Soundsmith Sussurro MkII ES Cartridge 0.4mV (OC-CL Stylus, Low Compliance)

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An In Stock item is available to ship normally within 24 business hours.

Preorder

A Preorder is an item that has not yet been released. Typically the label will set a projected release date (that is subject to change). If a projected release date is known, we will include this in the description in red. Other Preorders are set to release 'TBA.' This means that release date is yet 'To Be Announced'. The Preorder can be released anywhere between weeks, months or years from its initial announcement.

Backordered

An Out Of Stock item is an item that we normally have available to ship but we are temporarily out of. We do not have a specific date when it will be coming.

Awaiting Repress

Awaiting repress titles are in the process of being repressed by the label. No ETA is available at this time.

Expected On

When an item is Out Of Stock and we have an estimated date when our stock should arrive, we list that date on our website in the part's description. It is not guaranteed.

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Description

Made in the USA.

Trade-Up Pricing: Receive a credit valued at 30% of the original retail price of a Soundsmith moving iron cartridge towards the purchase of a new Soundsmith moving iron cartridge of equal or greater value.

All original owners of this cartridge are eligible for a rebuild done by Soundsmith directly!
$650 ~ Only 20% (or less) of MSRP!
Click here to fill out Soundsmith's Cartridge Rebuild Form

2 year warranty to the original owner.

Unparalleled 2 Year Warranty!
Retip is less than 13% of MSRP at $650!

The Sussurro ~ critical design decisions, realized. Lowest internal mass. Best damping. Esoteric stylus and cantilever. If you need to stay in constant contact, your cartridge has arrived.

Inspired by Frank Schröder, designed and individually hand made by Peter Ledermann, Soundsmith's Sussurro is a cartridge designed to specifically address the most intricate and critical issues of cartridge design. The new MKII Sussurro has a newly designed moving iron element to reduce moving mass by 70%; extremely low stored energy, the new MKII damping system and an innovative energy distribution path to effectively transfer mechanical energy away from the cantilever through the cartridge body into the tone arm. So what does all this mean??

Low jitter. Jitter? You probably thought that was a term reserved for digital systems. Not so. Stylus jitter is responsible for loss of detail, and making a cartridge sound, well, like a cartridge. The Sussurro stays in constant contact with the record groove. If you are not in constant contact, you cant hear what has truly been recorded.

Also available in dual-coil mono.

Technical Specifications

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
Frequency 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	> 0.40 mV (LOW)
DC Resistance (DCR)	10Ω
Coil Inductance per channel	2.75 mH
Suggested Preamp Gain	58 - 64 dB
Cartridge Weight	12.2 g (ES series)
Recommended Load Resistance	≥ 470Ω
Recommended Load Capacitance	N/A