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Transfiguration
 With
his groundbreaking utilization of the yokeless ring-magnet
construction, Mr. Yoshioka presented the LP world with a new
window into the music buried in the black grooves of the vinyl
LP. His first product, the Transfiguration AF-1, set completely
new standards of transparency, naturalness and neutrality for
phono cartridges of its day. Since that time, he has constantly
striven to bring the listener ever closer to the sounds and
emotions of the live event. Constantly improving materials and
construction techniques, he has since set the pace and defined
the state-of-the-art for natural-sounding LP reproduction. His
Transfiguration cartridges, using live, un-amplified music as
their benchmark, do not take LP reproduction into the realm of
the hyper-real, with sizzling technicolors, exaggerated
leading-edge transients, "enormous soundstaging",
"pinpoint imaging", or "lush warmth". Instead, they
deliver a very natural and alive-sounding reproduction of what
the recording engineer heard, as he or she sat in the recording
booth, listening to the master tapes. Audiophile language does
not seem to apply, rather, musical language seems more apt.
"Rhythm, flow, emotion..." are the kinds of words that come to
mind, as one notices a foot is tapping and the head is bobbing
and maybe even a few goose bumps are rising...
...but, as always, the magic is in the midrange. Human voices
take on a you-are-there sense of reality that raises those goose
bumps. When you hear things you have never heard from your
records before, you can be sure they will help to complete the
musical picture, rather than distract with meaningless detail or
artificial "air." The transparency of these cartridges extends
from the deepest bass notes to the heights of inaudibility. More
than ever, they are able to track the micro-dynamic ebb and flow
of the music like no other cartridge. The result is a sense of
musical anticipation and excitement one normally experiences
only at the live event. Listening to jazz, you can almost smell
the cigar smoke and single-malt whiskey in the air; a classical
LP calls forth images of rich velvet curtains and wisps of fine
perfume; rock and roll brings back the moisture of the grass
seeping through your jeans and the smell of sweat and something
sweet upon the breeze…
Proteus
£3,295.00 inc
VAT
Transfiguration
moves forward yet again with the introduction of their new
flagship cartridge the “Proteus”
Transfiguration have worked hard to improve on the already
stunning Orpheus L.
The Proteus is a major step closer to the ideal where the
ultimate audio components will be those that simply don't seem
to exist - so good that they add nothing and subtract nothing.
The 'straight wire with gain' situation.
The biggest strength of the Proteus is its lack of character.
It is one of those audio components, where the better the system
that it is used with (I.E. the faster, more tonally and
transiently seamless, dynamically unlimited, with extended
frequency range)
...the more it will reveal within the music and you will
continue to discover previously hidden information on your
records.
Specification
• Body: aluminium, resonance controlled
• Cantilever: 0.3mm solid boron
• Stylus: PA (3 x 30µm) solid diamond
• Core/coils: Ultra grade 3S - µ metal square core with 5N
silver coils
• Magnet: neodymium – front & rear
• Weight: 7.8g
• Output voltage: 0.2mV (3.54cm/s, 1kHz)
• Internal impedance: 1 ohm
• Frequency response: 10Hz – 20kHz +1.5dB, 20kHz – 40kHz +2dB
• Channel separation: > 30dB (200Hz - 1kHz)
• Channel balance: < 0.5dB at 1kHz
• Tracking ability: > 70µm at tracking force 2.0g at 315Hz
• Dynamic compliance: 13 x 10-6 cm/dyne
• Recommended loading: > 10 ohms
• Recommend’ tracking force: 2.0 g
• Optimum working temperature: 23º Celsius
• Break in period: 30 hours
• Read the HiFi+
review by
clicking here
• Read the Stereophile review by
clicking here
Phoenix S
£2.195.00 inc
VAT
Just as the Orpheus
advanced the absolute state-of-the-art in what was possible with
a phono cartridge in terms of musically natural reproduction of
the analogue LP, the new Phoenix re-defines what is possible in
its price class (and considerably far above it). The Phoenix is
the new price/performance leader in the areas of transparency,
timbre, bass-impact and articulation...oh, yes, and in the all
important JPF factor (Just Plain Fun).
The huge gains in musical performance by both the Phoenix and
the Orpheus over cartridges already recognized as world-leaders
in their respective price ranges is both gratifying and
encouraging at a time when analogue playback seems stronger and
more healthy than ever, at a time when digital playback seems
almost in search of an identity. At a time when the average
listener to digital (the ubiquitous ipod listener) is accepting
a significant reduction in sound quality from even redbook CD,
LP lovers are discovering new worlds in the same old grooves
they have been listening to for over half a century.
We are very grateful to Mr. Yoshioka and the other pioneers of
the new analogue era, for bringing us closer to the emotion and
experience of live music than we dreamed possible a few years
back, when reports of the death of analogue circulated,
apparently, prematurely…
Physical
• Body: Aluminium, resonance controlled
• Cantilever: 0.3mm diameter solid boron
• Stylus: PA (3 x 30um), solid diamond
• Core/coils: High grade permalloy square core with pure silver
coils
• Magnet: Neodymium (rear) & Samarium cobalt (front)
• Weight: 7.8g
Electrical:
• Output voltage: 0.4mV (3.54cm/sec, 1kHz)
• Internal impedance: 7 ohms
• Frequency response: 10Hz - 20kHz +1.5dB / 20Hz - 40kHz +2dB
• Channel separation: > 27dB, 200Hz - 1kHz
• Channel balance: < 0.5dB, 1kHz
Dynamic:
• Tracking ability at 315Hz at the tracking force of 2g: > 70um
• Dynamic compliance: 12 x 10 to the minus 6cm/dyne
• Read the review from AnalogPlanet by
clicking here
Axia S
£1,495.00
inc VAT
The Axia may well
impress & surprise the music lovers first foray into the world
of Transfiguration - moving coil cartridges. The design reveals
a coherently musical and natural presentation, setting it apart
from many exaggerated “Hi-Fi” interpreters.
Its excellent
ability to recreate the correct timing in music facilitates the
seamless rendering of explicit information, together with an
effortless and flowing accuracy of timbre, convincing depth and
correctness to the acoustic ebb of each note.
Physical
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Body Aluminium, resonance controlled
•
Cantilever 0.3 mm diameter boron
•
Stylus Ogura PA (3 x 30 μm) solid diamond
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Magnet Samarium cobalt
•
Weight 7 g
•
Output 0.4 mV (3.54 cm/s, 1 kHz)
• Internal impedance 4 Ohms
• Recommended load > 4 Ohms
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Recommended tracking force 2.0 g
•
Optimum working temp 23° C
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All prices shown
include UK VAT |
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10 August 2015 |
