Hi-Fi Cartridges
Hi-Fi Cartridges
- VIEWOrtofon MC Cadenza Mono Hi-Fi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Cadenza Mono
Ortofon's MC Cadenza Mono is made with a nude fine line stylus and a cylindrical aluminium cantilever. For easy use the pins are connected so you get the same signal from both pairs of connecting pins. Sharing internal build with the Cadenza Red and with optimized adjustments for mono playback the sound is relaxed, homogeneous and moderate. Find your old records as well as new micro groove mono records and experience the Cadenza Mono.
- VIEWSoundsmith Zephyr MIMC Low-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC
The Zephyr MIMC is the entry-level low-output cartridge by Soundsmith, but it retains many of the performance features of its more high-end siblings, and features a sapphire cantilever. Also benefitting from Soundsmith's 'Fixed Coil' technology, which results in less stylus 'jitter' and less energy returned to your vinyl record meaning greater clarity of sound. The Zephyr also features a stylus made from pure diamond engineered in 'Line Contact' shape- this shape is very similar to the stylus used to cut vinyl records, and ensures maximum contact with your record.
- VIEWSoundsmith Paua MKII Low-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Paua MKII
The Paua MKII is an upgrade on the already award-winning Paua, featuring an aluminium cantilever. Like Soundsmith's other Fixed Coil cartridges, the relatively low weight of this product allows it to perform with less 'stylus jitter' and return less noise to your vinyl record, resulting in cleaner sound. It also features a stylus made from pure diamond engineered in the 'Line Contact' shape. This shape is as close as possible to the stylus used to cut vinyl records, which ensures maximum contact with your record.
- VIEWSoundsmith Sussurro MKII Low-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Sussurro MKII
The Sussurro MKII represents another leap in quality for Soundsmith's range of low-output cartridges, and features a cantilever cut from ruby which ensures constant contact. It also benefits from Soundsmith's Fixed-Coil design, delivering clear and detailed sound with its low 'stylus jitter' and minimal noise being transferred to your vinyl record. Like the other low-output models, the Sussurro features a stylus made from pure diamond engineered in the 'Line Contact' shape. This shape is as close as possible to the stylus used to cut vinyl records, which ensures maximum contact with your record Each Sussurro is handmade by Peter Ledermann, the President & Chief Engineer of Soundsmith.
- VIEWSoundsmith Hyperion MKII Low-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Hyperion MKII
The Hyperion MKII is the top-of-the-line low-output cartridge by Soundsmith. The hand-formed "cactus spine" cantilever ensures constant contact with the record, ensuring maximum clarity and detail. As with the rest of the low-output range, this cartridge also benefits from Soundsmith's Fixed Coil design, minimising noise being returned to your vinyl record and all but eliminating 'stylus jitter'. Like the other low-output models, the Hyperion features a stylus made from pure diamond engineered in the 'Line Contact' shape. This shape is as close as possible to the stylus used to cut vinyl records, which ensures maximum contact with your record. Every Hyperion MKII is handmade in the USA by Peter Ledermann, the President & Chief Engineer of Soundsmith.
- VIEWSoundsmith Otello High-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Otello HiFiThe Otello is the entry-level model in Soundsmith's range of high-output cartridges, featuring an elliptical, titanium stylus. As part of the Fixed Coil range, Otello benefits from minimal noise returned to your record and reduced 'stylus jitter', resulting in clear and detailed sound.
- VIEWSoundsmith Carmen MKII High-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Carmen MKIIThe Carmen represents a step up in performance from the from Otello, benefitting from an elliptical nude diamond stylus as well as Soundsmith's Fixed Coil design. The Fixed Coil mitigates noise being returned to your vinyl record and reduces 'stylus jitter', boosting clarity and detail in the sound produced.
- VIEWSoundsmith Zephyr MKIII High-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Zephyr MKIIIThe Zephyr MKIII by Soundsmith is their mid-range high-output cartridge, borrowing features from its more expensive siblings, like its nude diamond stylus engineered in the Line Contact shape- this means that it is shaped similarly to the stylus used for cutting vinyl records, ensuring maximum contact with your record. Like the other cartridges in the Fixed Coil range, it benefits from minimal noise being introduced to your record and much less 'stylus jitter', delivering sound with clarity and detail.
- VIEWSoundsmith Aida High-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith AidaSoundsmith's Aida is a high-end, high-output cartridge delivering exceptional performance. Featuring a sapphire cantilever and nude diamond stylus engineered in the Line Contact shape, this is a cartridge that ensures maximum contact with your record and excellent responsiveness. As with other Fixed Coil models, Aida ensures minimal noise being fed back to your vinyl record and low levels of 'stylus jitter' to deliver sharp and clear sound.
- VIEWSoundsmith The Voice High-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith The VoiceThe Voice is the pinnacle of the high-output range by Soundsmith. With each one handcrafted by Soundsmith President & Chief Engineer, Peter Ledermann, The Voice delivers unparalleled high-output performance with its ruby cantilever and nude diamond, Line Contact stylus. The Line Contact stylus is shaped very similarly to the stylus used to cut vinyl records and ensures optimal, constant contact with the record. Once again benefitting from Soundsmith's Fixed Coil technology, by minimising the amount of noise sent back to your record and all-but eliminating 'stylus jitter' The Voice can make your record collection sound brand new again.
- VIEWSoundsmith Norma Medium-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith NormaThis may be the entry-level in Soundsmith's medium-output range, but Norma is much the same as Aida, the high-end high-output cartridge. Featuring a ruby cantilever and an optimised Line Contact stylus made from nude diamond which ensures maximum contact with the grooves in your record, Norma is composed of the highest quality materials. It also benefits from Soundsmith's innovative Fixed Coil design, which significantly reduces mass and noise returned to the record, as well as minimising 'stylus jitter' to deliver clean and detailed sound.
- VIEWSoundsmith Sotto Voce Medium-Output HiFi Turntable CartridgeItem Code: Soundsmith Sotto VoceAlmost identical to The Voice- the top-of-the-line high-output cartridge by Soundsmith- the Sotto Voce also features a ruby cantilever and optimised Line Contact stylus formed of nude diamond which is designed to be almost the same shape as the original stylus used to cut records, which ensures maximum contact with your vinyl records. Soundsmith's innovative Fixed Coil design significantly reduces the overall mass of the cartridge, and minimises both the transfer of noise back to your record and 'stylus jitter', which results in exceptionally clear and detailed sound. Each Sotto Voce is handmade in New York State by Peter Ledermann, the President & Chief Engineer of Soundsmith.