FOR SALE: original Kondo IO-J phono cartridge

[vencel]

Hello,

I hereby offer you for sale an original Kondo (Audio Note Japan) IO-J MC phono cartridge. This is the original Kondo-san version and it is in original and mint condition. It had been used only a couple of hours and always professionally aligned on high-end Micro Seiki RX-1500 turntable with high-end tonearms (lately on a Kuzma 4point).
Should you be interested in it please contact me in PM.

Find below some photos about it.

Regards,
Laszlo

[vencel]

more photos

[MartinT]

Could you give us an idea of your asking price please, Laszlo?

[vencel]

Could you give us an idea of your asking price please, Laszlo?

Sorry for that. I would prefer to discuss it in PM or is it mandatory to provide it publicly?

[sq225917]

Has it ever been modified?

[vencel]

Has it ever been modified?

It has never been modified nor serviced.

[MartinT]

Could you confirm whether it's an ultra low output MC like the current IO, about 0.1mV or so?

[vencel]

Audio Note IO-J Kondo spec.:

System: moving coil
Magnet: Alnico
Body: silver with rosewood
Stylus: nude elliptical
Cantilever: tapered titan
Coil: silver
Coil imp.: 1 ohm
Output voltage: 0,05mV/cm
Output: silver lead-out with female tips
Tracking force: 1,8-2 gram
Tracking ability: 80 micron / 315Hz / 2 gram
Weight: 19 gram

This was made by Kondo-san and used to be sold for over 15.000 USD.

[MartinT]

Ok, thanks, that confirms my suspicion - 0.05mV is incredibly low and will need a very special step-up transformer.

[vencel]

Ok, thanks, that confirms my suspicion - 0.05mV is incredibly low and will need a very special step-up transformer.

How about a Tim de Paravicini The Head TX4?
I am also planning to sell that as well.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Please allow Laszlo to sell this item under the terms he chooses. He is within his rights to disclose the price only to those interested.
Conversely, we do have rules about thread crapping where sales are concerned.