Sumiko Starling MC Cartridge

• The Starling is the flagship open architecture cartridge from Sumiko, exhibiting true high-end sound from a meticulously engineered device.
• Accurate sound staging places you at the front and centre of the performance
• Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell
• CNC-machined aluminium mounting plate
• Moving Coil cartridge design
• Open body construction avoids resonances around the generator system
• Nude Line-Contact diamond stylus profile
• AIMING FOR EXCELLENCE
  No aspect of the Starling's design was left to chance. It is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that renders the grandeur of an orchestra while still preserving air and space, and also delivers every detail of a nuanced Jazz recording with its responsive dynamics and deep silences. The benefit of the physical design is that resonances often associated with external housings are eliminated in the Starling, yet to enhance this further the cartridge also boasts a CNC-precision milled high-grade aluminium mounting plate so the cartridge system can perform effortlessly. The mechanical silence of the Starling concedes a dynamic linearity across the entire spectrum that allows it to handle even the most demanding passages with effortless poise and convincing drive.
• NOTHING BUT THE BEST
  The long-grain boron cantilever employed in the Starling provides class-leading energy transfer from the stylus to the coils. Further, the synthetic rubber suspension system is tuned so the hardness and repulsion factor are optimised for a controlled acoustic performance over a long lifespan. The sophisticated Starling design results in a combination of superior dynamics and excellent long term tracking ability. When finished with the specially ground, low-mass, high-end MicroRidge stylus, tremendous amounts of detail can be extracted from the record groove.
• A TRUE REFERENCE
  As it's part of the Reference Series, the Starling is painstakingly crafted by hand in a process that involves hours of labour. After assembly, final adjustments are made using a battery of test records, and performance is hand-calibrated for your enjoyment. The Starling is a traditional "low output" moving coil, but its fidelity and technical characteristics mean that it delivers a truly high-end sound when paired with the appropriate equipment in a high-end vinyl system.

• OUTPUT VOLTAGE
  0.5 mV
• CHANNEL BALANCE (@ 1000HZ)
  < 0.5 dB
• CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 1000HZ)
  35 dB
• CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 15000HZ)
  20 dB
• FREQUENCY RANGE (@ -3DB)
  6000 Hz
• FREQUENCY RESPONSE
  12 - 50000 dB
• TRACKING ABILITY
  (@ 315HZ AT RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE)
  70 μm
• COMPLIANCE, DYNAMIC, LATERAL
  12 μm
• STYLUS TYPE
  Ultra low-mass Microridge Line Contact
• TRACKING FORCE RANGE
  1.8 - 2.2 g
• RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE
  2.0 g
• TRACKING ANGLE
  20 °
• INTERNAL IMPEDANCE
  28 Ω
• INTERNAL INDUCTANCE
  0.038 mH
• MAGNET TYPE
  Alnico
• CANTILEVER MATERIAL
  0.28⌀ Boron Shaft
• COIL WIRE MATERIAL
  Pure Copper
• RECOMMENDED LOAD IMPEDANCE
  > 100 Ω
• RECOMMENDED LOAD CAPACITANCE
  100 - 200 pF
• CARTRIDGE WEIGHT
  9.5 g
  
  

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