Soundsmith Mezzo MKII Medium Output Phono Cartridge
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Overview & specification
SoundSmith – Mezzo MKII – Medium-Output Phono Cartridge
The medium-output brother of the SUSSURRO. The MEZZO is a cartridge that fully realizes critical design features; has an extremely low internal mass, extraordinary damping, and one of the best stylus and cantilever combos.
Each MEZZO cartridge is individually hand crafted by Peter Ledermann, CEO of Soundsmith and Chief Engineer. It has a newly designed fixed coil element that effectively reduces moving mass by 70%. The result is almost no jitter and one of the best sounds in a cartridge. Made with an ebony body and a ruby cantilever.
SPECIFICATIONS
Output Medium
Output Voltage 1.1 mV
Type: • Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
Mount: • Standard ½”
Stylus: • Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square
Radius of Curvature: • Optimized Contour Contact Line SELECTED
Cantilever: • Ruby
Recommended Tracking Force: • 1.8 – 2.2 g
Effective Tip Mass: • 0.30 mg
Compliance: • 10 µm/mN
Frequence Response: • 20 – 20,000 Hz ± 1.0 dB
Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: • > 34 dB
N/A (Mono version)
Channel Separation @ 50 – 15,000 Hz: • > 25 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: • 10.25 g
Recommended Load Resistance: • ≥ 1.5kΩ
Recommended Load Capacitance: • n/a
