Soundsmith The Voice Cartridge

Soundsmith The Voice ES Series High Output Fixed Coil Phono Cartridge

Experience the ES Series High and Low Output Fixed Coil cartridges in store at Yorkshire AV.

Since its introduction in 2009, The Voice has won numerous "product-of-the-year" awards and is – in Peter Ledermann’s words –"probably the best High Output cartridge in production today."

Our design goal was to produce the lowest moving mass high output design possible using novel and advanced technology. Featuring a single crystal Ruby Cantilever and our Optimized Contour Line Contact Stylus, we developed a specialized metallurgy for the low mass moving iron system.

A cartridge that disappears. After all, if it sounds like a “record" it’s wrong. The cartridge should bring your directly to the performance; not stand between you and the music. Also available in dual-coil mono.

Specs

• Type: Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
• Mount: Standard ½”
• Stylus: Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square Selected
• Radius of Curvature: Optimized Contour Contact Line
• Cantilever: Ruby
• Recommended Tracking Force: 1.3 - 1.6 g Standard (Medium Compliance), 1.0 - 1.2 g (Special Order High Compliance)
• Effective Tip Mass: 0.30 mg
• Compliance: 22 µm/mN (Medium Compliance), 28 µm/mN (High Compliance)
• Frequence Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz ± 1.0 dB
• Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: > 30 dB, N/A (Mono version)
• Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz: > 20 dB, N/A (Mono version)
• Channel Difference: < 1.0 dB, < 0.5 dB (Mono version)
• Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: > 2.12 mV (HIGH)
• DC Resistance (DCR): 680Ω
• Coil Inductance per channel: 190 mH
• Suggested Preamp Gain: 38 - 44 dB
• Cartridge Weight: 9.20 g (ES series)
• Recommended Load Resistance: ≥ 47kΩ
• Recommended Load Capacitance: n/a