Sumiko Blue Point No.3 HI MC Cartridge

• The latest step on an icon's journey, now available in High or Low output versions for personalised system matching.
• Full and warm yet defined and textured bass and mids with impressive high-frequency attack and decay.
• Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell
• Moving Coil cartridge design
• Elliptical diamond stylus
• High-output design for connecting to a MM phono stage
• MAKING A NEW ICON
  The Blue Point No. 3 was born out of an investigation into the long-standing Blue Point No. 2's more limited anti-resonance properties. Resonance has a more significant impact than many listeners realise and Sumiko wanted to reimagine how the housing resonates around the generator in the Blue Point range. After countless hours of development, a new combination of materials alongside an improved body design and expert assembly techniques result in a cartridge where only the musical information is kept.
• STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
  Thanks to Sumiko's tried and true moving coil cartridge generator system, the smoothness and subtlety one would expect from a good MC is present. Building on this, Blue Point No. 3 assembles its sonic picture from the ground up with its low-end response. Full and warm yet defined and textured, the depth of bass will invite you in to the musical image. In addition, you can expect a similar richness through the mids that remain decipherable. High-frequency attack and decay are simply sweet and airy.
• HIGH OR LOW?
  Having developed such a refinement on a classic design, introducing both a high and low output variant was a logical option considering Sumiko's competency in both high and low output MC designs. So, whether you need a cartridge that can run capably on a MM-compliant phono stage, or if you have a more adept MC design, you can get the cartridge that best suits your taste and your system.
  
  

• CHANNEL BALANCE (@ 1000HZ)
  < 1 dB
• CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 1000HZ)
  30 dB
• CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 15000HZ)
  20 dB
• FREQUENCY RANGE (@ -3DB)
  6000 Hz
• FREQUENCY RESPONSE
  13 - 35000 dB
• TRACKING ABILITY
  (@ 315HZ AT RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE)
  70 μm
• COMPLIANCE, DYNAMIC, LATERAL
  12 μm
• STYLUS TYPE
  0.3 x 0.7mil Elliptical
• TRACKING FORCE RANGE
  1.8 - 2.2 g
• RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE
  2.0 g
• TRACKING ANGLE
  20 °
• MAGNET TYPE
  Alnico
• CANTILEVER MATERIAL
  Aluminium Tube
• COIL WIRE MATERIAL
  Pure Copper
• RECOMMENDED LOAD CAPACITANCE
  100 - 200 pF
• CARTRIDGE WEIGHT
  6.0 g
• OUTPUT VOLTAGE
  2.5 mV
• INTERNAL IMPEDANCE
  135 Ω
• INTERNAL INDUCTANCE
  0.63 mH
• RECOMMENDED LOAD IMPEDANCE
  47000 Ω
  
  

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