Custom handbuilt moving coil cartridges with the coil of a GRASSHOPPER III and the frontpole and suspension of the GRASSHOPPER IV: the best cartridge available for its price.
Production time:
The production time for a The FROG ® cartridge after ordering is about two weeks.
Version: a) Standard
b) Gold
c) High Ouput
Stylus Replacement Available: see (*1)
Stylus Shape: VDH - IS
Stylus Radii: 2 x 85 Micron
Frequency Range: 5 - 55.000 Hz
Tracking Force: 13.5 - 16 mN
Static Compliance: 35 Micron/mN
Tracking Ability at 15mN at 315Hz: 70 - 80 Micron
Output Voltage at 1 kHz at 5.7 cm/s eff.: a) 0.65 mV RMS
b) 0.65 mV RMS
c) 2.25 mV RMS
Channel Unbalance: < 0.3 dB
Channel Separation at 1kHz / 10kHz: > 35 / > 30 dB
Equivalent Stylus Tip Mass: 0.32 Milligram
System Weight: 8.2 Gram
Vertical Tracking Angle : 22 Degrees
Optimum Load Capacitance: see (*2)
Recommended Load Impedance: a) 500 (> 200) Ohm
b) 500 (> 200) Ohm
c) 47k (> 1k) Ohm
Recommended Eff Tone arm Mass: 6 - 10 Gram
Moving Coil Resistance per channel: a) 21 Ohm +/- 10%
b) 16 Ohm +/- 10%
c) 96 Ohm +/- 10%