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MC3 Cartridge Transformer: Specifications

The MC3 Cartridge Transformer is designed to extract the maximum possible information from moving coil cartridges without loss. It transforms the low voltage output of moving coil cartridges into a suitable form for most amplifiers while gaining a 6dB improvement in noise figures over moving magnet cartridges. This allows it to achieve a dynamic range of 90dB, close to the potential of the record. Key specifications include voltage gains of x30, x20, x10, a frequency response of 3Hz to 100KHz within 0.2-1.0dB, and channel separation greater than 70dB.

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MC3 Cartridge Transformer: Specifications

The MC3 Cartridge Transformer is designed to extract the maximum possible information from moving coil cartridges without loss. It transforms the low voltage output of moving coil cartridges into a suitable form for most amplifiers while gaining a 6dB improvement in noise figures over moving magnet cartridges. This allows it to achieve a dynamic range of 90dB, close to the potential of the record. Key specifications include voltage gains of x30, x20, x10, a frequency response of 3Hz to 100KHz within 0.2-1.0dB, and channel separation greater than 70dB.

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MC3 Cartridge Transformer

An “Ideal Transformer” must by definition ‘transform one kind of energy to another without loss’ no more or no less ! We
have achieved results for audio close to the ideal, for it will allow the very best of “Moving Coil” cartridges to extract the
most possible information out of the groove. Most Active “Head Amps” have many flaws which inhibit the release of all
the possible information out of the groove because the laws of economics and physics prohibits most designers from
achieving the ideal, which is wide bandwidth minimal time distortion, minimum noise contribution, and maximum
protection from external influences.

The Moving Coil cartridge is a much more efficient converter of energy than Moving Magnet but has the great disadvantage
that its voltage ouput is not really practical for most amplifier technology to handle it. So if we take its product of voltage
times current and transform it to a suitable form for most amplifiers to handle it we then find that we actually have gained
an advance over the Moving Magnet in noise figures of at least 6dB. This means that we can achieve 90dB of dynamic
range that the record potentially offers.

Specifications (Measured with “Termination”)


Input Impedances 4 Ohm, 12 Ohm, & 40 Ohm
Voltage Gain X30, X20, X10
Frequency Response 3Hz- 100KHz +0.2dB-1.0dB
Phase Linearity Less than ±5 degrees (20-20KHz)
Rise Time 2lsecs (any level)
Channel Balance Less than 0.1dB
Channel Separation Greater than 70dB (20-20KHz)
Hum Rejection Greater than 60dB
(External Magnetic Fields)
Equivalent Noise Contribution Less than 1dB

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