
Soundsmith Aida MKII Cartridge
The Soundsmith Aida is a high-output turntable cartridge using a Fixed Coil design. The cartridge pairs a laser-drilled sapphire cantilever with a nude diamond stylus cut in the Line Contact shape, giving the stylus a sharper playing surface that tracks groove modulations across the record, including the inner grooves. This shape keeps stylus jitter low and limits noise feeding back into the vinyl. The cartridge fits a standard ½" mount and suits turntables running medium-compliance tonearms with a recommended tracking force of 1.3–1.6g.
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Specifications
Soundsmith Aida MKII Cartridge
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Type |
Fixed Coil / Moving Iron |
| Mount |
Standard ½” |
| Cartridge height |
WITHOUT ALUMINA inserts = .675” top to stylus tip – with two half round alumina pieces for ground isolation add .010”; WITH center slot full round Alumina (use for azimuth adjustment if your arm does NOT allow such) = .733” |
| Stylus |
Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square; Selected Contact Line low mass Nude Stylus |
| Radius of curvature |
6 x 17 µm |
| Cantilever |
Laser Drilled Sapphire |
| Recommended tracking force |
1.3 - 1.6 g Standard (Medium Compliance); 1.0 - 1.2 g (Special Order High Compliance) |
| Effective tip mass |
0.30 mg |
| Compliance |
22 µm/mN (Medium Compliance); 28 µm/mN (High Compliance) |
| Frequency response |
20 - 20,000 Hz ± 2.5 dB |
| Channel separation @ 1000 hz |
> 30 dB, N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel separation @ 50 - 15,000 hz |
> 20 dB, N/A (Mono version) |
| Channel difference |
< 1.0 dB, < 1.0 dB (Mono version) |
| Output voltage @ 5cm/sec |
> 2.12 mV (HIGH) |
| Dc resistance (dcr) |
680Ω |
| Coil inductance per channel |
190 mH |
| Suggested preamp gain |
38 - 44 dB |
| Cartridge weight |
9.20 g (ES series) |
| Recommended load resistance |
≥ 47kΩ |
| Recommended load capacitance |
n/a |
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