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COMPETITION

WIN

AN AUDIO TECHNICA

OC9X SH CARTRIDGE

IN THIS MONTH’S

GREAT GIVEAWAY
WORTH £570!
www.eu.audio-technica.com

ast month we offered an better but is less resistant to dust using a mechanical grinding process.
Audio Technica OC-9X and fluff on the LP surface. Inevitably, this made a Shibata stylus
ML (Microline) moving coil Then come the trio I am more expensive and when CD-4
cartridge as a prize; this reviewing here, comprising the faded away with the arrival of CD it
month we have an OC9X OC9X ML (£480) with MicroLinear went too, only to be revived recently
LSH (Shibata), reviewed in stylus on a boron rod cantilever that, as demand for premium LP replay
the October 2019 issue. Read the it appears, replaces the outgoing emerged. QUESTIONS
review excerpt below and answer OC9 III. It has a red body. Tip shape affects mainly high
the questions. Above the ML comes the OC9X treble insight and focus, and the [1] Who developed
SH (£570) with Shibata profile amount of detail retrieved. It doesn’t the SH stylus?
"In the new OC9X series you can stylus and brown body. This profile affect bass quality, nor a cartridge’s [a] Steven Harris
get an OC9X EB with bonded (on a was developed long ago (1970s) by ‘colour’ that comes from cantilever [b] Sydney Hargreaves
[c] Norio Shibata
rondel) elliptical stylus and aluminium Norio Shibata for CD-4, a system material and shape, or clarity that is [d] Stefan Headache
cantilever for just £280 – they providing surround-sound from LP. affected by the generator".
start cheap. Above it lies the EN The stylus had to read a sub-carrier [2] What colour is
the OC9X SH body?
(£300) with nude elliptical stylus on at 30kHz with sidebands to 45kHz For a chance to win this great prize, [a] brown
aluminium cantilever that, because it – quite a feat. It required multiple just answer the four easy questions [b] blue
[c] beige
lacks a rondel, tracks high frequencies grinds to achieve the right shape, at right. Send your entries on a [d] green
postcard only, by 10th January 2020
RULES AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY to: [3] When was the
Shibata developed?
[a] 1990s
- ONLY ONE ENTRY PER HOUSEHOLD [b] 1890s
[c] 1950s
- MULTIPLE ENTRIES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED January 2020 Competition, [d] 1970s
Hi-Fi World magazine,
- PURCHASE OF THE MAGAZINE IS NOT A PRE-CONDITION OF ENTRY
Studio 204, [4] For what sur-
- NO CORRESPONDENCE WILL BE ENTERED INTO Buspace Studio, round-sound system?
[a] CD-4
- THE EDITOR'S DECISION IS FINAL Conlan Street, [b] CBS SQ
Notting Hill, [c] Sansui QS
- NO EMPLOYEES OF AUDIO WEB PUBLISHING LIMITED, OR OF ANY [d] Dolby
COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION London W10 5AP
OF THE PRIZES, MAY ENTER
ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A POSTCARD ONLY
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PUT A TELEPHONE CONTACT NUMBER ON YOUR ENTRY

OCTOBER 2019 WINNER: CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AX C35 CD PLAYER & AX A35 AMPLIFIER
Mr. J Cragg of Isle of Mull

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