Consolidated Audio out of Germanyoffers transformers using cores of either mu-metal—an 80% alloy of nickel balanced out with 12% to 15% iron and a variety of other elements (Consolidated calls it “Hi-Nickel”)—or Nano Crystalline, which offers a number of technical advantages over normal ferrite cores and claims advantages over amorphous cores.
Either type of core can be wound with copper, 99.99% silver, or a mix of both. Consolidated offers SUTs with low (1:10/20dB), medium (1:15/23.5dB), or high (1:20/26dB) turns ratios, intended, respectively, for cartridges that output 0.5mV, 0.35mV, and 0.25mV. Used with a standard 47k ohm moving-magnet phono stage, the cartridge would “see” loads of 470, 209, and 118 ohms.
SOS has commissioned Consolidated Audio to make an SUT to match our MSL Signature Diamond cartridge into our NVO and or CS Port phono stages. We are VERY excited to hear this combination. Stay tuned.
