Soundsmith Zephyr NEW Cartridge Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star

NEW CARTRIDGE ,NEVER USED.

The Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star Moving Iron
Cartridge 0.4mV smashes through sonic barriers with its new
laser-drilled Sapphire cantilever!




*The Zephyr MIMC Star Gift Program! With each purchase of a
Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star MI Cartridge, you will receive a small,
golden envelope containing a "ticket" with a serial number that
corresponds to a gift. Sealed, mixed and randomized. Only 1500 tickets
are available, corresponding to the 1500 cartridges being produced for
this program. Every one of these 1500 Zephyr MIMC Star boxes will have
one of these envelopes inside it. Each Zephyr MIMC Star customer will be
given something, and the value of the gifts will range from EZ Mount
Screws ($40 value) to a Strain Gauge SG-210 ($9600 value!). Other
possible gifts include the MMP-4 Phono Stage ($500 value), MMP-3 Phono
Stage ($650 value), MCP-2 Phono Stage ($1000 value), Paua Cartridge
($3800 value), Sussurro Cartridge ($4800 value) & Hyperion Cartridge
($7500 value).

"At the under $2000 price point, the new low output Soundsmith Zephyr
MIMIC Star is an overachiever that gives you a glimpse of the best in
terms of non-mechanical, artifact-free performance, for a small
percentage of the state of the art asking price. With measured 36dB
chancel separation the Zephyr Star’s spatial performance is up there
with the best at any price, as is its smooth, reasonably fast and
non-mechanical overall demeanor."



"If you crave more tightly drawn, solid and compacted images, sharper,
faster, better focused transients and blacker backgrounds they can be
found, but at a far higher price-point. Soundsmith’s new Zephyr Star is a
star." - Michael Fremer / analogplanet.com



Zephyr MIMC was our entry-level to the high-performance world of
Soundsmith's MC-pre-compatible, low-output cartridges. It brought a very
nice portion of the performance available in our higher-end
MC-compatible cartridges (Paua, Sussurro, Hyperion) to the more
affordable sub-$2k category.



Recently, Peter Ledermann decided to see if he could stretch the limits
of the MIMC's performance even higher without stretching past the $2k
price point ... little did any of us know how far he would be able to
take it!



The updated Zephyr MIMC ? smashes through sonic barriers with its new
laser-drilled Sapphire cantilever and select nude Contact-Line diamond
stylus!



This is probably the most important Soundsmith model to have in your
arsenal. It brings an astounding portion of the performance available
only in our top-level low output cartridges, and it does it for just
$1,999.95 retail (USD)!





Specifications:

Stylus: Selected Contact Line low mass Nude Stylus

Radius of curvature: 6 x 17 µm

Cantilever:Laser Drilled Sapphire

Recommended tracking force: 1.8 to 2.2 grams

Effective tip mass: 0.32 mg

Compliance: 10 µm/mN (low compliance)

Frequency response: 15-45,000 Hz ± 2.0 dB

Channel separation (stereo only): 1000 Hz >28 dB, 50-15,000 >25 dB

Channel difference: <1.0 dB (Stereo), <0.5 dB (Dual Mono operation- w/optimal VTF setting)

Output Voltage: =0.4 mV

DC Resistance (DCR): 10-11 Ohms each channel

Coil: 2.75 mH each channel

Suggested Preamp Gain: 58-64 dB

Soundsmith Recommends: MCP2 Variable Loading Preamp

Cartridge weight: 10.25 grams

Loading: = 470 Ohms




Retip: $350