X-quisite
PRODUCTS
About X-quisite:
From the brilliant design mind on Micha Huber from Hifiction(Thales, EMT) comes a new line of cartridges with the concept and materials research taking 4 years to come to fuition.
All X-quisite cartridges take advantage of the patented monobloc-ceramic transducer technology, which ensures supreme detail resolution and at the same time extremely natural sound. Each X-quisite cartridge is handmade piece by piece and calibrated by Micha Huber personally.
Monobloc-ceramic transducer
This patented technology is unique in history of MC-cartridges and allows supreme detail resolution and at the same time an extremely natural sound. It took us more than three years to solve all problems in manufacturing this micro part and we carefully protect the secret in how we do it.
Coil
The coil material - copper or silver with high purity grade - defines the tonal characteristic of the different X-quisite models. The winding technology is specifically adapted to the ceramic coil-body.
Magnet circuit
The ironless coil-design of the X-quisite transducer requires a strong magnet circuit in order to achieve reasonable output voltage. It took us many prototype setups and listening sessions before we found the perfect solution to be a Neodym-Armco combination with special measures to reduce eddy current loss to an absolute minimum.
Holder
The magnet is entirely built into an aluminium-holder, ensuring the mechanical energy-flow between tonearm and transducer to be as direct as possible. Between tonearm and cartridge, a carefully matched wooden inlay balances the resonance-properties of the contact area.
Body
The body is milled out of a massive block and its material is sonically carefully matched to the characteristic of the different models.
CONVENTIONAL TRANSDUCER WITH ALUMINIUM CANTILEVER
The diamond tip is fixed to a cantilever made of aluminium. Since aluminium is a relatively soft material, the high-dynamic tracking process causes deformation of the cantilever and therefore distortion of the signal. Moreover, there is a joint between cantilever and coil body, which, due to lever action, carries the highest dynamical load of the transducer and cannot pass on the movement without loss.
HIGH-END TRANSDUCER WITH BORON OR SAPPHIRE CANTILEVER
The cantilever is fully or partly made of boron, sapphire or even diamond. Thus, vibration of the cantilever itself is minimised. But the joint between cantilever and coil body is even harder loaded, and this weak point impairs the quality of the signal transmission.
X-QUISITE TRANSDUCER WITH PATENTED MONOBLOC-CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY
Cantilever and coil body are made of a single high-strength ceramic piece. Accordingly, there is no more joint at the point of the highest dynamic load, and the music signal is transmitted absolutely pure from the diamond tip to the coil body. X-quisite allows supreme detail resolution and at the same time an extremely natural sound.