1983 Alpha 1 Monster Cable Moving Coil Phono Cartridge HiFi Review Audiophile Nice vintage dealer brochure measuring about 8.5 x 115 with 4 pages.  Item has some wear and spotting, with three hole punches added to margin.   Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

1983 Alpha 1 Monster Cable Moving Coil Phono Cartridge Dealer Brochure HiFi Vtg Nice vintage dealer brochure measuring abut 8 x 5 unfolded.  Item has some wear and spotting, with three hole punches added to margin.   Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

Item DescriptionCondition : USED Please check the images for condition ShippingPlease see Shipping and handling in details.Other TermsInternational Buyers Please Note: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyers responsibility. Please check with your countrys customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up -?do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. Extremely rare, vintage Audiophile cartridge from Monster.An OEM moving coil design from multi patent holder, Hisayoshi Nakatsuka President & chief engineer of ZYX, Chief designer at ADC & Ortofon & Kenwood. The Monster Alpha 1 is made in Japan, serial # 853601 in original billet clamshell case. No other papers or accessories included in sale. Top of Monster line in 1983. Retail in 1983 $475 ($1470 in 2024 dollars) This is one of 3, lightly used cartridges in my collection (Micro Acoustics Stratus S1 in another listing) that was pulled from an Thorens TD126 MKII that has been in storage for over 25 years will also be listed along with other audiophile gear Cosmetic condition 9/10 Near mint. No visible scratches dings or imperfections. The stylus appears sharp and shows no wear under magnificationThe cantilever is straight. Suspension tested good and holding, not loose or sagging.Freq response 10hz - 20 khz +-1 dbMoving coil35 db channel separation.0.3 mv output >>(requires quality preamp for low output voltage)Load Impedance 40 to 100 Ohms 80 ohms optimalInternal Impedance 4 ohms 1.75 grams recommended tracking forceBoron Cantilever Hyper elliptical stylusStylus dimensions 0.1 X 0.45Compliance 15 um/mnWeight 6.5 grams PLEASE NOTE VERY IMPORTANT TERMS: Shipping ONLY to your confirmed/verified address associated with the payment. SHIPPING AND PACKING: Priority ground shipping service with full insurance and heavy-duty packing materials. This item will be expertly packed with premium materials to ensure safe transit. Please see my 100% feedback profile for reference and rest assured this will be done correctly. Please pm with any questions prior to bidding

MONSTER CABLE BRAND. MODEL GENESIS 1000 ALPHA G. TURNTABLE MC PHONO CARTRIDGE. USED. TESTED & WORKS. IT NEEDS A STYLUS REPLACEMENT++PLEASE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH FOR PROPER FIT/USE. YOU MAY NEED A MOVING COIL PRE-AMP FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE++ GREAT CONDITION. SEE LAST PICTURES FOR VOLTAGE READS. SERIAL NUMBER 12250 ++PLEASE BE AWARE SALES TAX MAYBE BE ADDED DEPENDING ON YOUR STATES POLICIES++ MADE IN JAPAN. note USPS is taking longer these days to deliver packages. I OFFER NO GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY OFFERED. SELLING AS IS. NO REFUND OFFERED. ++I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN RELEVANT++local pick-up available. IF DAMAGED IN SHIPPING BUYER MUST MAKE A CLAIM WITH THE SHIPPER. NOT JUST USE EBAY FOR RETURN. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WOULD ONLY BE THRU EBAYS INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PROGRAM. international bidders please make sure you are familiar with ebay international shipping before bidding +++COST TO BE DETERMINED BY EBAY+++. NO REFUND OFFERED. EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTION. BID AWAY!!

Orsonic AV-101b HeadshellThe Legendary Orsonic Headshell with SME bayonet connector and upgraded pickup cables. Black. Weight complete 9 grams.paired with the Monster Alpha II OL2 HO Cartridge and Namiki Micro Scanner stylusThe Alpha OL-2 was made by Made by ZYX Audio - OEM Price: $650; replacement stylus, $390.Recommended Load Impedance: 30 ohms (optimum) to 80 ohms. Internal Impedance: 4 ohms.Compliance at 11 Hz, 70° F: 15 x 10^-6 cm/dyne.Output Voltage at 1 kHz, 5 cm/S: 0.3 mV. Weight: 6.5 grams.Cantilever: Thin-wall hollow sapphire; 0.33-mm outer diameter, 0.26-mm inner diameter, 5.8 mm long.Comes in a clear Audio Box for safe keeping

This Technics Turntable SL-BD20 is a vintage piece of audio equipment that has been tested and is in good working condition. It comes with an Audio Technics P23 cartridge and is also equipped with brand new Monster Cables to ensure high-quality sound. Made in Japan, this turntable is a great addition to any vintage electronics collection. The brand is Technics and the model is SL-BD20. Just put a new belt on it a couple months ago. It’s sat since. Also has original grounding cord. Please refer to the provided aspects for more details about this item. As always bid with confidence. 100 percent feedback.

  Monster solid core coaxial cable-based turntable phono cable with Monster RCA plugs, made by Audio-Maniacs. New cable and plugs. The cable assembly is a convenient sized, flexible bundle of three cables Left, Right and Ground wrapped in a black, braid.    This length cable is designed specifically for Moving Magnet Cartridges where capacitance needs to be 75pF. Oxygen Free Copper 99.9999% Double shielded foil and braid single core coaxial cable giving 100% protectionGround cable is terminated with spades at each endEach cable is handmade, using only WBT high silver content solder. Plugs are treated with DeoxitFully tested and burned in for a 48-hour cycle using Tara Labs Cascade file.  Listening test carried out on every cable before shipping.  Please see my feedback for turntable / tonearm phono cables (I've made and sold many over the years, I’ve made my own interconnects for over 30 years)    Background to design For a turntable with Phono/RCA plugs to phonostage a COAXIAL cable is best with a SINGLE core and DOUBLE screening, with both a foil and braid. This is because the output from the cartridge is at an extremely low signal level compared to other audio interconnect cables as you can see here;      • A Line level signal e.g. CD to Preamp - 2 Volts·  • A balanced cable with XLR’s - 4 Volts·          • Moving Magnet 5mV or 0.005V - one four hundredth of the size of line level       • Moving Coil typically 0.2mV or 0.0002V a ten thousandth of the size of line level    In this circumstance capacitance, SHIELDING and quality of the conductor and dielectric are the most important design parameters.    Single core coaxial cable offers the lowest capacitance and in this case 2 layers of shielding, with high purity copper conductor and braid Mylar / aluminium foil shield with polyethylene dielectric. (Most importantly the dielectric mustn’t contain PVC).   This is a significant step up over the manufacturers supplied cable, which will have lower quality copper and they usually use PVC dielectric. Studio Cable– typically used at this price e.g., Van Damme, Mogami etc) has 1.     Rely on “common mode noise rejection” circuitry at receiver and sender  2.     Higher capacitance due to additional conductors (usually 2 or 4) designed for use in equipment that is balanced at both ends and connected with 3 pin XLR plugs to be run at 4V. 3.     Usually have NO FOIL SHIELD, making it susceptible to high frequency interference when used in an unbalanced RCA cable for cartridges at tiny voltages 4.   Typically use PVC in the dielectric material, sometime combined with neoprene. This has a negative effect on sound quality. Cables designed for XLR studio cables (that and 4V signal) do not work well for these tiny signals from the cartridge.    In contrast single core coaxial cable has been used for over 100 years for everything from high frequency communications, musical instruments e.g. guitars, analogue video and of course audio where they have been the most common cable used for Radio Corporation of America plugs (RCA also called “phonos” as they were originally designed to connect a Phonograph (Record Player) to Radios of the time.      Burn In  As the signal from the cartridge is so small it will take years to burn in a tonearm cable so instead, I am sending a line level signal from my DAC through the cable to my pre-amp. This will burn in cable 10000x faster than a moving coil cartridge! While I have found that 24 hours of this does the trick for this premium cable, I extend this process to 48 hours. I am using the Tara Labs Cascade Burn in file – from their website… “The new CASCADE noise burn-in disc is a proprietary combination of white noise with frequency tone bursts and pink noise mixed at different levels. However, what makes it effective is a series of descending and ascending (cascading) multi-octave square sweeps for better and more complete results than any other “burn-in” discs that have been made to date. The CASCADE noise burn-in disc may be used with audio electronic component and with audio cable including cables with attachments such as batteries or filter networks. Before and after results will be obvious with any of these cables.”      

Great looking piece, assumed to be used but like new condition. See pictures, if you need additional please ask. All my items are Buy It Now or Best Offer, if you don’t like my asking price please send me a reasonable offer. Our Items are shipped in boxes, NOT bubble mailers so they don’t get destroyed in transit. Ask questions if you have them. Pictures are of actual item. I try to take as good of pictures as I can to show quality, but if you need a specific shot of a particular item just ask, I’ll try to update as quickly as I can. Please view all my auctions for other great deals on items. I do combine shipping for multiple items won. Bidders anywhere other than the main 48 states of the United States may have to pay a little more freight depending on the item. Remember to always strive to be the top bidder on items. Thanks and hope you’re VERY SATISFIED with your item upon receipt. If NOT, please contact me before leaving negative feedback so I can resolve any issues.