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Top Wing Blue Dragon Cartridge Just back from a factory update. Full manufacturers warranty. From a UK importer. The coreless straight-flux system adopted for the “Blue Dragon” was conceived by Hiromu Meguro, former design assistant of the Grace F-8 cartridge and principal designer of F-9 cartridge, when he was with Shinagawa Musen Co. Mr. Meguro worked on the basic designs of the TX-1000 and Dragon CT players and on the design of the Center-Search mechanism during his time at Nakamichi Corp. T...
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TOP WING is a Japanese hi-fi brand that appears to have grown out of the TOP WING Cybersound group in Tokyo, with modern proprietary product development starting around 2022. The company is not especially old in its current form, and the available information suggests a boutique Japanese specialist rather than a long-established legacy manufacturer.
Its best-known products sit in the cable and analog niche: ultra-slim network and audio cables, isolation and signal-handling accessories, and phono cartridges such as the Seiryu Blue Dragon and Red Sparrow. It also operates as a distributor for select foreign audio brands in Japan, including iFi Audio, which places it partly in the role of specialist importer and market curator rather than a broad-line maker.
In the market, TOP WING occupies a niche boutique position at the more expensive end of the spectrum. Its designs are distinctive and technically ambitious, but the brand is not yet widely mainstream, and some of its products are priced well above what buyers would expect for their basic function. For knowledgeable hi-fi buyers, it reads as a provocative, high-concept Japanese audio brand aimed at enthusiasts who value unusual engineering and exclusivity.
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