Platanus cartridges

[PeterKB]

Hi,

There seems to be very little information about these. Made by the guy that designed the Fuuga cartridge. Has anyone tried them? thx

 

[tima]

Never heard of them until your post. What information do you have?

Google

PLATANUS（プラタナス）｜フォノカートリッジ

PLATANUSは、フォノカートリッジデザイナー兼ビルダーの助廣哲也によるオリジナルブランドです。「音楽そのものに忠実であること」をポリシーに、上質な製品づくりを心がけています。

platanus.tokyo

 

[PeterKB]

Never heard of them until your post. What information do you have?

Google

PLATANUS（プラタナス）｜フォノカートリッジ

PLATANUSは、フォノカートリッジデザイナー兼ビルダーの助廣哲也によるオリジナルブランドです。「音楽そのものに忠実であること」をポリシーに、上質な製品づくりを心がけています。

platanus.tokyo

Not much I'm afraid. They won quite a few awards in Japan when they came out a few years ago and there is also a positive review in hifi+

Platanus 3.0S moving coil cartridge

A new Japanese high-end cartridge maker is a rare thing, but Ed Selley finds much to like about the peerless engineering that goes into making the Platanus 3.0S moving coil.

hifiplus.com

The designer is the guy that did Fuuga so not sure if he continues along the same path - the cartridge seems to have a pretty flat frequency response though.