Moving Coil
The Moving Coil design is again a tiny electromagnetic generator, but (unlike a Moving Magnet design) with the magnet and coils reversed: the coils are attached to the stylus, and move within the field of a permanent magnet. The coils are tiny and made from very fine wire, so are even lighter than the small magnet used in a Moving Magnet cartridge, thus improving the tracking ability of the cartridge. This can give extended frequency response as well as greater fidelity.
A disadvantage however is that moving-coil cartridges generate an even lower voltage signal than an moving-magnet type cartridge. This is because the moving coil cannot be large enough (it would be too heavy) to generate equivalent voltage levels. The resulting signal is only a few hundred microvolts, and thus more easily swamped by noise, induced hum, etc. Thus it is more challenging to design a preamplifier with the extremely low noise inputs needed for moving-coil cartridge, therefore a "step up transformer" are sometimes used instead.
Moving coil cartridges are extremely small precision instruments and are therefore generally expensive, but are frequently preferred by audiophiles due to their better performance.
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 Koetsu URUSHI WAJIMA Moving Coil Cartridge STEREO  US $4,495.00
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 Koetsu Vintage MC Cartridge Moving coil phono cartridge for Tonearm US $3,699.00
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 AK Labs WoodShell Reference Aluminum SQ Moving Coil MC Cartridge AD1 300B 2A3 US $2,185.00
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 Ortofon SPU Royal A Moving Coil cartridge NEW US $2,065.00
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 Partridge TH 7834 II Step up transformer for MC Cartridge Moving coil Cartridge US $1,799.00
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 Ortofon Cadenza Blue Moving Coil Cartridge US $1,732.18
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 Koetsu Onyx moving coil cartridge 3cm Long Body version $8000 No Reserve STEAL US $1,726.00
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 AK Lab EC 3GS MC Moving Coil Cartridge AD1 300B 2A3 245 US $1,600.00
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 Ortofon MC Jubilee Moving Coil cartridge NEW US $1,595.00
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 Ortofon SPU Reference A Moving Coil cartridge NEW US $1,550.00
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 Denon DL S1 phono cartridge low output moving coil US $1,350.00
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 Denon AU 1000 Step up transformer for Mc Cartridge Moving coil Cartridge US $1,199.00
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 Denon DL S1 Moving Coil Cartridge US $1,125.00
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 Denon presents DL S1 moving coil cartridge US $1,124.99
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 Ortofon SPU Classic A Moving Coil cartridge NEW US $1,075.00
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 Ortofon MC Kontrapunkt B Moving Coil cartridge NEW US $1,059.00
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 Ortofon MC 70 Anniversary Moving Coil cartridge NOS US $999.00
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 Grace GS 10 Step up transformer for Mc Cartridge Moving coil cartridge US $899.00
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 EMT STD 15 MC Cartridge Moving Coil Cartridge shell US $899.00
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 Ortofon MC 30 Super II Moving Coil cartridge NEW US $889.00
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