Sumiko Starling Moving Coil Cartridge

The Sumiko Starling Moving Coil Cartridge is made for connoisseurs of audio who want the best. Its sound quality pushes analogue playbacks to new horizons. Resulting in the finest audio, which can engage the audience from the very first note.

Sumiko Starling Moving Coil Cartridge

The Sumiko Starling Moving Coil Cartridge is the flagship open architecture cartridge from Sumiko. Offering authentic high end sound from a meticulously engineered device.

Aiming For Excellence

Sumiko designed every aspect of the Starling Moving Coil with care. It is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that renders the grandeur of an orchestra while still preserving air and space. Also, it delivers every detail of a nuanced Jazz recording with its responsive dynamics and deep silences.

The benefit of the physical design is that resonances often associated with external housings are eliminated in the Starling. To enhance this further, the cartridge also boasts a CNC-precision milled high-grade aluminium mounting plate. Allowing the cartridge system to perform effortlessly.

Nothing But The Best

The long-grain boron cantilever employed in the Starling Moving Coil provides class-leading energy transfer from the stylus to the coils. Further, the synthetic rubber suspension system optimises the hardness and repulsion factor for a controlled acoustic performance over a long lifespan.

The sophisticated Sumiko Starling design yields a combination of superior dynamics and excellent long-term tracking capabilities. When finished with the specially ground, low-mass, high-end MicroRidge stylus.

A True Reference

For​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ the Reference Series, Sumiko was created by hand with great care and attention to detail. It took many hours of work to make it. Once the parts were put together, finishing touches were given by playing through a whole series of test records. To ensure that the performance brings you genuine pleasure, it is, in fact, hand-adjusted one more ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌time.

The Starling is a traditional “low output” moving coil. Still, its fidelity and technical characteristics mean that it delivers a truly high-end sound when paired with the appropriate equipment in a high-end vinyl system.

Precision Matched with Performance

A sonic image can thus be priceless, and so Sumiko have designed Starling to realise that image in your system. Added to the resonance-optimised head block and generator borrowed from Songbird. Starling implements a rigid boron cantilever finished with an ultra-low-mass Microridge stylus.

Microridge is a diamond profile highly regarded worldwide for its even-handedness while simultaneously delivering richness & clarity. Bonded to the above assembly, rarely has this famous stylus achieved such agility in the groove, certainly not at Starling’s price. What you experience is gorgeously suspended sonic imagery that places you just where you want to be, front & center.

Features and Advantages

• Exquisite Sound Quality: Delivers unprecedented clarity and depth. Such that every subsequent listen feels like the first time.
• Elite Precision: A modern and stylish design captures the groove on the record and distinguishes the small bits at the end of the track
• Wide Compatibility: Suitable for a wide range of turntables. Making it easy to change your setup as needed.
• Long-lasting Durability: Lasts through wear and tear over time. Thanks to a pair of strong electric seams. Protects against scratches and potential damage.
• Enlarged Record Longevity: Protects and prevents the deterioration of your records. Making it ideal for extensive collections.

Summary of the Sumiko Starling Return

The​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ classy Starling concept leads to a blend of excellent performance and superb long term monitoring capability. If you add to that the specially ground, lightweight, top-of-the-range MicroRidge stylus.

The Rise of Brand Loyalty

Starling​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ is a very beautiful hand-made product which started its way in the hands of expert craftsmen and through a series of processes that can be described as laborious and rigorous. Finishing the assembly, the shipment being the next stage. The last finishing touches are done with the test records.

The Starling is a conventional “low output” moving coil. But its sound and technical features are such that it will produce a really high-end audio experience when matched with the right equipment in a high-end vinyl ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌system.