Michell Cusis E/H Moving Coil Cartridge

Overview

The Cusis E/H is the high-output version of the Cusis E, Michell's entry-level moving coil cartridge. Michell designed it so the cartridge can be used with moving magnet (MM) phono stages, so you can move up to a moving coil design without changing your phono stage.

It shares the Cusis design with the rest of the range: a samarium-cobalt magnet combined with pure iron, and a 30µ pure copper coil wound on an ultra-lightweight armature mounted on a specially designed damper. The chassis is aluminium, and the body is high density acetyl. Like the Cusis E, it has an elliptical stylus on an aluminium cantilever and tracks at 2.0g.

The difference from the Cusis E is the electrical side. The E/H has a 2mV output and a 47KΩ load, where the E has a 0.35mV output and a 100Ω load. If you have a moving coil phono stage, the Cusis E is the version made for it. Come and hear it in our Huddersfield demonstration room and we can talk through the right cartridge for your system.

Specifications

Type: Moving Coil

Output voltage: 2mV

Loading: 47KΩ

Tracking force: 2.0g

Stylus profile: Elliptical

Cantilever: Aluminium

Weight: 8.9g

Frequency response: 20–25000 Hz

Internal impedance: 130 Ω

Compliance: 8x10⁻⁶ cm/dyne

Tracking ability: 70µ / 2.0g

Body material: Acetyl

Coil material: Pure 30µ Copper

Channel balance: <1.5dB

Channel separation: 22dB

Run-in period: >40 hours