Note: The "needle insert" can be seen on the left of picture 2. This can be changed by the consumer. It was also available to buy individually.
The needle could not be changed by yourself. There was also no spare needle.It was glued into the needle tube. The needle tube was clamped in a rubber bearing in the square needle tube carrier.
Manufacturer: RFT , (VEB Elektroakustik Leipzig)
Model: MS 25 SD
Type: Magnetic System (MM)
Year of manufacture approx.: 1979 (Ziphona PA 225)
Manufactured in: Germany (DDR)
Color: black
Dimensions (WxLxH): 18.0 x 27.5 x 19.5 mm (without needle guard)
Weight: 8.0 g
Factory price: 195,- DDR mark
Transmission range: 20 - 20,000 Hz
Transmission factor: 0.7 mV/ cms high -1
Crosstalk attenuation: 25 dB (1 kHz)
in the range of 315 Hz- 6.3 kHz: 22 dB
Difference of the transmission dimensions of both channels at 1 kHz: 1.5 dB