The SOUNDSMITH SOTTO VOCE Tonabnehmer

Kudos, accolades and many 'Product of the Year' awards. The pinnacle of High Output designs - from Soundsmith - of course.

Since its introduction in 2009, The Voice has won numerous 'product-of-the-year' awards and is - in Peter Ledermann's words -'probably the best High Output cartridge in production today.' Our design goal was to produce the lowest moving mass high output design possible using novel and advanced technology. Featuring a single crystal Ruby Cantilever and our Optimized Contour Line Contact Stylus, we developed a specialized metallurgy for the low mass moving iron system.

A cartridge that disappears. After all, if it sounds like a 'record' it's wrong. The cartridge should bring your directly to the performance; not stand between you and the music.

Also available in dual-coil mono.

Cartridge Type Fixed Coil

Stylus Type Contact Line

Output High

Available As Dual Coil Mono Yes

Stylus: Contact Line Nude, 0.100mm SQ selected for low noise
Radius of curvature: OCL (Optimized Contour Contact Line)
Cantilever: Ruby
Recommended tracking force: 1.3 - 1.6 gm (standard medium Compliance); 1.0 - 1.2 grams for special order High Compliance
Effective tip mass: 0.30 mg
Compliance: 28 µm/mN (high), 22 µm/mN (medium)
Frequency response: 20-20,000 Hz ±1.0 dB
Channel separation (stereo only): 1000 Hz >30 dB, 50-15,000 >25 dB
Channel difference: <0.5 dB (Stereo), <1.0 dB (Mono)
Output voltage (The Voice): 2.12 mV
Cartridge weight: 6.8 grams
Loading (The Voice): = 47 kO