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About the Myrtle Heart
The Cardas Myrtle Heart is a highly evolved moving coil phono cartridge built on a unique Benz chassis. It features a machined vented body made from rare Myrtlewood, known for its complex grain structure and excellent resonance damping. The cantilever is a solid boron rod with a diameter of 0.28 mm, and the stylus is a nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished with a tip radius of 5 x 120 µm. The coil uses a square ruby jewel plate wound with copper wire. It has an output voltage of 0.3 mV at 3.54 cm/s, internal impedance of 45 ohms, and a frequency response from 10 Hz to 50,000 Hz ±1 dB. Channel balance is better than 0.5 dB and channel separation better than 35 dB at 1 kHz. The cartridge tracks with a force of 1.8-2.0 grams and has a dynamic compliance of 15 µm/mN. Recommended loading is 500 to 47,000 ohms, and it performs best with medium to high tonearm mass. A break-in period of 40 hours is recommended. The Myrtle Heart is praised for its warm, strong, and majestic sound character, delivering lasting musicality and detailed, life-like music reproduction. It is
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