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Only $999.99 with ANY Cartridge Trade-In (working or not) or ANY Turntable Purchase! Save $500.00!!!
Please call us today if you have any further questions! 800-782-3472, M-F 9-6, Sat. 11-3 EST.
Trade-In instructions: Enter your trade-in above. We will email you with instructions on where to ship your trade-in.
A born in the USA American Classic!
An Unparalleled Warranty! Retip is only $299 and is guaranteed for a Full Year!
Be prepared to sit back and realize... you may have never really heard your record collection before!
The new Zephyr MK III has achieved what no other cartridge has done since its inception; rapid recognition as a leading force in phono cartridge design and performance.
The Soundsmith Zephyr MkIII enjoys a great history, starting with the well loved VPI Zephyr original, which evolved into the well known Zephyr MKII. In our effort to bring you even higher definition without increase in cost, we introduce the NEW Zephyr MKIII. It features a newly developed aluminum alloy - the same one we are now using in the Paua MKII, just released. This new metal alloy has unique dualistic properties, providing stiffness in the ranges required as well as damping exactly where its needed - and by the proper amount - in the most critical parts of the sonic spectrum. The result is a cartridge that will slam your Rock and Roll while providing a new level of linearity and clarity for the most complex classical and jazz passages.
Attached to our new cantilever material is a tiny new super low mass "High Profile" Contact Line diamond we have developed for the new Zephyr MKIII. This stylus traces more of the groove walls than a standard contact line, but avoids some of the alignment pitfalls that can occur with a high profile contact line design, allowing more azimuth alignment forgiveness than is normally possible with such designs.
These improvements are paired with technology borrowed from our higher end line; "Trickle Down" technology from a unique Dynamic Energy Management System (DEMS) developed by Soundsmith that moves the damped energy and propagates it properly within the cartridge body. This is a similar system we employ in the Soundsmith's well received and reviewed high end Sussurro Cartridge.
The new Zephyr MKIII is capable of truly remarkable separation and sound stage imaging at a level not previously achievable in a modestly priced design. The composite body and unique DEMS design work in tandem to contribute to the Zephyr MkIII's ability to produce high-end performance from a moderately priced cartridge. Be prepared to sit back and realize... you may have never really heard your record collection before.
The Zephyr MkIII will provide a level of clarity and beauty that will make you take out your record collection and listen to it all over again.
An Unparalleled Warranty:
The Zephyr Mk III Cartridge is covered for a full one year. Retip is 20% of the retail ($300). An absolutely unheard of warranty for cartridges. Made in the USA, the Soundsmith cartridges are the best long term values around!
Features:
• "Trickle Down" Soundsmith technology from the Sussurro
• Selected Contact Line low mass Nude Stylus
• Ultra low effective moving mass resulting in superlative transient and micro detail performance
• Virtually hum-free operation due to six sided HyMu80 magnetic shielding
• 1 Year Warranty
Specifications:
Stylus: Ultra Low Mass Nude High Profile Contact Line
Radius of curvature: 6 x 17 uM
Cantilever: New Soundsmith Aluminun Aluminum Alloy
Recommended Tracking force: 1.8 to 2.2 Grams
Effective tip mass: 0.28 mg
Compliance: 10µm/mN (low compliance)
Frequency response: 15-45,000 Hz ± 2.0 dB
Channel Separation (stereo only): 1000 Hz >28 dB, 50-15,000 >25 dB
Channel difference: <1.0 dB (Stereo), <0.5 dB (Dual Mono operation- w/optimal VTF setting)
Output 5 cm/sec. RMS: 2.4mV
Cartridge weight: 10.27 Grams
Load: Greater than or equal to 47K ohm
Retip: $299
Only $999.99 with ANY Cartridge Trade-In (working or not) or ANY Turntable Purchase! Save $500.00!!!
Please call us today if you have any further questions! 800-782-3472, M-F 9-6, Sat. 11-3 EST.
Trade-In instructions: Enter your trade-in above. We will email you with instructions on where to ship your trade-in.
A born in the USA American Classic!
An Unparalleled Warranty! Retip is only $299 and is guaranteed for a Full Year!
Be prepared to sit back and realize... you may have never really heard your record collection before!
The new Zephyr MK III has achieved what no other cartridge has done since its inception; rapid recognition as a leading force in phono cartridge design and performance.
The Soundsmith Zephyr MkIII enjoys a great history, starting with the well loved VPI Zephyr original, which evolved into the well known Zephyr MKII. In our effort to bring you even higher definition without increase in cost, we introduce the NEW Zephyr MKIII. It features a newly developed aluminum alloy - the same one we are now using in the Paua MKII, just released. This new metal alloy has unique dualistic properties, providing stiffness in the ranges required as well as damping exactly where its needed - and by the proper amount - in the most critical parts of the sonic spectrum. The result is a cartridge that will slam your Rock and Roll while providing a new level of linearity and clarity for the most complex classical and jazz passages.
Attached to our new cantilever material is a tiny new super low mass "High Profile" Contact Line diamond we have developed for the new Zephyr MKIII. This stylus traces more of the groove walls than a standard contact line, but avoids some of the alignment pitfalls that can occur with a high profile contact line design, allowing more azimuth alignment forgiveness than is normally possible with such designs.
These improvements are paired with technology borrowed from our higher end line; "Trickle Down" technology from a unique Dynamic Energy Management System (DEMS) developed by Soundsmith that moves the damped energy and propagates it properly within the cartridge body. This is a similar system we employ in the Soundsmith's well received and reviewed high end Sussurro Cartridge.
The new Zephyr MKIII is capable of truly remarkable separation and sound stage imaging at a level not previously achievable in a modestly priced design. The composite body and unique DEMS design work in tandem to contribute to the Zephyr MkIII's ability to produce high-end performance from a moderately priced cartridge. Be prepared to sit back and realize... you may have never really heard your record collection before.
The Zephyr MkIII will provide a level of clarity and beauty that will make you take out your record collection and listen to it all over again.
An Unparalleled Warranty:
The Zephyr Mk III Cartridge is covered for a full one year. Retip is 20% of the retail ($300). An absolutely unheard of warranty for cartridges. Made in the USA, the Soundsmith cartridges are the best long term values around!
Features:
• "Trickle Down" Soundsmith technology from the Sussurro
• Selected Contact Line low mass Nude Stylus
• Ultra low effective moving mass resulting in superlative transient and micro detail performance
• Virtually hum-free operation due to six sided HyMu80 magnetic shielding
• 1 Year Warranty
Specifications:
Stylus: Ultra Low Mass Nude High Profile Contact Line
Radius of curvature: 6 x 17 uM
Cantilever: New Soundsmith Aluminun Aluminum Alloy
Recommended Tracking force: 1.8 to 2.2 Grams
Effective tip mass: 0.28 mg
Compliance: 10µm/mN (low compliance)
Frequency response: 15-45,000 Hz ± 2.0 dB
Channel Separation (stereo only): 1000 Hz >28 dB, 50-15,000 >25 dB
Channel difference: <1.0 dB (Stereo), <0.5 dB (Dual Mono operation- w/optimal VTF setting)
Output 5 cm/sec. RMS: 2.4mV
Cartridge weight: 10.27 Grams
Load: Greater than or equal to 47K ohm
Retip: $299
