The Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Cartridge delivers superior sound quality, featuring a wide frequency response and excellent channel separation. Crafted by Soundsmith specialists, this fixed coil cartridge provides a detailed and immersive listening experience.
Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Cartridge
Each and every soundsmith cartridges are built to high standard in New York.
The Zephyr MIMC utilises a Fixed Coil design to ensure that stereo seperation, frequency response and detail are all exceptional and easily compete with other brands high end MC designs. The MIMC requires a phono pre-amp that can handle MC settings for gain and a reccomended impedance loading of at least 470 ohms - the laser drilled sapphire cantilever has a nude mounted special line contact stylus realising a specified frequency response of 15Hz - 45kHz +/- 2.0 db !
We have found that the character of this cartridge is musical, fast and detailed - it seems to have a very wide dynamic range which helps detail come to the fore without moving away from that analogue sound that we all love.
Specifications
| Type: |
• Fixed Coil / Moving Iron |
| Mount: |
• Standard ½” |
| Stylus: |
• Selected Contact Line low mass Nude Stylus |
| Radius of Curvature: |
• 6 x 17 µm |
| Cantilever: |
• Laser Drilled Sapphire |
| Recommended Tracking Force: |
• 1.8 - 2.2 g |
| Effective Tip Mass: |
• 0.32 mg |
| Compliance: |
• 10 µm/mN |
| Frequence Response: |
• 15 - 45,000 Hz ± 2.0 dB |
| Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: |
• > 28 dB
• N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz: |
• > 25 dB
• N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Difference: |
• < 1.0 dB
• < 0.5 dB (Dual Mono w/optimal VTF setting) |
| Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: |
• > 0.40 mV (LOW) |
| DC Resistance (DCR): |
• 10Ω |
| Coil Inductance per channel: |
• 2.75 mH |
| Suggested Preamp Gain: |
• 58 - 64 dB |
| Cartridge Weight: |
• 12.2 g (ES series) |
| Recommended Load Resistance: |
• ≥ 470Ω |
| Recommended Load Capacitance: |
• n/a |
