Sumiko - Celebration

For over five years SUMIKO has provided the Celebration Pearwood Signature to music lovers seeking the musical experience of the finest and most expensive phono pickups at a more reasonable cost. New advances in material technology and construction techniques have allowed for a significant improvement in sound quality and have resulted in the creation of this new Mark II version.

Improvements to the original Pearwood Celebration include a brand new handcrafted Pearwood cartridge body, refined long-grain boron cantilever, and most notably a new ultra low-mass Ogura Jewel Co. P9 Stylus (Vital Design). In addition, a new, machined billet Teflon back plate features custom hollow and tapered brass mounting pins for ease of installation. These refinements result in a cartridge that offers more extended high frequencies along with bass extension and an extremely articulate mid-band range. . The Pearwood Celebration II embodies all the virtues that over 25 years of experience in designing and distributing the finest in analog products.

Technical Specifications

• Cartridge type: Moving Coil
• Suspension: Synthetic Rubber
• Frequency Response: 10Hz-40kHz +/- 1.5dB
• Output voltage/Channel: 0.5mV (3.54 cm/sec., 1kHz)
• Channel Separation: 30dB @ 1kHz
• Channel Balance: 0.5dB @ 1kHz
• Optimum Tracking Force: 2.0 grams
• Tracking Force Range: 1.9 – 2.2 grams
• Dynamic Compliance: (x10-6 cm/dyne) 12
• Internal Impedance: 30 Ohms
• Capacitance Range: 100 – 300 pf
• Cantilever: Long Grain Boron
• Stylus: Ultra low-mass Ogura Jewel Co. P9 Stylus
• Output Terminals: Unique gold plated tapered brass pins
• Load Impedance: 100-1k Ohms
• Cartridge Weight: 7.0 grams
• Mounting System: Standard 0.5" hole spacing, threaded M2.5