Step Up Stages - My Sonic Lab
A moving magnet (MM) phono cartridge has a lower output level than a "line level" music source (like hi-fi streamer or DAC) and a moving coil (MC) phono cartridge has an even lower output level. These wonderful "step-up stages" allow you to use a lower output MC cartridge with a phono stage that only has an input for an MM cartridge. In other words, it amplifies and equalises the difference between an MC and MM cartridge. This function is very important as the delicate low level audio signal from an MC cartridge is very fragile, so a good quality step up stage will pay dividends in excellent sound quality.
My Sonic Lab is a cartridge company that makes high performance cartridges based around their unique SH-μX high flux / high permeability core material, which is commonly referred to as a genuine breakthrough in cartridge designs within the last fifty years.
Founded by master cartridge maker Mr. Yoshio Matsudaira in 2004, My sonic Lab’s goal is to develop the ultimate dream cartridges, and it’s with the use of their SH-μX material that achieves the low internal impedance and high output performance. This reduces the amount of coil wire required to give a decent output level, and with the reduction of coil wire comes a greater low-level resolution.
Some of the My Sonic Labs most notable products include: the Ultra Eminent EX, the Hyper Eminent Ex and the Eminent Solo.
