The Songbird comes in at a much needed price point perfect for launching the part-time audiophile into some serious listening. As its name suggests, this open-architecture moving coil cartridge excels at providing colorful and rich vocals, and highlights the powerful low and mid-end of funk and rock. The long 7-micron stylus face will handle different cutting angles well, and this cartridge is also great at providing some excitement to otherwise anemic classical system setups.
Sumiko Songbird High MC Cartridge
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- Cartridge Type: Moving Coil
- Stylus: 0.3 x 0.7 micron Elliptical
- Cantilever Material: coated aluminum pipe
- Wire Material: pure copper
- Internal Impedance: 135 Ohms
- Load Impedance: 47kΩ
- Frequency Response: 12Hz - 40kHz
- Output Voltage: 2.5mV
- Channel Separation: 30dB @ 1kHz
- Channel Balance: <0.5dB @ 1kHz
- Compliance: 12x10-6 cm/dyn @ 100Hz
- Recommended load capacitance: 100pF - 200pF
- Vertical tracking angle: 20
- Tracking Force: 1.8g - 2.2g
- Recommended Force: 2.0g
- Cartridge Weight: 8.5g
The Songbird comes in at a much needed price point perfect for launching the part-time audiophile into some serious listening. As its name suggests, this open-architecture moving coil cartridge excels at providing colorful and rich vocals, and highlights the powerful low and mid-end of funk and rock. The long 7-micron stylus face will handle different cutting angles well, and this cartridge is also great at providing some excitement to otherwise anemic classical system setups.
- Cartridge Type: Moving Coil
- Stylus: 0.3 x 0.7 micron Elliptical
- Cantilever Material: coated aluminum pipe
- Wire Material: pure copper
- Internal Impedance: 135 Ohms
- Load Impedance: 47kΩ
- Frequency Response: 12Hz - 40kHz
- Output Voltage: 2.5mV
- Channel Separation: 30dB @ 1kHz
- Channel Balance: <0.5dB @ 1kHz
- Compliance: 12x10-6 cm/dyn @ 100Hz
- Recommended load capacitance: 100pF - 200pF
- Vertical tracking angle: 20
- Tracking Force: 1.8g - 2.2g
- Recommended Force: 2.0g
- Cartridge Weight: 8.5g
PRODUCT INFORMATION:
Model: 844682009308 | Barcode: 844682009308
WARNING: California Residents - Proposition 65. This product can expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov