Soundsmith Sotto Voce Phono Cartridge

$2,999.00

 

Each one hand crafted by Peter Ledermann – Made in  the USA. Rebuild Price? $450 – Less than 20% of MSRP ! ~  The Sotto Voce features a 2 year warranty to the original owner.

Medium output, otherwise identical to The Voice.

Kudos, accolades and many “Product of the Year” awards. The pinnacle of High Output designs – from Soundsmith – of course.

“The Voice … 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 – Click Here For Full Review

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Medium output, otherwise identical to The Voice.

Specifications

Cartridge Type

Special Order

Output

Medium

Output Voltage

1.1 mV

Available As Dual Coil Mono

Yes

Additional Specifications

Type: • Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
Mount: • Standard ½”
Stylus: • Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square Selected
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 ± 1.0 dB
Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: • > 30 dB
• N/A (Mono version)
Channel Separation @ 50 – 15,000 Hz: • > 20 dB
• N/A (Mono version)
Channel Difference: • < 0.5 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