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Trade In Pricing:
Only $449.99 with Sumiko Blue Point Cartridge trade in! (Working or Non-Working Qualifies!)
Re-Tip/Exchange:
Only $398.99
Trade instructions: If you purchase this cartridge with a trade-in, please note when you check out your total will show the normal sale price of this item and NOT the trade in price. However, when we process your order, you will be charged ONLY the trade in price. When you have received your new Sumiko cartridge, please carefully pack and ship your trade-in cartridge to us (see our website for address).
Raises the performance bar even higher at this highly competitive price point!
The evolution of the ever-popular Blue Point Special, the BPS EVO III raises the performance bar even higher at this highly competitive price point. Its tonal balance is remarkably smooth, exhibiting a fundamental richness and overall warmth without sacrificing musical detail and resolution. Sound stage focus and channel separation are exemplary, as is the cartridgeÂ’s ability to maintain a coherent consistency that reproduces music as a perceptual whole.
Chemically coated aluminum cantilever with 0.3mm x 0.7mm elliptical stylus. Ultra low-resonance open generator design and resonance controlled mounting system provides the lowest mechanical impedance. The BPS EVO III is highly compatible with most modern tonearms.
"Sumiko's Blue Point EVO III is an updated version of the firm's popular Blue Point Special (BPS)... The EVO III provided a big helping of moving-coil goodness, yet was refreshingly free of common moving-coil quirks and foibles. Enthusiastically recommended." - The Absolute Sound, April 2004
Blue Point Special High Specifications:
Cartridge Type: MC
Frequency Response: 12Hz-40KHz
Output Voltage/Channel: 2.5mV
Channel Separation: 30dB
Channel Balance: 0.5dB
Compliance: 12x10-6 cm/dyne
Stylus Size/Shape: .3x.7/Elliptical
Load Impedance: 47k Ohms
Tracking Force Range: 1.7-2.1 grams
Recommended Force: 2.0 grams
Cartridge Weight: 8.3 grams