Technology
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Conventional transducer with aluminium cantilever
The diamond tip is fixed to a cantilever made of aluminium. Since aluminium is a relatively soft material, the high-dynamic tracking process causes deformation of the cantilever and therefore distortion of the signal. Moreover, there is a joint between cantilever and coil body, which, due to lever action, carries the highest dynamical load of the transducer and cannot pass on the movement without loss.
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High-end transducer with boron or sapphire cantilever
The cantilever is fully or partly made of boron, sapphire or even diamond. Thus, vibration of the cantilever itself is minimized. But the joint between cantilever and coil body is even harder loaded, and this weak point impairs the quality of the signal transmission.
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Thales transducer with patented monobloc-ceramic technology
Cantilever and coil body are made of a single high-strength ceramic piece. Accordingly, there is no more joint at the point of the highest dynamic load, and the music signal is transmitted absolutely pure from the diamond tip to the coil body. Thales allows supreme detail resolution and at the same time an extremely natural sound.
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Monobloc Transducer
It took five years to develop a procedure to manufacture the ceramic-transducer. By combining modern manufacturing methods, we have found a way to produce this precision part exactly according to our requirements. By designing the cantilever itself partly hollow and with octagonal cross section, we achieve extreme high rigidity for the entire cantilever/coil-body unit.
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Stylus
The stylus is exactly fitted into a counter-form of the cantilever and fixed with tiny quantities of a technical adhesive. Overall, the moving mass at the tracking point is with 0,8mg very low for an MC design.
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