The Paua is one of Soundsmith’s most highly regarded top of the line low output cartridges. It has won numerous accolades and praise from users and reviewers around the word, including an “Editor’s Choice Award” in 2015 from TAS. Now we introduce the new Paua MKII, employing a newly developed Aluminum alloy used to fashion the MKII’s cantilever into a precision acoustic and mechanical lever. It features stiffness in the ranges required, while providing critical damping in other sections of the acoustic spectrum.
Type: | • Fixed Coil / Moving Iron |
Mount: | • Standard ½” |
Stylus: | • Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square |
Radius of Curvature: | • Nude Contact Line SELECTED |
Cantilever: | • Telescoping Aluminum Alloy |
Recommended Tracking Force: | • 1.7 – 1.9 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 • N/A (Mono version) |
Channel Separation @ 50 – 15,000 Hz: | • > 25 dB • N/A (Mono version) |
Channel Difference: | • < 0.5 dB • < 1.0 dB (Mono version) |
Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: | • > 0.40 mV (LOW) |
DC Resistance (DCR): | • 10Ω |
Coil Inductance per channel: | • 2.75 mH |
Suggested Preamp Gain: | • 58 – 64 dB |
Cartridge Weight: | • 12.2 g (ES series) |
Recommended Load Resistance: | • ≥ 470Ω |
Recommended Load Capacitance: | • n/a |