Thorens TAS 1600 MC Turntable Cartridge

The newly developed Thorens TAS 1600 is a high-quality moving coil (MC) cartridge made in Japan.

Features:

• Special Line Contact stylus, 1.5 x 0.28 mil
• Low-mass, high-rigidity boron cantilever
• Frequency range: 20 - 50,000 Hz
• Channel separation: 28 dB (1 kHz)
• Exclusive all-aluminium anti-vibration rigid body
• PCOCC coil wire (Copper by Ohno Continuous Casting process)
• Ultra-pure copper connection pins

Specifications:

• Frequency range: 20 - 50,000 Hz
• Body material: aluminium
• Channel separation: 28 dB (1 kHz)
• Channel balance: 0.5 dB (1 kHz)
• Output voltage: 0.4 mV (1 kHz, 5 cm/s)
• Vertical tracking angle: 20 degrees
• Tracking force: 1.8 - 2.2 g (2.0 g recommended)
• Stylus: Special Line Contact, 1.5 x 0.28 mil
• Cantilever: boron, diameter 0.28 mm
• Impedance: 12 ohms (1 kHz)
• Coil inductance: 25 μH (1 kHz)
• DC resistance: 12 ohms
• Static compliance: 22 x 10-6 cm/dyne
• Dynamic compliance: 18 x 10-6 cm/dyne (100 Hz)
• Coil: PCOCC
• Recommended load impedance: min. 100 ohms
• Weight: 8.2 g