EBI-Audio Khumar Moving Coil Cartridge

The Khumar is crazy good If you get a chance to hear and audition the Khumar, grab it! Frankly, youd be crazy not to.

NEIL GADER, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

With its fine build quality and attractive tonal character, it [Khumar] makes a compelling argument for being the one.

MICHAEL TREI, STEREOPHILE

Moving-coil stereo cart with an ebony shell

The specialty of the Khumar cartridge is its ability to deliver rich, warm tones with incredible detail and clarity. With a low-resonance body and a high-quality stylus, this cartridge is designed to minimize distortion and maximize audio fidelity.

The Khumar cartridge is also highly versatile, able to handle a wide range of musical genres and playback styles, whilst offering great durability and longevity. The wooden shell is hand-crafted ebony, which is an extremely dense and richly toned wood.

Features

• Very expressive highs, and conveyed with a real sense of fluidity and silkiness
• Extended and tight lows – supremely gripped and controlled
• Very low impedance
• Hugely impressive channel separation of more than 32db – this allows for a truly holographic presentation

Specifications

Stylus: Nude Shibata III from Japan

Cantilever: 0.28 mm boron

Coil Wire: OCC

Output Level: 0.3 mV

DC Resistance: 2

Frequency Response (1dB): 20 Hz-20 kHz

Channel Separation: >32 dB

Channel Balance: <0.5 dB

Load Impedance: 20

Load Capacity: 100pF

Compliance: 15 m/mN

Recommended Tracking Force: 1.9 g

Tracking Force Range: 1.7 g – 2.3 g

Height: 17.8 mm

Weight: 8.8 g