! IO I ! ! MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE OWNER’S INFORMATION !
CONTENTS ! 1) CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY DISPOSAL 2) INTRODUCTION 3) OVERVIEW 6) UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION 10) CLEANING AND SERVICING 11) TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 12) WARRANTY INFORMATION 13) CONTACT INFORMATION
CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We declare under our sole responsibility that this product is in conformity with the following standards or standardized documents: BS EN 60065 in accordance with the regulations 73/23/EEC, 89/336/EEC (from 1 January 1997) CE 94 Peter Qvortrup, Director Audio Note (UK) Limited 25 Montefiore Road Hove East Sussex BN3 1RD United Kingdom Tel: Fax: +44 (0)1273 220 511 +44 (0)1273 731 498 ! DISPOSAL This product must not be disposed of as normal household waste.
INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing this Audio Note (UK) product. With the correct care it should give you many years of pleasure and enjoyment. Please take the time to read all of the information in this manual before connecting your new component to an electrical supply or your system, to ensure both your safety and satisfaction. Please note that due to our desire to continually improve products, specifications are subject to change without notice.
IO I MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE Congratulations on your purchase of the Audio Note (UK) IO I Moving Coil cartridge. It is, without question, one of the finest and most technically significant Moving Coil cartridge available today. No other range of Moving Coil cartridge offers such an unparalleled combination of hitherto unknown performance, information retrieval, dynamic contrast, tonal accuracy and sheer musical enjoyment.
IO I MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE Magnetic circuit Once the mechanical assembly had been perfected the next area to which particular attention was paid was the magnetic circuit. From numerous tests carried out on a variety of materials and configurations, it was established that different types of magnetic materials exert a subtle influence on the perceived quality of the final sound. After further extensive research the optimal magnetic circuit was found to be electro magnetically generated.
IO I MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE Damping As mentioned above, damping of the cantilever is extremely critical. Too much and the cartridge will sound dull, as a large amount of the critical energy from the record will be absorbed in the damper instead of reaching the coils, reducing the efficiency of the energy transfer from the record (as vibrational energy) to the cartridge (as electrical energy).
UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION Please take care when unpacking your IO I. Choose a clean, clear location to unpack your cartridge. We recommend that you retain and carefully store all of the original packing materials, in case transportation / shipping is required at a later date. Open the wooden transit box. You will see that the cartridge is mounted on a wooden insert for protection during shipping.
IO I INSTALLATION It is often easier to connect the tonearm wires to the connection pins located at the rear of the cartridge body before it is mounted in the head-shell. The pins are colour coded according to the International Standard Colour Code.
IO I INSTALLATION continued… The cartridge body is equipped with mounting holes in the top surface to accept the supplied mounting bolts. They are spaced 12.7mm apart, (across the width of the cartridge body) which is the industry standard distance. Additionally, the IO I has six mounting holes – three per side – rather than the conventional two; this is to provide the most rigid and secure coupling possible between cartridge and headshell.
IO I INSTALLATION continued… To achieve correct cartridge alignment, it will be necessary to use the alignment protractor provided with your tonearm. If in doubt, contact your tonearm manufacturer, or contact you Audio Note (UK) dealer, who will be able to advise you. It is also important to make sure that the top surface of the cartridge is mounted parallel to the surface of the record, when viewed from the front and side.
CLEANING AND SERVICING Cleaning The IO I requires no special maintenance or cleaning. Under no circumstances should any liquid or solvent-based cleaning solutions be applied to the diamond or cantilever. Build up of dust of fluff can be gently blown away, and only in very extreme circumstances should a small, soft artist’s brush be used to clean the diamond of cantilever, moving the brush, slowly, gently and extremely carefully from back to front, never in the opposite direction or from side to side.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OUTPUT VOLTAGE 0.04mV / 5cm / sec INTERNAL IMPEDANCE 1 Ohm MATCHING IMPEDANCE 3 – 4 Ohms FREQUENCY RANGE 10 – 50KHz, +/- 2dB (dynamic test) SEPARATION Greater than 30dB at 1KHz COMPLIANCE (TYPICAL) Horizontal 10 Vertical 15 WEIGHT 11g STYLUS PRESSURE 2 – 3g 2.5g optimal CANTILEVER Titanium STYLUS AN Type 2 Diamond NOTE Due to Audio Note (UK)’s ongoing research and development program, specifications are subject to change without notice.
WARRANTY INFORMATION Audio Note (UK) warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the original date of purchase from an appointed Audio Note (UK) dealer, and agrees to cover the cost of parts and associated labour required to correct such defects, subject to terms & conditions. This Warranty is offered to the first purchaser only. Any valves supplied with the unit are warranted for three months from the original date of purchase.
CONTACT INFORMATION If in the future your Audio Note (UK) product requires servicing, or if you require technical support or have any questions regarding this or any of our other products, please contact your local Audio Note (UK) dealer. Alternatively, please feel free to contact us directly: -! Audio Note (UK) Limited 25 Montefiore Road Hove East Sussex BN3 1RD United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1273 220 511 Fax: +44 (0)1273 731 498 e-mail: info@audionote.co.
