The Nagaoka MP-300 is an advanced technology cartridge that offers detail resolution, finer images on a wider, deeper, better-defined soundstage, and an overall balance that is among the most pleasing regardless of price. It offers sophistication, refinement and high-definition at all audible frequencies thus making it one of our favorite phono cartridges. It's nimble on the grooves, vivid, frames a wide, deep and defined soundstage and is easy on the ears so you keep on wanting to listen more.

Type:
Moving Magnet

Cantilever & Stylus:
Cantilever Material: High-Strength Boron
Stylus Type: Superfine Polished Elliptical Bonded Diamond
Stylus Replacement: Nagaoka JN-P300

Electrical Characteristics:
Output Voltage: 5 mV (@ 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz – 25 kHz
Channel Balance: > 1 dB (@ 1 kHz)
Channel Separation: > 25 dB (@ 1 kHz)
Recommended Load Impedance: 47 kΩ

Compliance:
Dynamic Compliance: 7.2 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne
Static Compliance: 20 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne

Tracking & Setup:
Tracking Force Range: 1.3 – 1.8 g
Break-in Period: Approx. 30 hours

Physical:
Weight: 8 g