The Koetsu Azule Platinum is a high-end, hand-crafted moving coil (MC) phono cartridge known for its stunning musicality, natural warmth, and dynamic range, featuring a unique dumortierite stone body, silver-clad copper coils, a boron cantilever, and rare platinum magnets, offering an immersive, almost “live” listening experience for discerning audiophiles. It’s a flagship model from Japan’s famed Koetsu brand, carrying on Yoshiaki Sugano’s legacy of blending exotic natural materials with high-purity technical components.

This Azule is virtually new. It was sourced from the first owner who has used it for not more than 10 hours. Due to the availability of alternative ultra highend cartridges, he decided to trade this one in. As can be seen in the pictures, it can almost not be distuinguished from a new one.

Including original box, certificate and needle protector. Newprice: 11.500 euro (pricelist is available), now for 5.990 euro.

Specs:

– Body: Dumortierite Stone
– Type: Moving Coil
– Coil Wiring: Silverplated Copper
– Magnet: Platinum Magnet
– Cantilever: Boron Cantilever
– Output Volts: 0.3mV
– Frequency Range: 20Hz to 100kHz
– Channel Separation: 25db/1kHz
– Inner Impedance: 5 Ohm
– Channel Balance: 0.5db/1kHz
– Recommended Impednace: 30 Ohm
– Weight: 13g
– Compliance: 5 x 10-6 cm/dyne at 100 hz