Soundsmith Carmen MKII Cartridge
Soundsmith Carmen MKII Cartridge
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Created out of the desire to make a very high performance design at an affordable price, the Carmen mk II was crafted to have unparalleled purity of tone and ultra-smooth presentation. Just slightly lush with a well-developed midrange, the Carmen is surprisingly pleasing and will seduce you into long, late listening sessions. The Carmen features a 2 year warranty to the original owner.
The stylus used is a large part of what makes it special; an ultra-low mass occlusion free nude diamond cut and polished into a true hyper-elliptical shape. The combination of low tip mass and the Fixed Coil design gives the Carmen a tremendous resolution advantage over MC designs selling for more than twice the price. Housed in a handmade solid Ebony case, the Carmen delivers.
Also available in dual-coil mono.
Specs
| Type: | • Fixed Coil / Moving Iron |
| Mount: | • Standard ½” |
| Stylus: | • Elliptical Nude, 0.12 mm square |
| Radius of Curvature: | • 6 x 17 µm |
| Cantilever: | • Aluminum Alloy |
| Recommended Tracking Force: | • 1.3 - 1.6 g Standard (Medium Compliance) • 1.0 - 1.2 g (Special Order High Compliance) |
| Effective Tip Mass: | • 0.35 mg |
| Compliance: | • 22 µm/mN (Medium Compliance) • 28 µm/mN (High Compliance) |
| Frequence Response: | • 15 - 45,000 Hz ± 2.0 dB |
| Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: | • > 26 dB • N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz: | • > 20 dB • N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Difference: | • < 1.6 dB • < 1.0 dB (Mono version) |
| Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: | • > 2.12 mV (HIGH) |
| DC Resistance (DCR): | • 680Ω |
| Coil Inductance per channel: | • 190 mH |
| Suggested Preamp Gain: | • 38 - 44 dB |
| Cartridge Weight: | • 9.20 g (ES series) |
| Recommended Load Resistance: | • ≥ 47kΩ |
| Recommended Load Capacitance: | • n/a |
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