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Item full name and model: Technics EPC-451C Strain gauge phono cartridge

 

Location Croydon Vic.

 

Item condition description Used. Definitely working. I've heard it. The stylus is working, but I'd suggest the new owner purchase a Jico stylus for it http://www.jico-stylus.com/product_info.php?cPath=10&products_id=645

 

 

Price : $170 negotiable - make an offer

 

Reason for selling: Too weird for me. - its not a standard phono cartridge and requires a bias current to work, and a dedicated strain guage preamp.

 

Payment Methods: Cash on pick up, or bank deposit for postage

 

Extra Info:

Listed on Stereonet first. If no interest its going on ebay in 1 day open to international sale.

 

You can occasionally find these new on ebay in USA see link  and they go for $300 - $400 AUD.

 

If you want to buy a new strain gauge cartridge you have to buy a Soundsmith which costs over $9000 for the entry level model.

 

EPC-451 user manual here

http://www.vinylengine.com/library/panasonic/epc-451c.shtml

 

 

 

Below is a quote from one EPC-451C user here:

 

http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=28477&start=15

 

"Ok i've made more listening tests with the EPC-451CII cartridge.

Now i can safely say it is -by far- the best cartridge i have. I've made listening tests comparing them to the following carts:

- Shure V15-IV with original Shure VN45HE stylus (my previous favorite)
- ADC XLM II Improved (also excellent sounding, another classic)

These two cartridges are classics and -according to some people- as best as a MM cartridge can get. But the Panasonic is even better!!

Transients are clearly defined, and the sound has a sense of immediacy/realism that is not on the other cartridges.
The sound is CD-like (in the good sense of the word!!)
Vocals, cymbals, everything with a high frequency content is more clearly defined than the carts above mentioned. The sound has a significatively greater "punch", too.

I think the increased realism might probably be thanks to the absence of the need for a RIAA equalization network, which introduces undesirable phase shifts. I have some quotes from a Soundsmith expert on strain-gauge cartridges, will paste them in a few minutes.

The downsides are that this cartridge can't track the Telarc 1812 overture "torture" disc, while the Shure V15-IV can do it with no problems. The ADC is distinctively softer, smoother sounding, which can be a benefit when you don't want to rock the house.

I also haven't tested for groove noise yet. The ADC a champ in this respects.

But ALL comments i've read on the internet about semiconductor cartridges are praise, praise, and more praise. Now i know why."

 

Photos: will post them tonight, if not sold by then.

Edited by eltech

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So it's the cart alone I'd need to already own the appropriate strain gauge pre amplifier?

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