FS: Koetsu Black Goldline Cartridge

[mikeyb]

Koetsu Black Goldline, boxed with stylus guard.

Full rebuild and retip by David Giffin at Goldring. Has been used for 219 hours since then, I use an app to record run time so that number is accurate.

Previous owner had an original version at the same time and the verdict was that this sounded exactly the same as the original.

For me, it replaced a Hana ML, this is better than the Hana ;)

£750 inc UK next day delivery.

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[mikeyb]

Any interest before I head off on my holidays next week?

[mikeyb]

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[mikeyb]

Withdrawn from sale until I get back from holiday mid September

[mikeyb]

Now £695 inc postage

[mikeyb]

No interest?

[CageyH]

Yes, just not enough money. :lol:

[mikeyb]

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[Vince]

Same here......interested..........but skint.
GLWS

[mikeyb]

Anyone fancy this at £650?

[mikeyb]

:(

[mikeyb]

£635?

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[mikeyb]

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[I.D.S.]

Sold on eBay?

[mikeyb]

No, I still have it, I had it on eBay for a short time back in August but I it withdrew before there were any bids as I didn’t want the hassle of selling on ebay, so I left it on various Forums.

:)

[mikeyb]

This was retipped with the correct diamond, same as the original in case you have any doubts about how it sounds, previous owner couldn't tell the difference to his other one that he owned at the same time.

[mikeyb]

It won't work on my current tonearm so it's no use to me.

So I'll drop it to £625 inc UK postage for a few days then it'll disappear into the cupboard never to be seen again.

[pager8]

Will this Cartridge suit a JMW-9 Memorial Unipivot arm by API
Thanks

[mikeyb]

I'll need to check, I've seen the compliance stated as 5x10-6 AND 10x10-6 so I'll need to check which ones correct and then calculate the resonance figure.

[Mike Reed]

Don't know if this helps, as I had the Sugano son Goldline, not the Sugano San one advertised (eff. the same, though) and it was exc. on my SME Five (11g eff. mass; at the lowest end of the medium mass arm range). Obv., being a K, it'll prefer a heavier arm. I loved its full-blooded dynamism after my Lyra Helikon and was, for a time, slightly disappointed in its replacement, the Urushi Vermillion with a much lover output.

[mikeyb]

Thanks for that info, I did have a look around and to be honest I read said that it was good on a medium mass arm as many times as I saw a heavy arm was best, I've had it on 20g and 16.5g mass arms and both sounded great.

It's certainly beat my Hana ML that I had just before that and this is only a wee bit dearer than a used Hana ML that's £1040 retail, the Koetsu retails at over £2000.

[Barry]

The early wooden-bodied Koetsu cartridges were not tonearm fussy. They could be successfully used in low mass arms, such as the Breuer 5A (4g effective mass) as well as higher mass arms such as the SME V.

[mikeyb]

The early wooden-bodied Koetsu cartridges were not tonearm fussy. They could be successfully used in low mass arms, such as the Breuer 5A (4g effective mass) as well as higher mass arms such as the SME V.Thanks for that info.

[mikeyb]

No longer for sale