Sumiko Songbird Moving Coil Cartridge

£899.95

Inspired by the range-topping Sumiko Starling, the Sumiko Songbird is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that excels at providing rich vocals, while also delivering low-mids and bass with poise and control. The benefit of the physical design is that resonances often associated with external housings are eliminated in the Songbird, yet to enhance this further the cartridge also boasts a CNC-precision milled high-grade aluminium mounting plate so the cartridge system can perform effortlessly.

  • Moving Coil cartridge with 0.3 x 0.7 micron Elliptical stylus

  • Rich vocals and excellent mid-low/bass performance

  • Ultra-low resonance open architecture design

  • Pure copper wires

  • Overhead mounting design

  • Available in two output versions, to suit any listening system

  • Easy to set-up and install

Output:

Inspired by the range-topping Sumiko Starling, the Sumiko Songbird is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that excels at providing rich vocals, while also delivering low-mids and bass with poise and control. The benefit of the physical design is that resonances often associated with external housings are eliminated in the Songbird, yet to enhance this further the cartridge also boasts a CNC-precision milled high-grade aluminium mounting plate so the cartridge system can perform effortlessly.

  • Moving Coil cartridge with 0.3 x 0.7 micron Elliptical stylus

  • Rich vocals and excellent mid-low/bass performance

  • Ultra-low resonance open architecture design

  • Pure copper wires

  • Overhead mounting design

  • Available in two output versions, to suit any listening system

  • Easy to set-up and install

Description

The coated aluminium cantilever employed in the Songbird provides excellent energy transfer from the stylus to the coils. Further, the synthetic rubber suspension system is tuned so the hardness and repulsion factor are optimised for a controlled acoustic performance over a long lifespan. 

The sophisticated Songbird design results in a combination of superior dynamics and excellent long term tracking ability. When finished with Sumiko's popular 0.3 x 0.7 micron elliptical low-mass stylus.

As it's part of the Reference Series, the Songbird is painstakingly crafted by hand in a process that involves hours of labour. After assembly, final adjustments are made using a battery of test records, and performance is hand-calibrated for your enjoyment.

The Songbird is available in two output options. The standard "Low" output version has an output voltage comparable to most other moving coils, and requires either a step-up transformer or an MC phono stage for matching to a hi-fi system. The "High" output version is a type that many other cartridge manufacturers have struggled to achieve with such success. SUMIKO high output moving coils can be paired with almost any MM phono stage, and the Songbird marries a low-mass cantilever to a powerful generator system for 2.5mV of output.

 
Technical Information

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

  • 12Hz - 40kHz

OUTPUT VOLTAGE

  • 0.5mV

LOAD IMPEDANCE

  • < 100Ω

CHANNEL SEPERATION

  • 30dB @ 1kHz

CHANNEL BALANCE

  • <0.5dB@ 1kHz

STYLUS TYPE

  • Elliptical / 0.3 x 0.7 micron

COMPLIANCE

  • 12x10-6 cm/dyn

INTERNAL IMPEDANCE

  • 28Ω

TRACKING FORCE RANGE

  • 1.8 - 2.2g

RECOMMENDED FORCE

  • 2.0g

CARTRIDGE WEIGHT

  • 8.5g

 

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

  • 12Hz - 40kHz

OUTPUT VOLTAGE

  • 2.5mV

LOAD IMPEDANCE

  • 47kΩ

CHANNEL SEPERATION

  • 30dB @ 1kHz

CHANNEL BALANCE

  • <0.5dB@ 1kHz

COMPLIANCE

  • 12x10-6 cm/dyn @ 100Hz

TRACKING FORCE RANGE

  • 1.8 - 2.2g

RECOMMENDED FORCE

  • 2.0g

CARTRIDGE WEIGHT

  • 8.5g