Koetsu Blue Lace Moving Coil Cartridge
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Koetsu Blue Lace Moving Coil Cartridge
Product details
The Koetsu Blue Lace Platinum represents one of the most exclusive expressions of the Japanese manufacturer’s exceptional craftsmanship. This moving-coil cartridge immediately stands out through its spectacular blue onyx body, fashioned from a carefully selected block of natural stone chosen for the beauty of its grain, colour and distinctive veining.
The stone is delicately machined and meticulously polished to achieve a perfectly smooth, lustrous finish. Because of the natural variations within the material, every Blue Lace Platinum cartridge is visually unique.
At the heart of the Blue Lace Platinum, Koetsu uses carefully matched silver-plated copper coils combined with its prestigious platinum magnet system. This sophisticated generator architecture is designed to preserve the harmonic richness, fluidity and overall coherence for which Koetsu’s stone-bodied cartridges are renowned.
Its boron cantilever combines extremely low mass with exceptional rigidity. This enables the stylus to follow the finest modulations within the record groove with outstanding accuracy, retrieving subtle musical information while maintaining excellent mechanical stability.
In listening terms, the Koetsu Blue Lace Platinum delivers a sumptuous, harmonious and deeply coherent presentation. Its tonal colours are dense, rich and remarkably natural, while voices possess an especially vivid and tangible presence. Music unfolds with exceptional fluidity, allowing individual instrumental lines to emerge naturally without ever compromising the unity of the performance.
The soundstage is distinguished by its scale, depth and remarkable image stability. The Blue Lace Platinum combines the warmth and sensuality traditionally associated with Koetsu cartridges with a presentation that is precise, lively and highly nuanced.
Rather than artificially emphasising detail, it integrates every piece of musical information into a continuous, textured and enveloping performance. Its ability to communicate tone, texture and expressive nuance makes it particularly captivating over extended listening sessions.
With its low output level of 0.3 mV, the Blue Lace Platinum should be partnered with an exceptionally quiet moving-coil phono stage offering sufficient gain, or with a very high-quality step-up transformer. Its recommended loading range of 75 to 500 ohms allows its tonal balance and overall presentation to be finely adjusted according to the associated electronics and audio system.
Its net weight of 12.5 g also requires a compatible tonearm and counterweight. Koetsu recommends a tracking force between 1.8 and 2.0 g to ensure optimal groove tracking and performance.
With its exceptional natural-stone body, platinum magnet system and intensely musical reproduction, the Koetsu Blue Lace Platinum occupies a place at the very summit of the Koetsu range. It is intended for the most ambitious analogue systems and for music lovers seeking a vinyl playback experience that combines tonal beauty, refinement, precision and emotion.
Technical specifications
- Type: low-output moving-coil cartridge
- Body: natural blue onyx
- Coil wiring: silver-plated copper
- Magnet: platinum
- Cantilever: boron
- Output voltage: 0.3 mV
- Net weight: 12.5 g
- Recommended tracking force: 1.8–2.0 g
- Recommended load impedance: 75–500 ohms
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