Urushi Sky Blue

About the Urushi Sky Blue

The Koetsu Urushi Sky Blue cartridge is a meticulously handcrafted moving coil phono cartridge that combines traditional Japanese Urushi lacquer art with advanced analog technology. It features a rosewood body coated with Urushi lacquer applied by skilled artisans, which alters the resonant frequency for enhanced sound quality. The coils are made from silver-clad ultra-high purity copper, hand-wound for precision. It uses Samarium-Cobalt magnets and a boron cantilever with a high-quality elliptical stylus. The cartridge outputs 0.4 mV and has a frequency response from 20 Hz to 100 kHz, with excellent channel separation and balance. It is designed for use with medium to high-mass tonearms due to its low compliance (5 x 10^-6 cm/dyne at 100 Hz). The Urushi Sky Blue is praised for its luscious presentation, low surface noise, and musicality, offering a three-dimensional soundstage and a natural, analogue-like tonal character. It is packaged elegantly and