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Soundsmith Sotto Voce Medium Output Cartridge
Soundsmith Sotto Voce Medium Output Cartridge
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The Soundsmith Sotto Voce is a medium-output version of the incredible "The Voice" cartridge. Each one handcrafted by Peter Ledermann and made in the USA. This cartridge is perfect for preamps that have that 48dB-58dB fixed gain, so users don't have to worry about overloading their phonostage with a moving magnet, or having to turn up the volume and deal with increased noise from a low-output moving coil. The 40-year evolution of “The Voice” cartridge (on which the Sotto Voce is based) affords lower effective moving mass than any of them. It even has 40% less than Soundsmith's other moving iron designs which means it’s easier to control and the stylus can stay in better contact with the groove walls. A moving coil preamp is not required. In fact, this cartridge is designed to be used with a moving magnet preamp. No transformers. No finicky multi-stage ultra high gain preamp required. Less is more here, too. Once you’ve heard Sotto Voce, you’ll never go back.
Specifications:
| 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: |
> 34 dB > 34 dB (LT version) N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz: |
> 30 dB N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel Difference: | < 0.5 dB < 1.0 dB (Mono Version) |
| Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: |
> 1.10 mV (MEDIUM) |
| DC Resistance (DCR): | 110Ω |
| Coil Inductance per channel: | 30 mH |
| Suggested Preamp Gain: | 48 - 54 dB |
| Cartridge Weight: | 6.80 g |
| Recommended Load Resistance: | ≥ 1.5 kΩ |
| Recommended Load Capacitance: | n/a |
