Sumiko Audio Songbird

The Songbird comes in at a much needed price point perfect for launching the part-time audiophile into some serious listening.

As its name suggests, this open-architecture moving coil cartridge excels at providing colorful and rich vocals, and highlights the powerful low and mid-end of funk and rock. The long 7-micron stylus face will handle different cutting angles well, and this cartridge is also great at providing some excitement to otherwise anemic classical system setups.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

• Cartridge Type: Moving Coil
• Stylus: 0.3 x 0.7 micron Elliptical
• Cantilever Material: coated aluminum pipe
• Wire Material: pure copper
• Internal Impedance: 135 Ohms
• Load Impedance: 47kΩ
• Frequency Response: 12Hz - 40kHz
• Output Voltage: 2.5mV
• Channel Separation: 30dB @ 1kHzChannel Balance: <0.5dB @ 1kHz
• Compliance: 12x10-6 cm/dyn @ 100Hz
• Recommended load capacitance: 100pF - 200pF
• Vertical tracking angle: 20°
• Tracking Force: 1.8g - 2.2g
• Recommended Force: 2.0g
• Cartridge Weight: 8.5g