Soundsmith Carmen mk. 2
SOUNDSMITH CARMEN MKII
Our Carmen design resolves high performance at an affordable price. A dramatic deep and wide soundstage, and ultra trackability
"The Soundsmith Carmen's ultra-low-mass MI assembly plays with more agility, is more naturally detailed, and sounds less stressed than any MC I'm aware of. Its treble is not dull or rolled off—it's just the most authentic treble I've experienced from a phonographic transducer."
- Herb Recihert, Stereophile
Carmen Mk II
SpecificationsOutput
High
Additional Specifications
Type:
• Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
Mount:
• Standard ½”
Stylus:
• Elliptical Nude, 0.12 mm square
Radius of Curvature:
• 6 x 17 µm
Cantilever:
• Aluminum Alloy
Recommended Tracking Force:
• 1.3 - 1.6 g Standard (Medium Compliance)
• 1.0 - 1.2 g (Special Order High Compliance)
Effective Tip Mass:
• 0.35 mg
Compliance:
• 22 µm/mN (Medium Compliance)
• 28 µm/mN (High Compliance)
Frequence Response:
• 15 - 45,000 Hz ± 2.0 dB
Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz:
• > 26 dB
• N/A (Mono version)
Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz:
• > 20 dB
• N/A (Mono version)
Channel Difference:
• < 1.6 dB
• < 1.0 dB (Mono version)
Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec:
• > 2.12 mV (HIGH)
DC Resistance (DCR):
• 680Ω
Coil Inductance per channel:
• 190 mH
Suggested Preamp Gain:
• 38 - 44 dB
Cartridge Weight:
• 9.20 g (ES series)
Recommended Load Resistance:
• ≥ 47kΩ
Recommended Load Capacitance:
• n/a
