The Preeminent Culmination of Decades of Cartridge-Building Expertise: Japanese-Made My Sonic Lab Signature Platinum MC Phono Cartridge Delivers Indescribable Transparency and Purity

The Japanese-made Signature Platinum, the least resonant of any My Sonic Lab MC phono cartridge, stands as the preeminent culmination of master-builder Yoshio Matsudaira's four-decade-plus expertise. Unreal transparency and perfectionist neutrality combine with indescribable purity in an inimitable boron-cantilever cartridge that seemingly knows no power, dynamic, or frequency-extension limitations.

Building on the design of Signature Gold, Signature Platinum eliminates the final percentages of cartridge coloration by utilizing a black ion-hardened titanium body free of any audible resonance. Signature Platinum also employs a boron pipe, lighter, more rigid, and faster than traditional aluminum cantilevers. After you hear what Signature Platinum does for analog playback, you'll realize every other cartridge you've ever heard adds something that isn't supposed to be there.

"Many dynamic-sounding cartridges can produce chest-pounding excitement for the listener, but their Achilles heel is the off-balanced tonality that usually comes with the package. The Signature Platinum is the first ultra-dynamic sounding cartridge I've experienced that maintains a near-perfect neutral tonality, without sacrificing the silky smooth and sweet house sound of My Sonic Lab cartridges."

– Richard Mak, Cartridge Dude

Four Decades of Cartridge-Building Expertise: My Sonic Lab

My Sonic Lab cartridges are the labors of master cartridge designer Yoshio Matsudaira seeking natural reproduction by minimizing signal loss, internal distortion, and phase distortion. All of the company's cartridges utilize Matsudaira's unique SH-μX magnetic core, a special material with higher permeability and flux density than the typical iron core material used in MC cartridges. It also allows My Sonic Lab to use fewer coil windings than other MC cartridges, minimizing music-robbing distortions and maximizing signal output. The high-efficiency approach translates into wide dynamic range, fast transient response, low distortion, and a high signal-to-noise ratio.

Internal impedance: 1.4Ω

Output voltage: 0.5mV

Compliance: 10x10-6cm/dyen

Weight: 13g

Recommended tracking force: 1.9-2.2g

Recommended loading: 100-800Ω (ideal is around 400Ω)