Created out of the desire to make a very high performance design at an affordable price, the Soundsmith Carmen MKII High Output Fixed Coil Cartridge 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 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 MKII a tremendous resolution advantage over MC designs selling for more than twice the price. Housed in a handmade solid Ebony case, the Carmen delivers.
Technical Specifications
- Type: MKII High Output Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
- Mount: Standard ½”
- Stylus: Elliptical Nude, 0.12 mm square
- Radius of Curvature: 6 x 17 µm
- Cantilever: Aluminium Alloy
- Recommended Tracking Force: 1.3 – 1.6 g Standard
- Effective Tip Mass: 0.35 mg
- Frequence Response: 15 – 45,000 Hz ± 2.5 dB
- Channel Separation @ 50 – 15,000 Hz: > 26 dB
- Channel Difference: < 1.6 dB
- Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: > 2.12 mV (HIGH)
- Cartridge Weight: 9.20 g
- Recommended Load Resistance: ≥ 47kΩ
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