Sumiko Songbird Moving Coil Cartridge (High / Low)

Songbird Moving Coil Phono Cartridge (High / Low), by Sumiko.

Particularly adept with vocals and acoustic instruments, Sumiko created Songbird to make genuine moving coil imaging available to any listener.

It delivers the sweetest highs over a robust, rich yet clear low-midrange. Like its big sibling Starling, the Songbird suspends sonic images in a highly controlled manner. As opposed to music being flung from your speakers, you’re placed among the naturally-positioned instruments in the soundstage, close in proximity to the intimate nuances of the musical material. If you’ve got an MM phono stage, there is a good chance Songbird High is the cartridge you’ve been dreaming about.

For Low Output lovers, Songbird Low offers clear and ultra-musical with just the right degree of warmth, Songbird Low offers an even deeper soundstage with greater reach width-wise.

As it is generally more quiet thus allowing more detail to surface, you may be shocked by the surprises it yields even in the recordings you are most familiar with.

Stunningly holographic in a manner that approaches that of Starling, Songbird Low maximizes the refinement of your MC system at a price that’s well below reasonable considering the performance it achieves.

Features

• Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell.
• CNC-machined aluminium mounting plate.
• Moving Coil cartridge design.
• Open body construction avoids resonances around the generator system.
• Elliptical diamond stylus.
• Deep and wide soundstage with a touch of warmth.

Specifications

• Mass: 8.5 g
• Dimensions: 17 x 18 x 28.5 mm (W x H x D)
• Stylus: 0.3 x 0.7 mil Elliptical
• Cantilever: 0.5 mm Diameter Treated Aluminium Pipe
• Coils: High-Purity Copper
• Internal Impedance: 135 Ω / 28 Ω
• Load Impedance: 47 kΩ / <100 Ω
• Frequency Response: 12 Hz – 40 kHz
• Output: 2.5 mV @ 1 kHz / 0.5 mV @ 1 kHz
• Channel Separation: 30 dB @ 1 kHz
• Channel Balance: <0.5 dB @ 1 kHz
• Compliance: 12 x 10-6 cm/dyn @ 100 Hz
• Capacitance: 100 pF – 200 pF
• Vertical Tracking Angle: 20 degrees
• Tracking Force Range: 1.8 g – 2.2 g
• Recommended Tracking Force: 2.0 g
• Replacement Stylus Unit: Re-Tip Exchange - please contact us.

Included

• Cartridge + Stylus.

More Information

• Songbird High, by Sumiko
• Songbird Low, by Sumiko