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Ammonite Audio
06-11-2015, 08:06
This is my personal property, so not a trade sale as such. It's an Audio Note IQ3 moving magnet (MM) cartridge, which is possibly the best MM device that you can buy. It's naturally based on a Goldring, but it has a more substantial body, a titanium cantilever and fairly exotic Gyger 1 tip.

It has very few hours on it, most probably less than 100. It's boxed, in its original and lavish Audio Note packaging, with instruction booklet. I am only selling it because I do prefer my MC cartridges, and I have plenty of those to keep me going, so the IQ3 is really surplus to requirements.

These things are £612.75 new. I would like £325 for it.


Specifications, according to the instruction booklet:

Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 2dB
Channel Balance: 2dB 1kHz
Channel Separation: 25dB at 1kHz
Sensitivity: 6.5mV +/- 1.5dB 1kHz @ 5cm/sec
Static Compliance: 24mm/N lat. 16mm/N vertical
Equivalent tip mass: 0.45mg
Vertical Tracking Angle: 24 degrees
Stylus Radius: Gyger 1
Stylus Type: replaceable

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RobbieGong
06-11-2015, 11:09
Looks like a genuine bargain is to be had !! I've never heard one but have read it is right up there with the very best MM's namely Clearaudio Maestro, Nagaoka MP -500 and my fave Ortofon 2M Black and that's saying something ! :)

Ammonite Audio
06-11-2015, 13:08
Yes - I'm not too concerned if this doesn't sell, since its box is so tiny. I have much bigger boxes that need to be shifted to make space, eg my beloved One Thing Quad 57s. I might even look to sell the Avalon NP2.0 speakers, and the Quad 34/306/FM4 feeding them in the office, but I'm not sure if the need to de-clutter warrants such desperation!

Marco
06-11-2015, 16:12
Hi Hugo,

For future reference, you're welcome to use the non-trade classifieds section for sales of private items. Other traders already do this. Anyway, good luck with the sale :)

Marco.

Ammonite Audio
06-11-2015, 17:06
Thanks - I'll copy it over there

Martinnj
10-02-2016, 14:00
Hi there
Are you still ooking to sell the IQ3 cartridge?
Thanks
Martin

Ammonite Audio
13-02-2016, 07:29
Sorry - the IQ3 is sold.