Soundsmith Mezzo Medium Output HiFi Turntable Cartridge

The Mezzo is essentially a medium-output version of the Sussurro- a high-end low-output cartridge. It features a ruby cantilever and nude diamond stylus, engineered in the Contact Line shape. This special shape mimics that of the stylus used to cut grooves in vinyl and ensures maximum contact with your record. The Mezzo, like all the other cartridges in Soundsmith's Fixed Coil range, benefits from a drastic reduction in mass and noise returned to the record itself, and also avoids suffering from 'stylus jitter' to produce wonderfully clear and detailed sound. Each Mezzo is handmade in upstate New York by Peter Ledermann, President & Chief Engineer of Soundsmith.

What Soundsmith say

Our new medium output design; all other technical specifications are identical to the Sussurro. Lowest internal mass. Best damping. Esoteric stylus and cantilever. If you need to stay in constant contact, your cartridge has arrived.

Features:

Cartridge Type: Fixed Coil
Stylus Type: Optimised Contour Contact Line
Output: Medium
Output Voltage: 1.1mV

Specification:

Type: Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
Mount: Standard ½”
Stylus: Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square
Radius of Curvature: Optimized Contour Contact Line SELECTED
Cantilever: Ruby
Recommended Tracking Force: 1.8 - 2.2 g
Effective Tip Mass: 0.30 mg
Compliance: 10 µm/mN
Frequence Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz ± 1.0 dB
Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: > 34 dB
Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz: > 25 dB
Channel Difference: < 0.5 dB
Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: > 1.10 mV (MEDIUM)
DC Resistance (DCR): 10Ω
Coil Inductance per channel: 30 mH
Suggested Preamp Gain: 48 - 54 dB
Cartridge Weight: 10.25 g
Recommended Load Resistance: ≥ 1.5kΩ
Recommended Load Capacitance: n/a