With its exotic aged Mozambique Ebony tonewood casing, this aptly-named MC cartridge is the ultimate musical reproducer from designer Albert Lukaschek. The Benz Ebony S embraces and surpasses previous Benz designs; this is a glorious, sweet and engaging cartridge.

The LP Ebony builds on the already acclaimed and awesome sounding Ruby platform, with key refinements and innovations. First, and most obvious, is the new body made from aged ebony wood, which is not only visually stunning, but also deeply influences the cartridge's sonic character. Ebony is an extremely dense and richly toned wood; when combined with the Ruby platform the result is a warm, lush sound with more controlled bass and a richer, rounder mid-bass response. The LP Ebony uses low output, symmetrical coil windings for improvements in clarity and greater phase coherence. By reducing the number of coil windings, the LP Ebony is also able to offer faster dynamic and transient response. Parts matching, calibration and attention to detail is exceptional in the LP Ebony; extra care and time is spent fine tuning the suspension before the cartridge leaves the factory. The LP Ebony phono cartridge is completely hand built in Benz-Micro's facility in Switzerland and will be a limited production piece due to the scarcity of the aged ebony wood used in crafting the outer shell.

Benz Micro Cartridge trade-in program:
Perhaps one of the best deals about Benz cartridges, other than their beautiful sound, is the generous trade-in program offered by the importer. Trade in value varies based on the cartridge being traded in.For re-tip exchanges please call Upscale Audio directly at 909-931-9686.

If you have a cartridge you'd like to trade in towards your new purchase, please choose the appropriate trade-in program option above. We will process your order immediately at the discounted price and ship your cartridge to you. You will then be issued an RA number by email that you will need to reference when you send your trade in to Upscale Audio.

We require receipt of the trade within 30 days of order placement. If the trade is not received within that time, we are authorized to charge you the full retail price of the cartridge you ordered. If the cartridge sent in does not match the trade in program selected, the invoice will be amended to match and the customer will be charged any remaining balance.

Ruby Z Specifications

•Output (TR): 0.1mV
•Output (low): 0.26mV
•Output (high): 2.5mV
•Stylus: Micro-ridge 5x120µm
•Impedance (TR): 1 Ohms
•Impedance (low): 5 Ohms
•Impedance (high): 90 Ohms
•Loading range (TR): >5 Ohms
•Loading range (low output): >35 ohms
•Loading range (high output): >1000 ohms
•Weight: 10.6g
•Compliance: 15cu
•Tracking force: 1.8-2g