ZEN cartridge ?
This is my Sato Musen Zen Diamond which I have owned for many years, is very very rare and I use it sparingly; this is an excellent cartridge, it has the diamond cantilever (like Sony XL 88D) At the time it sounded much better than the Koetsu Onix. https://i.postimg.cc/VsFwVwP9/AA.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/43tkbk19/H.jpg. |
@best-groove, I agree with you that the Sato Musen Zen Diamond is an absolutely wonderful cartridge. To my ears sonically competitive with current top mc cartridges. For the record it needs to be said that the diamond cantilever is NOT like the Sony XL-88D. This cartridge utilized a one piece diamond cantilever/stylus assembly, which to my knowledge is unique and exclusive to Sony. The diamond cantilever of the Sato Musen looks very similar to the one used on Dynavector’s Karat Nova 13D. The way the stylus is attached to the cantilever seems to indicate they were both sourced from Namiki. |
@edgewear yes you are right, I meant to indicate that it has the cantilever in diamonds to distinguish it from cantilever in aluminum or beryllium or other materials, The Sony 88D belongs to this category like the old Dyna 17D. The stylus is embedded it is not a single stylus / cantilever body like the 88D |
