Säljer en Transfiguration AF-1 1102 pickup från mitten av 90-talet. Komplett med tillbehör och förvaringslåda. Fungerar utan anmärkning. Legat oanvänd mycket länge pga flytt.

När den kom så ansågs detta vara en revolution inom avspelning. Ny teknik och hög kvalitet av sällan skådat slag. Nypris ca 15 000kr. Senaste motsvarande såldes för 4000kr på Tradera i maj.

Packar mycket väl och skickar gärna.

Citat från Stereophile:

The original Transfiguration AF-1, produced in the early 1990s, had a ring magnet instead of the then-usual rectangular magnet above the coil structure, associated with a U-shaped yoke. Ring-magnet cartridges are now more commonplace, but back then, this was a breakthrough.

The AF-1 had a single, hollowed-out, disc-shaped magnet, in the center of which the coil assembly was painstakingly positioned. Ultraprecise assembly, always important in the making of ultra-high-performance cartridges, was even more important in building the AF-1, and its low output of 0.1mV limited its compatibility with phono preamplifiers. However, the proximity of coil to magnet and the coil's location at the center of the magnet produced unprecedented uniformity of magnetic flux field. This resulted in audible benefits, particularly a more linear frequency response and better spatial coherence.

Citat från Hifi News:

Engineer, classical music lover and a keen concert-goer, Seiji Yoshioka founded the Immutable Music company in 1992 to launch his Transfiguration AF-1 moving- coil cartridge. Having studied existing conventional MCs, Yoshioka had identified the inherent problem of asymmetry in the magnet system, and came up with his own solution. ‘I see a unique heritage of recorded music from the golden age
of stereo LP productions somewhat in jeopardy,’ he says, ‘Unless people have a chance to hear more of those glories. The personal mission led me to capitalise on the unique potential of the “ring-magnet” and “yokeless” construction.’
After the AF-1, later models all followed the same principle, though with many refinements. The Transfiguration Orpheus, introduced in 2007, would remain the flagship of the range until the arrival of this new Proteus.