+The latest LP S incorporates a higher mass brass frame for improved coupling to tonearms, evolved ruby square plate generator and Ebony body. Brass, an alloy of copper and tin, complements Ebony, materials used for building musical instruments. The LP S has 50% more mass than the previous model for enhanced vibrational and resonant characteristics, thus revealing greater dynamic contrasts, deeper bass and increased resolution from all records. The latest LP S Class was the first Benz to use the new MicroRidge stylus, now found on all Benz Swiss-made cartridges.
Physical
- Body: Vented machined Ebony wood
- Cantilever: Solid boron rod 0.28mm diameter
- Stylus: Nude line-contact diamond, mirror polished
- Stylus tip radius: 5 x 120mm
- Vertical Tracking Angle (VTA): 20°
- Coil: Square ruby jewel plate
- Weight: 16.4 grams
Electrical
- Output voltage: 0.34 mV at 3.54 cm/s
- Internal Impedance: 38 ohms
- Frequency response: 10 – 50,000 Hz ± 1dB
- Channel balance: Better than 0.5dB
- Channel separation: Better than 35dB at 1kHz Dynamic
- Tracking ability at 315Hz at a tracking force of 2 grams: 80mm
- Dynamic compliance: 15 mm/mN
Setup instructions
- Recommended loading: 500 – 47,000ohms
- Recommended tracking force: 1.8 to 2.2 grams
- Optimum tracking force: 1.8 to 2.0 grams
- Recommended tonearm mass: Medium to high
- Optimum working temperature: 23°C
- Break-in period: 40 hours