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Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge

Trying to figure out which cartridge I got here, came to me on a Well Tempered Reference turntable.. 

Its an Ikeda with no cantilever, so one of the earlier generation cartridges I believe. It is that gold color that the 9TT is, however where the 9TT logo is there is just a kanji character. 

Vinyl engine has about 6 to choose from, but the pics are black and white and do not show the side of the cartridge where the logo is. 

Anyone got an idea which one this could be? Like I said looks exactly like a 9TT in color, but different logo and no cantilever. 

Thanks!
neonknight

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chakster
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@neonknight

Just look at ALL Ikeda cartridges here, hope you will find yours.
The J.R. is just OEM for US market, normally overpriced compared to genuine Ikeda for Japanese market. 
BTW only cantilever-less design is worth the attention, some of them are very rare, this is what Ikeda-San assembled by himself, new Ikeda cartridges are no longer made by the master (RIP).

I was lucky to buy Ikeda 9 III on dedicated headshell for my FR64s tonearm with B-60.

And later purchased Ikeda IT-345 tonearm, it was the old arm, not the new CR-1.

No time to compare those beauties, probably next year.
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chakster
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Did you ever looked on the link i gave you ?

However I find no reference to an Ikeda 9 anywhere on the net. Is this the first Ikeda cartridge?

All IKEDA cartridges are here and you can check specs and prices for each of them. There are so many variations of the 9 model as you can see, the latest are far superior to the old (first 9) and much more expensive. 

You can send your cart to Expert Stylus in UK as our Nandric did as far as i know.  
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this is what you mean ?

I think it’s just the same cartridge Ikeda made for Jeff Rowland for USA

IKEDA 9 Jeff Rowland (Limited Edition):
Recommended tracking force: 2 grams
Frequency response: 10-45,000 Hz ± 2.5 dB
Frequency response: 10 - 45000 Hz
Output voltage: 0.18 mV 0.18 mV
Cartridge weight: 16 grams Own weight 16g
List price $ 2500

some seller mentioned that it’s probably the same or nearly identical to Ikeda R from 1989 or REX from 1993 






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Well, google translate APP on the iPhone can translate from the image or if you will point your camera on the object (text in any language). It’s a miracle, lol
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