I was stunned to see that this was/is my own thread. From 2009!
I also had difficulty to recognize my own English.
Well the expression ''CORE-LESS'' may give the right direction
for our thoughts. ''Iron-core'' in the ''coil-former'' is used , like
by cheap inductors , to increase the cart output. As Lew put
it ''less coil wire'' is then needed reducing the moving mass.
Lukatatschek, the owner&designer by Benz , stated ''I don't like
iron'' anywhere in the signal path and use ruby plate to wind
coils on. But his LP S (or mr.) has + 40 Ohms impedance
''suggesting'' much (more) wire. Mori san invented ''8 form
coil-former'' for his series XL Sony MC's. Those coils are also
''core-less'' but the whole series, like Benz, has +40 Ohms
impedance ''implicating'' more wire. Ergo: those LOMC''s with
output around 0,2 mV or less are ''core-less'' with little wire
and with low impedance.