Koetsu Rosewood Signature Moving Coil Cartridge

A natural rosewood-body moving coil cartridge with copper coil wiring, Permendur magnet, boron cantilever, and 0.4 mV output

The Koetsu Rosewood Signature builds on one of the cornerstone designs in high-performance analog playback. Its natural rosewood body offers less mass than Koetsu’s stone-body cartridges while preserving the warmth, beauty, and natural resonance control that have long made the Rosewood models central to the Koetsu line.

Internally, the Rosewood Signature uses copper coil wiring, a Permendur magnet, and the most tightly matched coil and core sets in the Rosewood range. Compared with the Rosewood Standard, it is designed for more precise focus, a larger soundstage, and a deeper sense of musical flow.

With 0.4 mV output, 9.18 g net weight, and a recommended tracking force of 1.8 g–2 g, the Rosewood Signature is intended for serious analog systems with a tonearm, phonostage, and setup capable of realizing what a Koetsu cartridge can do.

About the Brand

Koetsu phono cartridges trace their lineage to Yosiaki Sugano, an artist, musician, calligrapher, swordsman, and business executive whose passions shaped one of analog audio’s most revered names. Inspired by the 17th-century Japanese artist Honami Koetsu, Sugano began experimenting with phono cartridges in the 1970s, combining a keen ear with an artist’s sensitivity to materials, proportion, and craft.

Koetsu cartridges remain deeply personal, hand-built creations, produced in limited quantities by the Sugano family. Their construction draws on carefully chosen materials and specialized craft, from ultra-pure conductors and precisely controlled magnetic parts to hand-carved wood, lacquer, and stone bodies. The result is a cartridge line valued not only for technical refinement, but for a distinctive musical character that has made Koetsu a lasting reference in high-end analog playback.

Specifications

Body: Natural rosewood

Type: Moving Coil

Coil Wiring: Copper

Magnet: Permendur

Cantilever: Boron

Output: 0.4 mV

Recommended Tracking Force: 1.8 g–2 g

Recommended Load: 75 Ω–500 Ω

Weight: 9.18 g