The Norma may be the entry-level in Soundsmith's medium-output range. Norma is much the same as Aida, the high-end high-output cartridge. Featuring a ruby cantilever and an optimised Line Contact stylus made from nude diamond which ensures maximum contact with the grooves in your record, Norma is composed of the highest quality materials. It also benefits from Soundsmith's innovative Fixed Coil design, which significantly reduces mass and noise returned to the record, as well as minimising 'stylus jitter' to deliver clean and detailed sound.
Features
Cartridge Type: Fixed Coil
Stylus Type: Optimized Contour Contact Line
Output: Medium
Specification
Type: Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
Mount: Standard ½”
Stylus: Contact Line, Nude, 0.10 mm square
Radius of Curvature: Optimized Contour Contact Line
Cantilever: Ruby
Recommended Tracking Force: 1.3 - 1.6 g Standard (Medium Compliance)
Effective Tip Mass: 0.30 mg
Compliance: 22 µm/mN (Medium Compliance)
Frequence Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz ± 2.5 dB
Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz: > 30 dB
Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz: > 25 dB
Channel Difference: < 1.0 dB
Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec: > 1.10 mV (MEDIUM)
DC Resistance (DCR): 110Ω
Coil Inductance per channel: 30 mH
Suggested Preamp Gain: 48 - 54 dB
Cartridge Weight: 6.80 g
Recommended Load Resistance: ≥ 1.5kΩ
Recommended Load Capacitance: n/a
