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PHONOGRAPH CARTRIDGES
SMMC 1
- features an Optimized Contour
Contact Line Diamond Stylus
with a single Crystal Ruby
Cantilever
SMMC 2
- features a Nude Contact Line
Diamond Stylus with a single
Crystal Ruby
SMMC 3
- features a Nude Elliptical
Diamond Stylus and Aluminum
Cantilever
SMMC 4
- features a Diamond Elliptical
Stylus and Aluminum Cantilever
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Soundsmith Phono Cartridges
SMMC 1 SMMC 2 SMMC 3 SMMC 4
Stylus
Radius of
curvature
Cantilever
Recommended
Tracking Force
Effective tip mass
Compliance
Frequency
response
Channel Separation
1000 Hz
50-15,000 Hz
Contact Line
NUDE,
0.120 mm SQ
Optimized
Contact Line
Ruby
10Mn/1gm
0.32 mg
28 um/mN
20-20,000 Hz
+/- 2.5 dB
> 25 dB
> 20 dB
Contact Line
NUDE,
0.120 mm SQ
Contact Line
Ruby
10 Mn/1 gm
0.32 mg
28 um/mN
20-20,000 Hz
+/- 2.5 dB
> 25 dB
> 20 dB
Elliptical
NUDE,
0.120 mm SQ
6 x 17 um
Aluminum
alloy tube
12 mN/1.2 gm
0.35 mg
25 um/mN
20-20,000 Hz
+/- 2.5 dB
> 24 dB
> 20 dB
Elliptical diamond
0.20 mm round
Titanium bonded
6 x 17 um
Aluminum
alloy tube
12 MN/1.2 gm
0.5 mg
25 um/mN
20-20,000 Hz
+/- 2.5 dB
> 22 dB
> 17 dB
Channel difference
Output Voltage
5cm/sec. Lat. RMS
Cartridge weight
w/o Adapter
Load: Resistance
Capacity
< 1.6 dB
> 0.6 mV/cm/sec.
> 2.12 mV
1.6 gram
>/= 47 kohms
>/= 400 pF
< 1.6 dB
> 0.6 mV/cm/sec.
> 2.12 mV
1.6 gram
>/= 47 kohms
>/= 400 pF
< 1.8 dB
> 0.6 mV/cm/sec.
> 2.12 mV
1.6 gram
>/= 47 kohms
>/= 400 pF
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
< 2 dB
> 0.6 mV/cm/sec.
> 2.12 mV
1.6 gram
>/= 47 kohms
>/= 400 pF