Sumiko Wellfleet Moving Magnet Cartridge

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£475.00 including VAT

The Sumiko Wellfleet Moving Magnet Cartridge is an exceptional choice for discerning and dedicated audiophiles. With its outstanding sonic delivery, superior design, and high-end value, the Wellfleet ensures an absorbing vinyl listening experience. It brings the music to life, creating an audio experience that engages and inspires.

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Description

The Sumiko Wellfleet Moving Magnet Cartridge has a tuned suspension system for optimal performance from a nude elliptical diamond, while still utilising the existing generator and resonance-optimised housing found in the rest of the premium moving magnet series.

  • Clear yet warm sound from a nude elliptical diamond with very low moving mass
  • Nude Elliptical diamond stylus profile
  • Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell
  • Moving magnet cartridge with removable stylus
  • Low-resonance body and generator system

Wellfleet MM

Wellfleet utilises a highly polished nude elliptical stylus, eliminating the bonding between the stylus tip and shank. With the new assembly, excessive mass in the shank is cut away to further reduce tip mass, resulting in a faster, more direct, and more accurate response to the stylusโ€™ movement by the cantilever and magnet.

Sonically, this increases speed and focuses central images, pulling them toward the listener with a heightened sense of detail.

With the Wellfleet Moving Magnet, vocals are immediate, clear, and detailed, and the warmth of human vocal work becomes more apparent with hints of rasp and emphasised subtleties, boosted by tight and well-controlled bass.

Backing vocals become easier to discern, and the listener is able to identify distinct instrumentation such as the rattle of snare wires, or the woody twang of vintage acoustic guitars. Listeners will hear an improvement in surface noise and sense a more distanced backdrop, facilitating a deeply suspended image.

Latest Generation Oysters

Designed for discerning, value-minded vinyl lovers, Sumiko’s latest generation premium moving magnet Oysters build upon, enhance and refine the sonic character that listeners worldwide have enjoyed for decades. The cartridge body design of the Sumiko Wellfleet addresses the problem of resonance by dispersing and dissipating it away from the generator system resulting in a sound quality, reminiscent of moving coil designs.

Made In Japan

From Oyster to Reference, each Sumiko phono cartridge is crafted by hand in Yokohama, Japan, near the waters where their namesake Oysters dwell. Theyโ€™ve selected by ear the finest materials that combine to deliver a performance that has enlightened generations of listeners.

Sumiko thoroughly auditions each design until it is perfect. Production is then executed by world-class cartridge makers with a collective eye for precision and quality when making the Wellfleet Moving Magnet.

Technical Specifications

  • OUTPUT VOLTAGE: 3 mV
  • CHANNEL BALANCE (@ 1000HZ): 0.5 dB
  • CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 1000HZ): 30 dB
  • CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 15000HZ): 15 dB
  • FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 12 – 33,000 dB
  • STYLUS TYPE: 0.3 x 0.7mil Elliptical
  • TRACKING FORCE RANGE: 1.8 – 2.2 g
  • RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE: 2.0 g
  • TRACKING ANGLE: 25 ยฐ
  • MAGNET TYPE: Alnico
  • CANTILEVER MATERIAL: Aluminium Tube
  • COIL WIRE MATERIAL: Pure Copper
  • RECOMMENDED LOAD IMPEDANCE: 47000 ฮฉ
  • RECOMMENDED LOAD CAPACITANCE: 100 – 200 pF
  • CARTRIDGE WEIGHT: 6.5 g
Additional Information

Frequency Response

12Hz - 33kHz

Output Voltage

3.0mV

Load Impedance

47kOhms

Stylus Type

Nude Elliptical

Tracking Force Range

1.8g - 2.2g

Shipping and Returns
Your Delivery

Orders received before 1:00 pmย will be despatched the same day and can be delivered for the next working day (except bank holidays). For your convenience, you can choose multiple shipping options on the checkout page. We will also email with your tracking and dispatch information.

30-Day Returns Policy

HiFix is committed to selling quality products, which we hope you will love; we do understand, however, that there may be a time when you need to exchange or return something you have bought. We really do hope you are pleased with your purchase, but should you wish to return anything you have bought from us, we will be happy to refund or exchange a product within 30 days.

Manufacturer Warranty Information

Sumiko products are designed and manufactured to the highest quality standards. However, if something does go wrong with the product we are here to help. From your date of purchase your product is warranted against faulty materials or workmanship for a period of 24 months.

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