MM and MC cartridges.

The cartridge is made of special materials that reduce unwanted vibration to a minimum:

• Superfine polished elliptical diamond stylus
• Powerful samarium-cobalt magnet – modern samarium-cobalt magnets have an extremely high energy output, so a much lighter magnet can be used than ever before
• Lightweight aluminium-alloy cantilever for high fidelity
• Very high purity OFC copper coils
• Carbon fibre reinforced cartridge body
• Anti-ferromagnetic permalloy shield (protects against electromagnetic interference)
• Easy stylus replacement

Specifications:

• Type: Moving Magnet (MM)
• Mounting: 1/2"
• Stylus: superfine polished elliptical diamond (0.4 x 0.7 mil)
• Magnet: samarium-cobalt
• Output voltage: 5 mV (1 kHz, 5 cm/s)
• Frequency range: 20 Hz – 20 kHz
• Channel balance (1 kHz): < 1.5 dB
• Channel separation (1 kHz): > 23 dB
• Load impedance: 47 kΩ
• Load capacitance: 100 pF
• Dynamic compliance: 6 x 10⁻⁶ cm/dyn
• Static compliance: 18 x 10⁻⁶ cm/dyn
• Cartridge weight: 6.9 g
• Recommended tracking force: 1.3 – 1.8 g
• Replacement stylus: Nagaoka JTS-80LB

100 % MADE IN JAPAN