Soundsmith Norma Medium Output Cartridge
Soundsmith Norma Medium Output Cartridge
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Made in the USA. The Norma features a 2 year warranty to the original owner.
Medium output, otherwise identical to Aida; itself a triumph of Soundsmith Engineering, Stereophile Class “A” rated, a rarity at its price point – and for good reasons. The Aida employs a single crystal Ruby Cantilever and our Optimized Contour Line Contact Stylus; we did this to resolve the challenges of playing the inner grooves with the same level of confidence as the outer.
Specs
| Type: | • Fixed Coil / Moving Iron |
| Mount: | • Standard ½” |
| Stylus: | • Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square |
| Radius of Curvature: | • Optimized Contour Contact Line |
| Cantilever: | • Ruby |
| Recommended Tracking Force: | • 1.3 - 1.6 g Standard (Medium Compliance) • 1.0 - 1.2 g (Special Order High Compliance) |
| Effective Tip Mass: | • 0.30 mg |
| Compliance: | • 22 µm/mN (Medium Compliance) • 28 µm/mN (High Compliance) |
| Frequence Response: | • 20 - 20,000 Hz ± 2.5 dB |
| Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: | • > 30 dB • N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz: | • > 25 dB • N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Difference: | • < 1.0 dB • < 1.0 dB (Mono version) |
| Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: | • > 1.10 mV (MEDIUM) |
| DC Resistance (DCR): | • 110Ω |
| Coil Inductance per channel: | • 30 mH |
| Suggested Preamp Gain: | • 48 - 54 dB |
| Cartridge Weight: | • 6.80 g |
| Recommended Load Resistance: | • ≥ 1.5kΩ |
| Recommended Load Capacitance: | • n/a |
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