Phasemation PP-300 MC Phono Cartridge

PP-1000 Magnetic Circuit Technology
The PP-300 benefits from the advanced magnetic circuit design of Phasemation’s flagship PP-1000. By refining materials and production processes, the PP-300 offers enhanced cost efficiency while maintaining high performance. The use of a samarium-cobalt magnet provides an expansive sound field and a fresh, vibrant audio quality, improving upon previous models like the P-3.

High-Quality Duralumin Body with DLC Coating
The PP-300 inherits the highly regarded duralumin base and body from the P-3, now further enhanced with a DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) coating. This combination provides superior rigidity and vibration-damping, ensuring precise and stable audio reproduction.

Premium Audio Materials
To achieve the highest audio quality, the PP-300 retains key materials from the PP-1000:

• a pure boron cantilever
• 6N oxygen-free copper wire magneto coil
• a pure iron coil bobbin.

These premium components work together to deliver the rich, dynamic sound Phasemation is known for.

Cartridge Type: Moving Coil.

Impedance: 4 ohm.

Appropriate stylus pressure: 2.0 g.

Output voltage: 0.28 mV or more(1 kHz, 50 mm/s, Horizontal direction)

Compliance: 8.0x10(e-6) cm/dyne.

Frequency Range: 10Hz to 30kHz.

Separation: 30 dB or more (1 kHz)

Channel balance: 1 dB or less (1 kHz)

Mass of body: 11.1g

Stylus chip: Diamon (Line Contact; Curvature 0.03 x 0.003mm)

Audiophilia Review

“Low level information retrieval is spectacular for such a reasonably priced cartridge, better than both the Rega and the Ortofon. Even better than more expensive Clearaudio cartridges I’ve tried”

 

“Bass? The PP-300 has both by the tiny nuts!”

 

“I loved the way the Phasemation conveyed visceral energy in performances. ”

- Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia

 

Awards :

• Stereo Sound Best Buy Components 2012-13 – 1st Prize, Phono Cartridge
• Stereo Sound Best Buy Components 2013-14 – 3rd Prize, Phono Cartridge
• Ongen Publishing Audio Excellence Award 2012 – Bronze Prize
• Ongen Publishing Analog Grand Prix 2013 – Gold Award
• Seibundo-Shinkosha 2012 MJ Technology of the Year – Analog Components Award

This award-winning Phasemation MC phono cartridge has been gently used, mainly for demonstration purposes, and is in excellent, near-mint condition. With minimal hours of play, it’s ready to deliver the rich, detailed sound that this model is known for. If you're seeking high-end performance at a great value, this cartridge is a perfect opportunity.

There are only a few hairline marks on the body, unnoticeable to the naked eye.

Condition : 8.5 / 10

"Phasemation" is the hi-fi audio brand of Kyodo Denshi Engineering Co., Ltd. (Previous "PhaseTech" brand of our company was changed to "Phasemation".) "Phasemation" is a word created by combining "Phase" and "Information". Fundamentals of hi-fi audio is to reproduce live music stage by left and right two channels sound. To attain that goal, the phase characteristics between the channels are very important, and that is why we created our brand. The technological root of our company is to develop and manufacture electronic measurement instruments. We are an engineering company in pursuit of development for full automation autonomous driving technology, using our core technology.

Therefore, we are in a position to be able to utilize our most advanced technology for development and manufacturing of exquisite hi-fi audio equipments where accurate phase characteristics are required.

 

Phasemation's Philosophy

The sound that we strive after is reproduction of live music stage in front of the listener as if musicians are playing there, and reproduction of players' pathos and emotions. We believe that realization of such musical reproduction is the goal for the sound created by stereo equipments.

To realize our goal, important technical elements such as phase characteristics, circuit technology and vibration control technology are required for the stereo system. Using our technology for all these elements, our ideal stereo system can be created and manufactured.

But, however exquisite the stereo system is, it is not possible to reproduce 100% of original live music. After all, they are just audio equipments. So, we strive to create sound as if artists are playing in front of the listener. To realize it, audio equipment's localization ability of sound sources is very important, and our products are developed and made to maintain accurate phase. 

Phasemation is dedicated to keep searching for the best stereo sound, and for creating music stage of the concert hall, communicating with our enthusiastic customers. 

We wish to grow audiophile market together with customers, and wish to share joy of stereo sound with our customers in the world.

• We will keep our products as long as possible in the product line, and our wish is for our customers to keep enjoying our products for many years.
• We are responsible for our products, and support customer service offering repair and maintenance services.