Benz Micro Glider SL
0.4 mV Low Output Moving Coil (MC) cartridge system
The Benz Micro Glider SL is a Moving Coil (MC) cartridge system with a low output of 0.4 mV and connects to the phono MC input of your amplifier.
The Benz Micro Glider SL is now considered a classic in its price range.
This cartridge system shows how precise precision engineering and the constant drive for improvement can turn a “very good” into an “excellent” product.
Like all other Benz Micro cartridge systems, the Benz Micro Glider SL is entirely hand-crafted in Switzerland and benefits from the latest findings and improvements in magnet strength, moving mass and azimuth and tension wire adjustment.
A special design feature of the Benz Micro Glider is its housing-less construction: as a “naked” pickup system, the Benz Micro Glider is completely free from housing resonances.
The virtually unlimited combination options with a wide variety of tonearms make the Benz Micro Glider a universal playing partner for high-quality drives.
High End Moving Coil cartridge system
Benz Micro Glider SL = 0.4 mV – Low output – connection to the Phono MC input
The low output voltage (= Low Output) of 0.4mV of the Benz Micro Glider SL requires connection to a low-noise Phono MC input on your phono amplifier.
This must also provide sufficient reinforcement.
Specs
Benz Micro Glider SL
Low Output Moving Coil (MC) cartridge system
Physical
Cantilever: solid boron rod: 0,28mm diameter
Stylus: nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished, met MicroRidge (MR) naald
Stylus tip radius: 5 x 120 µm
Vertical tracking angle (VTA): 20 degrees
Coil: pure iron cross coil
Weight: 6,8 grams
Electrical
Output voltage: 0,4mV at 3,54 cm/s
Internal impedance: 12 ohms
Frequency response: 20 – 20.000 Hz +/- 1dB
Channel balance: better than 0,5dB
Channel separation: better than 35dB at 1 kHz
Dynamic
Tracking ability at 315 Hz at a tracking force of 2 grams: > 80 µm
Dynamic compliance: 15 µm/mN
Setup instructions
Recommended loading: 100 – 47.000 ohms
Recommended tracking force: 1,7 – 2,0 grams
Optimum tracking force: 1,7 – 1,8 grams
Recommended tonearm mass: medium to high
Optimum working temperature: 23° C
Break-in period: 40 hours