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NAGATRON HV9100

Hello all, years gone by I worked for Marcof, some of you may remember the moving coil head amps. At one time Nagoaka asked us to develop a Head Amp for this cartridge. They sent us one, we did a few hours of testing, but only 2 or so hours of listening. So I have a Nagatron HV9100 Ribbon phono cartridge in mint condition in its original box and it is completely spec'd out with full graphs....
It has been gone so long.... Thinking about selling it off, anyone out there have an idea of its value? If it is worth much, I'll list it for sale here, If not, it has been resting fine. Thanks for any replies. Tim
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intactaudio
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I have one with a broken cantilever. Have been looking for another to see what they are about. No idea of what their value is... maybe try ebay and let the market decide.

Really rare or esoteric things can be all over the map. If you find the right buyer you can do well but there is also he chance of little to no interest.

dave
intactaudio
293 posts
 
Well Vinyl Engine says it was $400 new but doesn't mention if the pre-preamp was included. It also mentions that it is "rare" I for one would like to hear any info on this cartridge and have been digging with little real info being found.

please give a heads up here before you list it since I do not follow the classifieds. Also any more info would be greatly appreciated since 99.99% of vinyl junkies have never heard of a ribbon cartridge.

dave
intactaudio
293 posts
 
what needs to be repaired on it?  I have one that also needs a new stylus assembly and have not gotten much past that.  It is missing the cantilever and it appears as if the suspension has "dissolved" to give no indication where / how the cantilever was fixed.  The cantilever then rests (presumably with a damper) in a "cradle" that moves the ribbons but without more detailed info on how everything integrates, it sits in a box.  In practice it looks like the Sao Win or first panasonic strain gauge cartridges but beyond that info is sparse.

dave
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