Low output Moving coil cartridges

Developed  years later, these tend to rank among the higher end of cartridges. Think Denon, Dynavector, many Ortofons, Supex, Koetsu, and most other serious cartridge companies that offered at least a few models in their lineup.These differ from moving magnet in that a small coil of wire as opposed to a magnet is what is moved by the generating system, the magnets themselves are fixed, therefore it weighs much less and is more accurately able to respond to the nuances of the record. The down side is that you need an extra stage of gain, as many preamps can't adequately amplify them, their output is generally fractions of what a moving magnet cartridge is. They require an additional "head amp", or transformer (more on this later) to step up the level to where many preamps can accept it.