@chakster I’m quite positive you will like the PP-300. It’s supposed to be very similar to the earlier P3G, which is a wonderful cartridge and indeed by far the best I’ve heard at a new price under $1500.
The brand is not very well known in the West and my contact in Japan told me I should give it a try. Apparently they are designed by Mr. Kanno, responsible for the famous Victor MC-L1000 direct couple carts decades ago. The Phasemation are more traditional LOMC’s with 0.28 mV output, 4 ohm impedance and low compliance. The boron cantilever with PA Ogura line contact stylus is identical to Transfiguration Proteus and other top Japanese MC’s.
It’s not a detail champion like the Proteus and the other super low impedance cartridges like MSL and Mutech, but somehow it always ’knows’ where the musical argument is going, anchored by hugely powerful bass and strong dynamics. In some ways it reminds me of the work by Takeda San and I’ve put it side by side to the Krell KC-200 for comparison. The likeness is unmistakable, although the Krell/Miyabi has ’something’ that is quite magical and not easy to put into words. You know what I mean 😇
A few months ago I added the PP Mono, which has the same ’big balls’ presentation. I can assure you I’d never heard my original blue notes this way. As for tonearm synergy, both are natural partners to the FR-64S.
I have my radar on a previously cherished PP-1000, but they are never offered for sale. I can understand why. You do see previously owned samples of P3G and PP-300, presumably from people moving up the ladder. I was hoping some PP-1000’s would be offered after the introduction of PP-2000, but no luck so far.
The brand is not very well known in the West and my contact in Japan told me I should give it a try. Apparently they are designed by Mr. Kanno, responsible for the famous Victor MC-L1000 direct couple carts decades ago. The Phasemation are more traditional LOMC’s with 0.28 mV output, 4 ohm impedance and low compliance. The boron cantilever with PA Ogura line contact stylus is identical to Transfiguration Proteus and other top Japanese MC’s.
It’s not a detail champion like the Proteus and the other super low impedance cartridges like MSL and Mutech, but somehow it always ’knows’ where the musical argument is going, anchored by hugely powerful bass and strong dynamics. In some ways it reminds me of the work by Takeda San and I’ve put it side by side to the Krell KC-200 for comparison. The likeness is unmistakable, although the Krell/Miyabi has ’something’ that is quite magical and not easy to put into words. You know what I mean 😇
A few months ago I added the PP Mono, which has the same ’big balls’ presentation. I can assure you I’d never heard my original blue notes this way. As for tonearm synergy, both are natural partners to the FR-64S.
I have my radar on a previously cherished PP-1000, but they are never offered for sale. I can understand why. You do see previously owned samples of P3G and PP-300, presumably from people moving up the ladder. I was hoping some PP-1000’s would be offered after the introduction of PP-2000, but no luck so far.