EMT JSD 6 Cartridge

The JSD 6 is the entry to EMT's high-end aluminium-body cartridge line — the same body and boron-cantilever geometry as the JSD 5, with a Super-Fine-Line high-polish diamond in place of the multi-radius profile.

The Super-Fine-Line stylus profile — SFL HP in EMT's nomenclature — is the diamond shape EMT introduced in 1984 and has held to as the correct answer for high-resolution tracking, holistic musical presentation, and long stylus life across the full range of modern LPs. Paired with the boron cantilever's low-mass rigidity, it delivers what EMT describes as high-resolution tracking and holistic musical performance in the same breath.

The coil is pure 4N copper. The magnet is AlNiCo, gold-plated. The body is machined aluminium. Output is 1 mV at 5 cm/s. Coil impedance is 2 × 24 Ω per channel. Recommended load is 200 to 300 ohms. Tracking force is 2.4 grams. Weight is 10 grams. Compliance is 12 µm/mN.

For the listener building their first serious EMT front end — 928 II turntable, 909-HI tonearm, JSD 6 cartridge — this is the cartridge EMT will fit at the workbench before the deck ships.