Soundsmith The Voice 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 Voice features a 2 year warranty to the original owner.

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

“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!” James Darby – StereoMojo

I am well pleased and want to thank you for your skill as a cartridge manufacturer and kindness in personally responding to my queries at the time of purchase.  Your company is a wonderful example of what an American business can offer when integrity and personal contact are value added to a fine product (read more…).

Dynamics, imaging and scale are all important, but transparency is my personal holy grail and that is one of many places where The Voice shines. (more…)

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Since its introduction in 2009, The Voice has won numerous “product-of-the-year” awards and is – in Peter Ledermann’s words –”probably the best High Output cartridge in production today.” Our design goal was to produce the lowest moving mass high output design possible using novel and advanced technology. Featuring a single crystal Ruby Cantilever and our Optimized Contour Line Contact Stylus, we developed a specialized metallurgy for the low mass moving iron system.

A cartridge that disappears. After all, if it sounds like a “record” it’s wrong. The cartridge should bring your directly to the performance; not stand between you and the music.

Specifications

Cartridge Type

Fixed Coil

Stylus Type

Contact Line

Output

High

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: • < 1.0 dB
• < 0.5 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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