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STRAIN GAUGE CARTRIDGE & PREAMPLIFIER
Features: Multiple input preamp with Strain Gauge Circuitry
PREAMP:
w Motorized remote controllable
volume, mute and input switching
w Touch-sense switches
w Line level and plus 10dB outputs,
balance and unbalanced
w Balanced and unbalanced inputs
w Internal circuitry for Strain Gauge
Cartridge
CARTRIDGE
w One gram tracking with extreme
precision
w Compatible with any ½” headshell
Turntable
w Frequency Response 10-50 kHz with
only 10 of phase shift in audio passband
w Front panel displays for Tracking Force,
Force Balance on each groove wall and
record Eccentricity
w Automatic and manual muting
w User replaceable styli with varied
compliance, Cantilever and Diamond
Types available
Patents applied for
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Our new Strain Gauge cartridge body design allows the user to easily adjust the VTA
(vertical tracking angle) and Stylus Azimuth via screwdriver slots in the side of the
cartridge body. The cartridge has user replaceable styli, and is available in three
compliances (for high, medium and low mass tone arms), several cantilever materials and
styli shapes.
The associated current source preamp for our SG cartridge has fault-sensing, a must for any
strain gauge system. This allows protection against transients for any intermittent in the
turntable wiring & cabling, or for turntables that have muting switches. As such, it means
that the cartridge is "hot plug-able", not a term one hears used with phono cartridges. The
user can remove the headshell, or unplug the tone arm, without turning down the volume.
There will be no damage or loud transients to your system should you wish to inspect, clean
or change styli by unplugging headshell or tone arm.
The additional circuit for "automatic muting" which senses when a record is being played
also protects against an "accident" that might otherwise cause a large transient to occur if
the stylus is dropped on the record ....Our logo goes from yellow to blue when the system
senses a record being played, and un-mutes in .5 seconds.
The current source preamp is a line level output device, and features both balanced and
unbalanced outputs. It is a complete phono system, and does not require a phono preamp
with RIAA equalization. It will connect directly into any amplifier, or any preamp line level
input. Our two top models will display: force per groove wall, record eccentricity and
downward tracking force.
It is an unfortunate fact that most all high end cartridges do not have user replaceable styli
and must be sent back to the manufacturer. That is not the case with our cartridge design as
it does have user replaceable styli - after all, a part of an expensive system that is a normal
wear-out item, or one that is easily breakable, should not cause any grief when it needs to
be replaced or when stylus damage occurs.
This also allows us to design varied configurations of cantilever materials and diamond
shapes, as well as stylus assemblies with varied compliance. This means our cartridge
system can be used on any tone arm mass, high, medium or low. We will also produce 78
styli, and a low cost stylus for the "kids"......
Sound
Peter Ledermann, President & Founder
8 John Walsh Blvd., Suite 417, Peekskill, NY 10566
Phone: (914) 739-2885 w Fax: (914)-739-5204
WWW.SOUND-SMITH.COM
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