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Sumiko Celebration Pearwood Signature Mk 2

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.

Sumiko Celebration Pearwood Signature Mk 2 Specifications:

  • Cartridge type: Moving Coil
  • Suspension: Synthetic Rubber
  • Output Voltage/Channel: 0.5mV (3.54 cm/sec., 1kHz)
  • Channel Separation: 30 DB @ 1kHtz
  • Channel Balance: 0.5db @ 1 kHtz
  • Tracking Force Range: 1.9 - 2.2g
  • 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 Grams
  • Mounting System: Standard 0.5” hole spacing, threaded M2.5

  • Sumiko Celebration Pearwood Signature [large view]
    Michael Fremer had this to say about the Celebration (Sterophile Feb 2001 Vol 24 No 2)

    "The Celebration was a music-lover's cartridge - for those who value harmonic richness over ultra-low-level detail, transparency, and spatial resolution..."

    "With its rich harmonic presentation its fine transient response, its robust bass, and its bold imaging it should easily win over many analog lovers.... "

     
    Price: $2,000.00
     
     
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