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Soundsmith The Voice Phono Cartridge (stereo/acrylic body) |
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"There’s something so alive sounding about a good moving coil cartridge. On the other hand, good moving magnet and moving iron cartridges like a Shure or Grado sound so correct and are also great trackers. The Voice comes closer than any cartridge I have ever heard at doing both. It is without a doubt the best non-moving coil cartridge I have heard and I would rank it in the top five of any cartridges I have ever heard." - Jack Roberts, Dagogo.com "As a music reproducer (with the emphasis on music), there is really nothing negative to report about The Voice. It out performed my other two cartridges, both more expensive and both excellent in their own rights. Both are also moving coil designs and require that extra dollars be spent on a step up or MC phono pre. The Voice, of course, will also require a phono pre if your preamp, integrated amp or receiver does not have one, but MM phono's are generally less expensive than MC's if you have to buy one. If your present cartridge requires frequent adjustments to play records of different thicknesses and you sometimes wish you could just "set it and forget it" and listen to music, with its wide VTA sweet spot The Voice becomes very attractive. If you are concerned about preserving your precious vinyl, its 1 gram tracking is unbeatable. If you have mono recordings, the ability to switch carts easily via the adapter is a godsend. ...The Voice is not cheap, but if you have a good quality analog front end (and every audiophile should), The Voice will wring every last drop of performance from it at a price that, in a world where most competitors go for two, three and four grand (up to ten large), is extremely reasonable and probably a great bargain. It is easily a reference quality cartridge with the added edge of being supremely musical, which is why Peter is going to have to pry this thing from my cold, bloody hand to get it back! Because of its extremely high performance at a mid-performance price level with the added benefits of being MM compatible with a very light tracking force, Peter Ledermann, Soundsmith and "The Voice" are easily worthy of our highest Maximum Mojo Award. Even more, The Voice is a top contender for our forthcoming "Products of the Year Awards". " - James Darby, StereoMojo The Voice Technical Specifications: Stylus: Contact Line Nude, 0.100mm SQ selected for low noise Radius of curvature: Optimized Contour Contact Line Cantilever: Ruby Recommended Tracking force: 10mN / 1.0 gm (high); 13mN / 1.3 gm (medium) Effective tip mass: 0.30 mg Compliance: 28 µm/mN (high); 22 µm/mN (medium) Frequency response: 20-20,000 Hz ± 1.0 dB Channel Separation (stereo only): 1000 Hz >30 dB; 50-15,000 >25 dB Channel difference: <0.5 dB (Stereo); <1.0 dB (Mono) Output voltage: >0.6 mV/cm/sec.; 5 cm/sec. Lat. RMS >2.12 mV Cartridge weight: 6.8 grams Load: Resistance >/= 47 kohms Capacitance: 100 - 200 pf; 400-600 pf (recommended) |