Sumiko Wellfleet Moving Magnet Cartridge

Sumiko Phono Cartridges are pleased to premiere Wellfleet, the newest addition to their Rainier collection.

The brand has upgraded the award-winning design of the Moonstone cartridge, retuning the suspension for optimal performance of a nude elliptical diamond with the existing generator and resonance-optimised housing found in the rest of the Rainier series.

Wellfleet uses a highly polished nude elliptical stylus, eliminating the bonding between the stylus tip and shank. With the new assembly, excessive mass in the shank is cut away to further reduce tip mass, resulting in a faster, more direct, and more accurate response of the stylus movement by the cantilever and magnet.

Sonically, this increases speed and focuses central images, pulling them toward the listener with a heightened sense for detail.

Sumiko Latest Oysters

Designed for discerning, value-minded audiophiles, Rainier, Olympia, Moonstone and Wellfleet supplement & complement the existing range of Sumiko Oysters.

They build upon, enhance & refine the sonic character that listeners worldwide have enjoyed for decades. New innovation in cartridge design addresses the problem of resonance — the things that need to happen around a generator to voice a cartridge with honesty.

The housing thusly disperses & dissipates resonance, making way for effortless, transparent sonics that are enlivened with intimate nuance. The voicing is true to natural harmonics, space around voices & instruments as well as their attack & decay. Unique to these latest Oysters (not to mention Amethyst), experience a diminutive backdrop that bolsters sonic images with a degree of aptitude reminiscent of moving coil designs.

Upgrade Path

Rainier, Olympia, Moonstone and Wellfleet replacement styli are interchangeable. We encourage you to follow the upgrade path to experience the best of what this design has to offer.

Features

• Clear yet warm sound from a nude elliptical diamond with very low moving mass.
• Nude Elliptical diamond stylus profile.
• Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell.
• Moving magnet cartridge with removable stylus.
• Low-resonance body and generator system.

Specifications

• Mass: 6.5 g
• Dimensions: 17.2 x 18.8 x 29 mm (W x H x D)
• Stylus: 0.3 x 0.7 mil Elliptical
• Cantilever: 0.5 mm diameter Aluminium Pipe
• Coils: High-Purity Copper
• Internal Impedance: 1,130 Ω
• Load Impedance: 47 kΩ
• Frequency Response: 12 Hz – 33 kHz
• Output: 3.0 mV @ 1 kHz
• Channel Separation: 30 dB @ 1 kHz
• Channel Balance: 0.5 dB @ 1 kHz
• Compliance: 13 x 10-6 cm/dyn @ 100 Hz
• Capacitance: 100 pF – 200 pF
• Vertical Tracking Angle: 26 degrees
• Tracking Force Range: 1.8 g – 2.2 g
• Recommended Tracking Force: 2.0 g
• Replacement Stylus Unit: RS Rainier / RS Olympia / RS Moonstone / RS Wellfleet / RS Amethyst / RS78

Included

• Cartridge + Stylus, OR Stylus Only (depending on component choice).

More Information

• Wellfleet MM, by Sumiko