Reference Type II

$8,495.00

The ultimate culmination of the original 1951 principle, taking the Decca design configuration to new levels. Mounted in a rigid, hard anodised aluminium body, the Reference’s crowning glory is the Paratrace stylus. Manufactured in the UK, with the most sophisticated of stylus profiles, the Paratrace stylus can be considered to be the pinnacle of stylus design. Critically aligned in the rigid reference body, the Paratrace stylus delivers a true Reference performance. Rim shots have a natural crack, piano has body and sopranos simply soar; so, reveal in the detail that only a true Reference cartridge can deliver!

Reference Type II Specifications

Type: Moving Armature using Sum/difference principle with common ground

Stylus: Grain-orientated diamond

Profile: Paratrace

Magnets: Alnico 5

Body Mounting/Ouput/Frequency Range

Body mounting: Two-part Aluminium machined, non-resonant profile, M2.5 fixing threads. Hard Anodised grey

Output: 1.5mV at 5cm/S

Frequency response: +/-1dB 20Hz-20KHz

Channel Balance/Channel Separation/Compliance

Channel balance: 1dB at 1KHz

Channel separation: 12dB at 1KHz

Compliance: Lateral 15 x 10-6cm/dyne

Vertical/Inductance/DC Resistance

Vertical 10 x 10-6cm/dyne

Inductance: 130mH per channel

DC resistance: 2000 Ohms per channel

Tracking: 60uM

Input Impedance/Input Capacitance/Playing Weight

Input impedance: 47K Ohms (optimum 33K Ohms)

Input capacitance: 100 to 300pF (optimum 220pF )

Playing weight: 1.8-2.0 grams

The ultimate culmination of the original 1951 principle, taking the Decca design configuration to new levels. Mounted in a rigid, hard anodised aluminium body, the Reference’s crowning glory is the Paratrace stylus. Manufactured in the UK, with the most sophisticated of stylus profiles, the Paratrace stylus can be considered to be the pinnacle of stylus design. Critically aligned in the rigid reference body, the Paratrace stylus delivers a true Reference performance. Rim shots have a natural crack, piano has body and sopranos simply soar; so, reveal in the detail that only a true Reference cartridge can deliver!