We herewith proudly introduce the fideles - an all-new high-end phono cartridge.
„fideles“ derivates from Latin / German and stands for „faithful, - as well as agile and lively“.
Unusual in this price class, the fideles features a solid advanced Titanium Timet 1100 body of unparalleled energy transfer ability and unique combination of strength and light weight.
The generator system is a double-magnet - focused field - moving ferrum pipe - principle which gives a healthy high output of 5.5 mV.
Very easy handle for any phono stage and no need for a high-gain / moving coil phono input.
Any phono input with 35 to 50 dB gain and 47k to 100k impedance is fine.
The fideles’ Titanium body further features 3 rows of threads to allow perfect overhang in any headshell / tonearm.
The fideles produces a very dynamic, live-like, colorful, open, transparent and natural sound and performs solidly several steps above it’s price range.
It features very high trackability - above 90 µm! - and is very easy to align.
It’s relatively low body mass allows perfect synergy with a very wide selection of low to medium-high mass tonearms.
It easily rivals - not just in terms of it’s cnc’ed Titanium body - high end cartridges in the price range of 2000 to 3500 US$ retails.
The fideles has a world-wide retails price target of around US$ 1200 / EURO 990.
The fideles was designed to set a new standard in the US$ 1200 to 2000 - price range of phono cartridges - in terms of technical input, value for money and performance alike.
STATEMENT
Acoustical Systems has proved with its two tonearms that even today innovations in the analogue sector are feasible. The Palladian shows that one does not have to reinvent the wheel to play in the top league. Dietrich Brakemeier's long-standing analogue experience has allowed him to design a cartridge that works at the highest level and, in its thrilling immediacy, comes impressively close to the live experience. To me, this dynamic Acoustical Systems combo represents the analogue discovery of the year! (Dirk Sommer - HIFIstatement) - please click here for the complete test!
image hifi, Ausgabe 5/2016 - Autor: Uwe Kirbach, Fotografie: Rolf Winter
"Dietrich Brakemeier's new SMARTractor is easily the most ambitious, well-conceived, well-executed alignment protractor I've seen."
Michael Fremer, editor of AnalogPlanet.com, a website devoted to all things analogical
... "Präzision ist das Stichwort bei Dietrich Brakemeiers SMARTractor, er ist an jeder Stelle ein perfektes Messinstrument. ... Es ist das Einstellinstrument, von dem ich immer geträumt habe. Ein anderes werden wir nicht mehr benötigen. Image hifi nimmt daher Dietrich Brakemeiers SMARTractor in seinen Shop auf, Sie können ihn ab sofort bestellen."
Uwe Kirbach, Chefredakteur