Sounds of Music

Phono cartridges

Moving-magnet and moving-coil cartridges. 5 brands in our guide.

ClearaudioClearaudio is a German analogue specialist based in Erlangen, founded in 1978 by Peter Suchy. It started with… GradoGrado Labs is an American family company based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 1953 by Joseph Grado, a… KoetsuKoetsu is a Japanese maker of moving-coil phono cartridges, founded by Yoshiaki Sugano, who began designing… TransfigurationTransfiguration is a Japanese maker of moving-coil phono cartridges, designed by Seiji Yoshioka. Its… van den Hulvan den Hul is a Dutch company founded by A. J. van den Hul, a physicist and engineer best known for two…

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