Koetsu Urushi Black MC Phono Cartridge Colour:Black Funnily enough these don’t appear

Funnily enough these don’t appear on many of the ‘best headphones of 2019/20 lists

The Paua is one of Soundsmith's most highly regarded top of the line low output cartridges

it sounds impossibly crazy

Ken Kessler & Paul Miller

• Valve-Mosfet direct coupling analog stage in pure class-A without negative feedback

Koetsu Urushi Black MC Phono Cartridge Colour:Black Funnily enough these don’t appearUrushi is the sap of the Urushi or lacquer tree that is native to Japan, China, and Korea. The sap of this tree contains a resin that polymerizes and becomes a very hard, durable, plastic like substance when it is exposed to moisture and air. The Japanese art of Urushi is a tradition dating back thousands of years. This natural lacquer is applied to the cartridge body and once the lacquer cures, it hardens around the natural rosewood body, changing