NEW!

NAGAOKA, a renowned audio equipment manufacturer with 85 years of history, is proud to introduce its top-of-the-line model in the esteemed MP Series — the MP-700.

The Moving Permalloy (MP) design, compared to the conventional Moving Magnet (MM) type, utilizes a lightweight permalloy piece attached to the cantilever.

This design significantly reduces mass, allowing the stylus to move with greater freedom and precision. The result is a more refined and accurate sound reproduction, bringing listeners closer to the original performance.

This new cartridge improves uopon the already excellent generator of the MP-500, using higher grade coil winding wire, an improved suspension (with tie wire) and a mico-ridge stylus. Also improved is the mounting head design, which now has an insulator film to avoid possible ground loop issues on certain turntables.

MP-700 boasts a boron cantilever paired with a new micro-ridge nude diamond stylus measuring 0.12 x 0.3 mil. This precise combination enhances sound accuracy, ensuring exceptional detail retrieval from vinyl grooves.

In the MP series, the MP-700 incorporates the sofest damper, allowing the boron cantilever and micro-ridge stylus to perform at their best. The sof damper makes the cantilever movement lighter, improving responsiveness. While this can ofen lead to concerns about instability, the MP-700 addresses this with a newly integrated suspension wire in the pivot system as a countermeasure. This suspension wire efectively controls the movement of both the cantilever and stylus, providing stability while preserving enhanced clarity, particularly in the treble range. As a result, this feature improves separation, increases clarity across all frequencies, and ensures accurate representation of bass tones and timbre, delivering a more vivid and lifelike listening experience.
The MP-700 features a shielded case and cartridge frame crafed from ultraduralumin, enhanced with a three-layer surface treatment: nickel plating, black tin plating, and an insulating coating. This treatment minimizes static interference, improves heat and wear resistance, and preserves the exterior’s longevity.

Technical

• Output Voltage (1kHz, 5cm/sec): 4 mV
• Frequency Response: 20-27,000 Hz
• Channel Separation (1kHz): 30 dB
• Channel Balance (1kHz): 1.0 dB or less
• Recommended Load Impedance: 47 KΩ
• Recommended Load Capacitance: 100 pF
• Vertical Tracking Force: 1.4 g
• Cantilever: Boron
• Stylus Tip: Micro-ridge Naked Diamond
• Cartridge Weight: 8.0 g
• Cartridge & Headshell Weight: 26.3 g