Soundsmith - The Zephyr II MI Phono Cartridge - High Output Low Compliance

Same price as the BOHEME but a different animal. The new “Z/II” is a Low Compliance cartridge that was designed to work extremely well with both “unipivot” and standard “bearing” tonearms. The Z/II is the first SOUNDSMITH cartridge to utilize a boron cantilever coupled with a low-mass contact-line stylus providing the same speed and tracking ability that one has come to expect from this artisanal US company.

Technical Specifications

• Stylus:     Nude Contact Line; 0.120 mm SQ
• Radius of curvature:     6 X 17 mm
• Cantilever:     Boron
• Recommended Tracking Force:     1.6 - 2.0 Grams (1.8 typical)
• Effective Tip Mass:     0.35 mg
• Compliance:     10 mm/mN
• Frequency response:     20-20,000 Hz +/- 2.5 dB
• Channel Separation:     1000 Hz is > 36 dB & 50-15,000 Hz is > 20 dB
• Channel difference:     < 1.0 dB Stereo
• Output voltage:     > 2.2 mV@5/cm/sec.
• 5 cm/sec. Lat. RMS:     > 2.12 mV
• Cartridge weight:     10.27 grams
• Load Resistance:     >/= 47k Ohms
• Load Capacitance:     100-200 pF