All-new, flagship moving coil cartridge
In order to make Linn’s best cartridge ever, Linn needed to look further afield, and at more varied materials. Linn conducted extensive experiments; auditioning different materials and configurations for the body, inserts, cantilever, suspension, windings and leads. The result is Ekstatik - the new jewel in the crown of the Linn cartridge range.
Linn’s all-new, flagship cartridge, Ekstatik, sets a new bar for arm/cartridge synergy; its unique construction forges an harmonious synergy with Ekos SE; wicking away more unwanted resonances along the arm, and out through the sub-chassis.
In Linn’s search for ever better materials, experiments led them to the implementation of aluminium-bronze inserts. Now a feature of Ekstatik, these inserts allow Linn to reap the sonic benefits they found this alloy to possess.
With a bespoke, honeycomb cut into the cartridge body, Linn has skeletonised Ekstatik so that overall mass is reduced to Linn’s preferred sweet spot of close to 7g.
A micro-ridge stylus on a sapphire cantilever makes for an extraordinarily responsive cartridge. The sapphire cantilever is far stiffer than boron or aluminium, resulting in less loss between the stylus and the generator.
The overall result is an agile, responsive cartridge with the added performance yielded from specifying these materials; masterfully matched in unique configurations.
Key Features:
Linn’s highest-performance cartridge
Aluminium-bronze inserts
Micro-ridge stylus on sapphire cantilever
Machined honeycomb 7075 aluminium body
Triple-point mounting system for accurate geometry
Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coated chassis
From Linn / Sondek LP12
All-new, flagship moving coil cartridge
In order to make Linn’s best cartridge ever, Linn needed to look further afield, and at more varied materials. Linn conducted extensive experiments; auditioning different materials and configurations for the body, inserts, cantilever, suspension, windings and leads. The result is Ekstatik - the new jewel in the crown of the Linn cartridge range.
Linn’s all-new, flagship cartridge, Ekstatik, sets a new bar for arm/cartridge synergy; its unique construction forges an harmonious synergy with Ekos SE; wicking away more unwanted resonances along the arm, and out through the sub-chassis.
In Linn’s search for ever better materials, experiments led them to the implementation of aluminium-bronze inserts. Now a feature of Ekstatik, these inserts allow Linn to reap the sonic benefits they found this alloy to possess.
With a bespoke, honeycomb cut into the cartridge body, Linn has skeletonised Ekstatik so that overall mass is reduced to Linn’s preferred sweet spot of close to 7g.
A micro-ridge stylus on a sapphire cantilever makes for an extraordinarily responsive cartridge. The sapphire cantilever is far stiffer than boron or aluminium, resulting in less loss between the stylus and the generator.
The overall result is an agile, responsive cartridge with the added performance yielded from specifying these materials; masterfully matched in unique configurations.
Key Features:
Linn’s highest-performance cartridge
Aluminium-bronze inserts
Micro-ridge stylus on sapphire cantilever
Machined honeycomb 7075 aluminium body
Triple-point mounting system for accurate geometry
Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coated chassis
From Linn / Sondek LP12
