Khumar Moving Coil Shibata Cartridge

by Summer House Sounds

Khumar means crazy … crazy about music, crazy about hi-fi. It also means crazy about achieving an unforgettable vinyl playback vinyl exprience with Khumar. 

The Khumar is engineered and precision-built in Uttar Pradesh India, and loaded with exotic components and materials, including a gorgeous handcrafted Ebony-wood body, Shibata III stylus and boron cantilever assembly from Orbray (formerly Namiki) and a magnetic core with soft iron and neodymium magnets. Input impedance is a low 2 ohms while output is an impressive 0.3mV making it an easy drive for modern phono stages, and the channel separation is specified at an excellent >32dB.

Khumar’s hardwood body imbues an expressiveness that is utterly additictive, but remains even handed presenting a thoroughly immersive musical experience with superb imaging and spatial qualities. Combined with an openness and resolving power that belies its modest price Khumar is a truly special offering.

About EBI Audio

Behind the 10+ years and counting musical journey that is Engineering Beyond Imagination is Tariq Shafeeque, who humbly refers to himself as EBI’s “Design Manager.” Tariq is in fact the company’s Founder and owner, in additon to deigner and engineer. Tariq is a structural engineer by trade and education, but being raised hearing the “melodious notes of record players” Tariq became an avid record collector, and eventually began modifying turntables and cartridges before deisgning and building his own under the EBI Audio banner. Tariq’s passion is to use the latest technological advancements to privide EBI’s customers with an “unforgettale listening experience.”