Linn Ekstatik Moving Coil Cartridge

£6,050.00

In order to make our best cartridge ever, we needed to look further afield, and at more varied materials. We conducted extensive experiments; auditioning different materials and configurations for the body, inserts, cantilever, suspension, windings and leads. The result is Ekstatik – the new jewel in the crown of the Linn cartridge range.

Category Cartridges
Country UK
Manufacturer Linn

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In order to make our best cartridge ever, we needed to look further afield, and at more varied materials. We conducted extensive experiments; auditioning different materials and configurations for the body, inserts, cantilever, suspension, windings and leads. The result is Ekstatik – the new jewel in the crown of the Linn cartridge range.

Category Cartridges
Country UK
Manufacturer Linn

In order to make our best cartridge ever, we needed to look further afield, and at more varied materials. We conducted extensive experiments; auditioning different materials and configurations for the body, inserts, cantilever, suspension, windings and leads. The result is Ekstatik – the new jewel in the crown of the Linn cartridge range.

Category Cartridges
Country UK
Manufacturer Linn

 
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  • Stylus Type

    Micro-ridge

    Cantilever

    Sapphire

    Armature

    Square

    Pin Connection Type

    Flying wire with termination clips - 1.2mm, gold

    Mounting Points

    3

    Coil Wire

    Copper 4N

    Output Voltage

    0.45mV @ 3.54cm/s

    Channel Balance at 1kHz

    <1dB

    Channel Separation at 1kHz

    Better than 30dB

    Load Resistance

    100 Ω

    Load Capacitance

    1nF

    Tracking Force

    2.0 g

    Cartridge Mass

    7 g

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Linn’s all-new, flagship cartridge, Ekstatik, sets a new bar for arm/cartridge synergy; its unique construction forges an harmonious synergy with Ekos SE; wicking away more unwanted resonances along the arm, and out through the sub-chassis.

In our search for ever better materials, our experiments led us to the implementation of aluminium-bronze inserts. Now a feature of Ekstatik, these inserts allow us to reap the sonic benefits we found this alloy to possess.

With a bespoke, honeycomb cut into the cartridge body, we have skeletonised Ekstatik so that overall mass is reduced to our preferred sweet spot of close to 7g.

A micro-ridge stylus on a sapphire cantilever makes for an extraordinarily responsive cartridge. The sapphire cantilever is far stiffer than boron or aluminium, resulting in less loss between the stylus and the generator.

The overall result is an agile, responsive cartridge with the added performance yielded from specifying these materials; masterfully matched in unique configurations.

Key Features

  • Linn’s highest-performance cartridge

  • Aluminium-bronze inserts

  • Micro-ridge stylus on sapphire cantilever

  • Machined honeycomb 7075 aluminium body

  • Triple-point mounting system for accurate geometry

  • Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coated chassis

 
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