Dynavector 10X5 Mk II Moving Coil Cartridge

The Dynavector 10×5 more than lives up to my memory of its predecessor. This colorful, well-balanced, chunky-sounding cartridge played music extremely well, with a bonus of very fine stereo imaging. In other words, it’s a great all-arounder…The Dynavector 10×5 should give you most of what you need at a bargain price. Wildly, highly recommended.

ART DUDLEY, STEREOPHILE

First released in 1978 and recipient of the prestigious (at the time) Design and Engineering Award at the Chicago CES in both 1978 and 1981. The new Dynavector 10X5 MKII MC cartridge presents a new benchmark inhigh and low outputMC cartridge performance.

Improvements

Along with several exclusive Dynavector technologies that include Magnetic Flux Damping, Softened Magnetism (Patent) and powerful neodymium magnets that provide the smooth treble response Dynavector are renowned for. (Note that moving coilcartridges use fixed magnets.)

The Dynavector 10X5 MKII also features an improved stylus assembly with the nude diamond Shibata III line contact stylus and improved hardened cantilever material. These improvements ensure secure tracking ability over even the most torturous of record grooves whilst achieving extended high-frequency response and enhanced musical resolution.

The legendary Dynavector coil winding technology using the finest of wire has enabled the Dynavector 10X5 MKII to minutely increase the coil windings and achieve a reduction in impedance to 150 Ohms whilst retaining a healthy 2.8mV output.

Mounting the cartridge to the tonearm is achieved by a rigid red aluminum head block that provides a stable platform for the cartridge along with easy and secure fixing to the tonearm.

Specifications

Type: Moving coil cartridge with flux damper and softened magnetism

Cantilever: 6mm length hardened aluminum pipe

Stylus: Nude diamond “Shibata III” Line Contact

Output Voltage (Low, High): 0.5 mV, 2.8mV

Channel Separation: 25 dB

Channel Balance: 1.0 dB

Frequency Response ( 2dB): 20 – 20,000 Hz

Compliance: 12 mm/N

Tracking Force: 1.8 – 2.2 g

Impedance (Low, High): 32 Ohm, 150 Ohm

Recommended Load Impedance (Low, High): > 100 Ohm, 1000 Ohm

Weight: 7.5 g