{"title":"All Products - Ikeda","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"ikeda-9ts-moving-coil-phono-cartridge","title":"Ikeda 9TS Moving Coil Phono Cartridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"\u003eTonally it has the same musicality as the other MC cartridges in the 9 family. No compromises are made also during processing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 9TS 0.35mV is about twice as high output voltage compared to the 9TT so that it can be\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ikeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31755391565935,"sku":"Ikeda9TS","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0140\/4859\/1926\/products\/Screenshot_2020-06-15Ikeda_s9TS.png?v=1743095461"},{"product_id":"ikeda-9tt-moving-coil-phono-cartridge","title":"Ikeda 9TT Moving Coil Phono Cartridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Ikeda 9TT is specially designed and developed with the concept that a cartridge should be easier to handle, by inheriting the characteristics of competent ability for the sonorous expression power attained with the former cantileverless IKEDA 9 series cartridges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe body is made of a solid aluminum alloy by lathing a piece of aluminum precisely one by one in order to hold the generator unit firmly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cantilever is made of a double layered duralumin pipe in order to reduce its actual weight and any possible warping affecting the sound badly, in addition to gaining stiffness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sound sources picked up by the line contact architecture of the stylus chip will be precisely delivered to the magnetic coils. In addition, thanks to the highly efficient Permalloy core, low impedance coils, very strong neodymium magnet and an ideally shaped magnet yoke, it is possible to purely reproduce the sound without having any redundant coloring of sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn order to pick up the hidden sound elements and a glamor of sounds itself engraved on LPs\/SPs in addition to the fulfillment for various conditions required for the best phono cartridge as a reproducing device, we always spend plenty of time to fabricate and then make an alignment repeatedly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ikeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31755411521647,"sku":"Ikeda9TT","price":4400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0140\/4859\/1926\/products\/Screenshot_2020-06-15Ikeda_s9TT.png?v=1743095460"},{"product_id":"ikeda-9mono-moving-coil-phono-cartridge","title":"Ikeda 9Mono Moving Coil Phono Cartridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIKEDA 9mono was designed specifically for use in mono and not a modification of the stereo cartridge. Head body is made of solid aluminum alloy layers, to securely hold the generator unit. Needle holder is made in the form of bilayer duralumin tubes to minimize weight and ruggedness. Chip needle (stylus) has an oval shape that will effectively read information from any mono LPs in any period of their press. Unlike all conventional mono pickup heads, 9mono has two independent coils - right and left, located separately in the housing so that the electrical circuit is mounted separately. Two low resistance coils have vertical winding. A high efficiency permalloy core generates power only in the horizontal motion. This architecture eliminates extraneous hum noise that can disturb while listening to music. The design and technical solutions to the cartridge IKEDA 9mono implement the main task - to reveal the hidden nuances in the record and play it with the charm and harmony which it had originally sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ikeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31755425742959,"sku":"Ikeda9Mono","price":4400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0140\/4859\/1926\/products\/9mono.jpg?v=1743095459"},{"product_id":"ikeda-sai-moving-coil-phono-cartridge-with-headshell","title":"Ikeda SAI Moving Coil Phono Cartridge with Headshell","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"\u003eThe SAI is the uncompromising advancement of the legendary 9MUSAM with completely brand new pickup system. Engineers from IKEDA succeeded to transfer the tonal qualities of the 9MUSAM without compromising. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe output voltage could be increased through further development in the area of the coil drive to 0, a channel equal 0.5dB 30mV! The cantilever consists of Boron and the diamond is Micro-Ridge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ikeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31755455922287,"sku":"IkedaSAI","price":6800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0140\/4859\/1926\/products\/Screenshot_2020-06-15Ikeda_sSAI_withHeadshell.png?v=1743095459"},{"product_id":"ikeda-kai-moving-coil-phono-cartridge","title":"Ikeda KAI Moving Coil Phono Cartridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIKEDA Sound Labs new KAI Reference MC Cartridge is the highlight of over four decades of experiences in cartridge design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe KAI is designed to rank amongst the very best out there together with Lyra Atlas and Goldfinger Statement. It represents Ikeda san's over 4 decades of experiences in cartridge design. The KAI represents his finest masterpiece ever made in his entire analog career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new KAI moving coil cartridge is the culmination of technology and craftsmanship to now represent his best efforts to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach cartridge is hand assembled, precisely aligned and inspected one by one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutput voltage is 0.19 mVrms, coil impedance is 2.5 Ohms and appropriate stylus force is 1.8 gram (+\/-0.2 grams). Frequency response is from 10Hz to 45kHz, channel separation is over 27dB and channel balance is within 1.0dB (1kHz).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe newest flagship Ikeda KAI MC cartridge is the very special model that uses the high quality materials and components in each part of cartridge in order to further improve the performance over conventional models.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe body unit is made of a solid aluminum alloy and the base mounting the generator unit is made of the strongest Titanium by lathing a piece of aluminum alloy and Titanium one by one precisely. The body unit is buff polished and then coated with an Ikeda Blue Alumite. These special materials and the craftsmanship will bring out thoroughly the possible abilities of both the micro-ridge stylus chip which will be able to trace a groove accurately up to the super high range and also of the cantilever made of Boron which can secure a superior delivery of oscillation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition, thanks to the highly efficient Permalloy core, low impedance coils, ideally shaped magnet yoke and the generator unit embedded samarium-cobalt magnet; it is possible to reproduce the sound as close as the original at the highest level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIkeda KAI cartridge is always sophisticatedly assembled, precisely aligned and inspectingly produced one by one by spending plenty of time with the fulfillment of various kinds of conditions required for the best phono cartridge as a playback device, for instance, in order to extract the musical elements as it is recorded in LPs\/SPs, especially the outperformance hidden in the specifications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ikeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31755662131311,"sku":"IkedaKAI","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0140\/4859\/1926\/products\/kai_001_1.jpg?v=1743095458"},{"product_id":"ikeda-9gss-moving-coil-phono-cartridge","title":"Ikeda 9GSS Moving Coil Phono Cartridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur team has spent a couple of years developing the 9Gsswhich stands as our new flagship model on top of the Ikeda KAI. This newly developed cartridge will offer unbeatably superb sound reproduction ability of high and low frequencies with a precise and excellent balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe internal frame construction is made of the upper base (A) and the center pillar base (B) that are independently constructed and precisely assembled, instead of the usual construction of a single integrated design. As for the center pillar base, a special anti-vibration alloy which has the highest ability and the most superior to the absorbability for vibration and noise is adopted, so that the outline and imaging of sound will become much clearer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for the upper base, the most strong and solid Titanium is precisely CNC machined from the block, then buffed and polished manually one by one. Finally, the special process and final finish, 24K Gold plating of 5 microns thickness on top of Rhodium plating is applied. In addition, the outer body covering the internal mechanism and components is cut out from solid aluminum, and then processed by a hard buffing manually one by one. Then as a final process, the special surface treatment of the body 24K Gold plating of 5 microns on top of silver plating of 5 microns on the surface is applied. This kind of surface treatment is mainly applied for brass instruments in order to secure the best sound reverberation. Thanks to this treatment, the sound will become brilliant, elegant and distinctive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs for the stylus chip, it is made of a square diamond. As for the magnet, the most up-to-date Neodymium is used. As for the cantilever, a Boron which is superior to the transmission of oscillation is used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are proud that the Ikeda 9Gss attained all kinds of requirements and conditions for a phono cartridge as a sound reproduction tool, so that more elements not appeared on the specifications, for instance such as finer sounds hidden on vinyl disks, will be retrieved. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe will spend as much time as possible to fabricate and to make a delicate alignment in order to draw the best performance and attractive sound. Finally, we are wishing all of you to enjoy an excellent performance and ability of our new flagship 9Gss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Ikeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31755940921455,"sku":"Ikeda9GSS","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0140\/4859\/1926\/products\/9GSS.jpg?v=1743095457"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.safeandsoundhq.com\/collections\/all-products-ikeda.oembed","provider":"Safe and Sound HQ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}