Most clearaudio cartridges are Audio Technica in a party frock or fancy wooden body
100s of vendors over the years but under the skin all are Ortofon , AT , nagaoka & grado only Nagaoka makes everything 100% in house
If you like wood body cartridges try Grado Opus Timbre range from £200 - £12,000
From a company known for exceptional performance and value, the Grado Opus3 resets the bar. Pure and simple, a celebration of LP playback."– Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound
Nagaoka The world's largest manufacturer of Diamond Styli leaves nothing to chance even with its own pickups and manufactures all the components itself. Because at Nagaoka, great vinyl sound has a tradition. For more than 70 years.
Currently more than 90% of all pickup needles sold worldwide come from the traditional factory in Higashine, 400 km north of
Tokyo.