Acoustical Systems Fideles Purist Cartridge

The Fideles Purist is a cartridge featuring a round / spherical stylus for the audiophile who wants a “no problem“cartridge for a collection of very old records.

Providing a “relaxed“approach yet with detailed and live-like sound, the Purist is easy going on records with scratches and worn groove thanks to its “old school 1960“spherical stylus shape – which will help a lot enjoying music and good sonics on records which will be hardly listenable played back with modern stylus.

It is quite similar to the virtues of an old Ortofon SPU – just here w/o the need for step-up SUT or heavy vintage tonearm.

Its spherical stylus makes it a “no-brainer“for collectors of old vintage records as it allows optimum tracking without the need for any alignment to different SRA / VTA tracking angles!

It is a universal cartridge for every audiophile on a budget who wants nevertheless good sound on most every record – even worn ones – and no problem with gain on the phono stage. It works on literally ANY tonearm with no problems or difficulties meeting a good resonance frequency.