| Title | Value |
|---|---|
| Type : | Direct-Coupled moving coil |
| Output voltage : | 0,25mV (1Khz, 5cm/s ; MC-L10) |
| 0,2mV (1Khz, 5cm/s ; MC-5E) | |
| Output balance : | < 1dB |
| Frequency response : | 10Hz...50Khz (MC-L10) |
| 10Hz...40Khz (MC-5E) | |
| Channel separation : | 27dB (1Khz, MC-L10) |
| 25dB (1Khz, MC-5E) | |
| Impedance : | 30 Ohm |
| Load resistance : | > 30 Ohm |
| Dynamic compliance : | 8 x 10-6 dyne (100Hz) |
| Optimal tracking force : | 1,5g (± 0,15g, MC-L10) |
| 1,5g (± 0,2g, MC-5E) | |
| Stylus : | Shibata MkIII (MC-L10) |
| 0,3 x 0,7mil elliptical (MC-5E) | |
| Weight : | 8,7g (MC-L10) |
| 7,0g (MC-5E). |
JVC MC-L10
1981
1983
Part of the L10 series, part also of the ultimate efforts to perfect LP replay, the MC-L10 is a Direct-Coupled cartridge with a Beryllium cantilever - if beryllium wasn't a Victor exclusive, the DC system was.
DC however didn't mean what it means in amplifier design, for it was a way to convert the stylus vibrations into current much sooner than conventional systems by placing the coil... on the cantilever itself, only a milimeter away from the stylus !
To avoid obvious tracking problems, the coil itself is a (very) thin air-core conductor photo-etched on a poly-imide wafer.
The smaller MC-5E shares the same basic design and specs with the MC-L10 but uses a conventional elliptical stylus rather than the Shibata mkIII of the Victor MC-L10.
Victor would produce two more DC MC cartridges later in the 1980s (MC-L1000) before withdrawing from the visible high-end and quality audio markets alltogether.
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