Gold Note Donatello Gold User manual

DONATELLOGOLD
OWNERʼS MANUAL
DONATELLOGOLD
OWNERʼS MANUAL
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Thank you for your purchase of the Donatello Gold stereo cartridge.
Read these Operating Instructions carefully before using your Donatello Gold and keep it for future reference.
Before Using
1. The Stylus is very delicate. Applying excessive force to the stylus, such as pressing with a finger can break it.
Handle the cartridge with the utmost care.
2. A powerful magnet is used in the cartridge. Note that carelessly bringing a steel screwdriver or other such item near the
cartridge will result in it being attracted by the magnet and may result in damage to the stylus, so care must be taken.
Package Content
•Cartridge body
• Stainless Steel no-magnetic two sets of head-shell xing 2,5mm screws
• 2mm Allen Wrench
• Ownerʼs Manual
Method of Use
1. Mounting the cartridge on the tone arm Head-Shell
using the supplied Allen Wrench and one set of the
2,5mm screws. Adjust it to the stylus position specified
for the turntable system you are using mounting it
properly without tilting or turning it. (See Figure 1.)
• The output terminals are colours coded for
identification as illustrated in Figure 2.
Match the colors of the tone arm head-shell leads to the
terminals and connect each other properly.
NOTE:
When connecting the cartridge, be sure to use the
tipped leads and press them onto the terminals.
Applying heat to the output terminals of the cartridge,
such as in direct soldering, will cause internal damage
to the cartridge, such as wire breakage.
Method of Use
1. Mounting the cartridge on the tone arm Head-Shell
using the supplied Allen Wrench and one set of the
2,5mm screws. Adjust it to the stylus position specified
for the turntable system you are using mounting it
properly without tilting or turning it. (See Figure 1.)
• The output terminals are colours coded for
identification as illustrated in Figure 2.
Match the colors of the tone arm head-shell leads to the
terminals and connect each other properly.
NOTE:
When connecting the cartridge, be sure to use the
tipped leads and press them onto the terminals.
Applying heat to the output terminals of the cartridge,
such as in direct soldering, will cause internal damage
to the cartridge, such as wire breakage.
Thank you for your purchase of the Donatello Gold stereo cartridge.
Read these Operating Instructions carefully before using your Donatello Gold and keep it for future reference.
Before Using
1. The Stylus is very delicate. Applying excessive force to the stylus, such as pressing with a finger can break it.
Handle the cartridge with the utmost care.
2. A powerful magnet is used in the cartridge. Note that carelessly bringing a steel screwdriver or other such item near the
cartridge will result in it being attracted by the magnet and may result in damage to the stylus, so care must be taken.
Package Content
•Cartridge body
• Stainless Steel no-magnetic two sets of head-shell xing 2,5mm screws
• 2mm Allen Wrench
• Ownerʼs Manual
Fig. 2
Fig. 1
RED (right ch. +)
GREEN (right ch. -)
WHITE (Left ch. +)
BLUE (Left ch. -)
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The idea behind the new Donatello MC cartridge was to engeneer the best sounding cartridge with solid machined aluminium
body, light enough to be handled by every tone-arms. The results exceeded expectations.
After two years of continuous research, here is Donatello: a sophisticated, computer designed body made of machined alumini-
um. Weighing only 7gram, it's perfectly damped and firmly blocked to help the cantilever achieve the best tracking.
Donatello's ultra rigid cantilever handles a high precision Micro Elliptical diamond exclusively developed in collaboration with
Adamant-Namiki and designed for top audio performance.
As our flagship cartridges, Donatello's diamond tip is mechanically inserted and blocked into a long, stiffened aluminium cantile-
ver, handled in a special titanium telescopic pipe to increase structural rigidity.
There's more: like our top models, Donatello features long gold-plated pin connectors designed to connect perfectly with arm
cinches, reducing energy dispersion and improving grounding for an ideal music background that will let you enjoy even the
smaller details in your music.
Donatello Series feature high internal impedance levels, so that they can be easily matched with any active phono preamp MM
and even correctly set-up MC ones, without the need of any Step-Up transformer.
Please Note: to preserve the uniqueness all Donatello Gold cartridges have the serial number indelibly printed in the
engraved area of the top of the cartridge body.
SPECIFICATIONS
Typology: MC low Output Phono Cartridge
Output level: 0.5mV
Frequency response: 10-40000Hz
Impedance: 40Ω
Suggested load: 470Ω
Compliance: 12×10-6cm/dyne
Channel separation: >24dB
Channel balance: <1db
Suggested tracking weight: 1.8 to 2.1g
Cantilever: Aluminum
Diamond: Micro Elliptical
Coil Wire: Copper
Magnet: Samarium-Cobalt
Mounting hole diamond distance: 9mm
Physical
Total weight: 7g
Body
solid block machined Duraluminium alloy
Color
gold body - black logo - black name
The idea behind the new Donatello MC cartridge was to engeneer the best sounding cartridge with solid machined aluminium
body, light enough to be handled by every tone-arms. The results exceeded expectations.
After two years of continuous research, here is Donatello: a sophisticated, computer designed body made of machined alumini-
um. Weighing only 7gram, it's perfectly damped and firmly blocked to help the cantilever achieve the best tracking.
Donatello's ultra rigid cantilever handles a high precision Micro Elliptical diamond exclusively developed in collaboration with
Adamant-Namiki and designed for top audio performance.
As our flagship cartridges, Donatello's diamond tip is mechanically inserted and blocked into a long, stiffened aluminium cantile-
ver, handled in a special titanium telescopic pipe to increase structural rigidity.
There's more: like our top models, Donatello features long gold-plated pin connectors designed to connect perfectly with arm
cinches, reducing energy dispersion and improving grounding for an ideal music background that will let you enjoy even the
smaller details in your music.
Donatello Series feature high internal impedance levels, so that they can be easily matched with any active phono preamp MM
and even correctly set-up MC ones, without the need of any Step-Up transformer.
Please Note: to preserve the uniqueness all Donatello Gold cartridges have the serial number indelibly printed in the
engraved area of the top of the cartridge body.
SPECIFICATIONS
Typology: MC low Output Phono Cartridge
Output level: 0.5mV
Frequency response: 10-40000Hz
Impedance: 40Ω
Suggested load: 470Ω
Compliance: 12×10-6cm/dyne
Channel separation: >24dB
Channel balance: <1db
Suggested tracking weight: 1.8 to 2.1g
Cantilever: Aluminum
Diamond: Micro Elliptical
Coil Wire: Copper
Magnet: Samarium-Cobalt
Mounting hole diamond distance: 9mm
Physical
Total weight: 7g
Body
solid block machined Duraluminium alloy
Color
gold body - black logo - black name
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