Brand: Air Tight

Air Tight Opus-1 MC Cartridge 0.45mV

$15,975.00

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AIRTOPUS1

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AIRTOPUS1

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Description

Air Tight Opus-1 is a top-of-the-line MC Phono Cartridge that features:

Second-to-none, 3-dimensional image made available in soundstage
Unprecedented, sublime sonic balance achieved through years-long research seeking for optimum combination ratio in internal impedance and output voltage
Exclusive, renowned SH-µX core sealed in ultra-hard duralumin housing fortified by nickel plating

Quite neutral in balance, it has the speed and resolution of über-cartridges, without any trace of the analytic.
-JV, The Absolute Sound 2025 Editors' Choice Awards, Issue 358, pg. 118

Technical Specifications

Type	Ultra Low Impedance; MC phono cartridge
Frequency range	10-50,000Hz
Internal impedance	1.4 ohms (DCR)
Output voltage	0.45mV/1kHz
Magnet	Neodymium#50
Tracking force	2.0-2.2g
Dynamic Compliance	8x10?6Cm/Dyne
Cantilever	Boron Cantilever
Stylus Tip Type	Semi-line contact (3µmm×30µmm)
Channel balance	Less than 0.5dB/1kHz
Cross talk	More than 30dB/1kHz
Cartridge base	A7075(DLC plating)
Housing	A5056(Rhodium plating)
Terminal	Rhodium plating
Weight	12.5g