Bang & Olufsen MMC-1 specifications

Category : Pickup

General :

Technical data of test report

MM cartridge
- transmission range 20 Hz to 20 kHz, ± 1dB
sampling needle: square cross-section 0.1 x 0.1 mm, crystal-oriented chopsticks, Contact-Line cut
values [for comparison: manufacturer information]
Deep-sampling capability: 10 mN: 80 to; just under 12.5 mN: 90 to
height-sampling capability: 10 mN: 0,45/0,84%
frequency inter-modulation: 10 mN: 0.30 in/0,46%
Vertical track angle 19° [-°]
transfer factor and source impedance
- 0.8 mV-s/cm £ -47 dBV [> 0.6 mV-s/cm]
- 650 Q + -H [-Q + -H]
channel balance: 0.3 dB[<1 dB]
Crosstalk: 30/32 dB [> 30 dB]
the mass of the pickup: 1.6 g [1.6 g]
needle compliance (vertically): approx. 10 Hz: 29 by/mN
Recommended effective tonearm mass (for vertical resonance 14 Hz to 10 Hz): up to 5 g = a maximum of light
Recommended values: CLast:250pF;Rload:47kQ

report of "Hifi-Museum:"the:
Bang & Olufsen MMC-1:
Very good deep scan ability, satisfactory tracking ability. Very good FIM behavior. Relatively small transmission factor. Excel lent crosstalk attenuation. Slight height drop in the frequency response. No high-level resonance is detectable in the transmission range. Music listening test: Slightly less exposed overtone range for pink noise. Mozart: drawing a little softer in the high violin positions. Piano: clean sampling, slightly less pulse hardness in the treble, less contour sharpness in the bass. Shure TTR 115: 5. Level clean. Shure TTR 117:5. Level unclean. Overall rating: Top-class MM pickups, suitable for very light tonearms. Price-quality-ratio: not very cheap.