Tedeska Tondose from Berlin

Berlin is more and more the Silicon (Audio) Valley of Europe... from Neumann onward, many artisans began here their activities in audio industry.

Now, Tedeska, building hand made cartridges since 2015... these people love for music, luthiery and classic audio is well represented in their production: mono and stereo cartridges and a useful repair service for their own and vintage carts... 

To my eyes, their mono model pays kudos to old, beloved Ortofon's "leaf cantilever" design... someway reassuring.

from Tedeska's site:

"Especially for the "TEDESKA eye", a traditional lutherie technique is used which has been applied to the frog part of a violin bow. As a violinist who has to place his right thumb on the frog before he starts playing, so should everyone who holds a TEDESKA system in his hands, feel like an instrumentalist who is about to unveil his “wonder–full“ soundscapes."

Prices are - reportedly - in the pain-zone - i.e. more apt to Audi-owners target than Dacia-owners - in the € 3,000.00/4,500.00 range...

Building quality is, as appreciated from their site, high.

Much worth deepening and exploring this very brand.

Thanking my pal Leif for his truffle-nose on this.