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Sumiko Pearwood Celebration II MC Cartridge

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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.

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 Size/Shape: 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