Sumiko Starling Coil Cartridge

Delivery usually 2 to 3 days

PLEASE NOTE: Our couriers are not collecting or delivering on Monday 25th August. See our revised delivery schedule for the August Bank Holiday weekend here

	Standard Items Usually bookshelf speakers* DPD	Medium Sized Items Usually TVs under 60" or £1000, and most floorstanding speakers* FEDEX	Large or Heavy Items Usually TVs over 60" or £1000, and heavy separates over 35kg* BJS (2-man delivery)	Pallet Sized Items Usually large/high-end floorstanding speakers or subs* PALLETFORCE
Standard Deliveries Order by 3pm Mon-Fri	Free next weekday delivery	Free 2 weekday delivery	Free 2 weekday, 2-man delivery	2 weekday kerbside delivery - £50 per item
Express Deliveries Order by 3pm Mon-Fri	Next weekday pre 10.30am £20 for up to 2 boxes + £5 per additional box Next weekday pre 12.30pm £15 for up to 2 boxes + £5 per additional box	Next weekday delivery - £20	X	X
Weekend Deliveries Order by 3pm Friday	£9 for the first box + £3 per additional box	X	X	X
Remote & Off-Shore Region Deliveries Order by 3pm Mon-Fri See Postcode Exclusions Below	2 weekday remote service £20 for first 2 items + £9 per additional box 2 weekday off-shore service £30 for first 2 items + £9 per additional box	Unfortunately, delivery of these product types is not available to remote locations	Unfortunately, delivery of these product types is not available to remote locations	Unfortunately, delivery of these product types is not available to remote locations

*Not exclusive to only these product types. Product value, weight, and fragility can influence the courier service used.

The Starling is the flagship open architecture cartridge from Sumiko, exhibiting true high-end sound from a meticulously engineered device. The mechanical silence of the Starling concedes a dynamic linearity across the entire spectrum that allows it to handle even the most demanding passages with effortless poise and convincing drive.

STARLING

The Starling is the flagship open architecture cartridge from Sumiko, exhibiting true high-end sound from a meticulously engineered device.

• Accurate sound staging places you at the front and centre of the performance
• Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell
• CNC-machined aluminium mounting plate
• Moving Coil cartridge design
• Open body construction avoids resonances around the generator system
• Nude Line-Contact diamond stylus profile

AIMING FOR EXCELLENCE
No aspect of the Starling's design was left to chance. It is an open-architecture moving coil cartridge that renders the grandeur of an orchestra while still preserving air and space, and also delivers every detail of a nuanced Jazz recording with its responsive dynamics and deep silences.

The benefit of the physical design is that resonances often associated with external housings are eliminated in the Starling, yet to enhance this further the cartridge also boasts a CNC-precision milled high-grade aluminium mounting plate so the cartridge system can perform effortlessly. The mechanical silence of the Starling concedes a dynamic linearity across the entire spectrum that allows it to handle even the most demanding passages with effortless poise and convincing drive.

NOTHING BUT THE BEST
The long-grain boron cantilever employed in the Starling provides class-leading energy transfer from the stylus to the coils. Further, the synthetic rubber suspension system is tuned so the hardness and repulsion factor are optimised for a controlled acoustic performance over a long lifespan.

The sophisticated Starling design results in a combination of superior dynamics and excellent long term tracking ability. When finished with the specially ground, low-mass, high-end MicroRidge stylus, tremendous amounts of detail can be extracted from the record groove.

A TRUE REFERENCE
As it's part of the Reference Series, the Starling is painstakingly crafted by hand in a process that involves hours of labour. After assembly, final adjustments are made using a battery of test records, and performance is hand-calibrated for your enjoyment.

The Starling is a traditional "low output" moving coil, but its fidelity and technical characteristics mean that it delivers a truly high-end sound when paired with the appropriate equipment in a high-end vinyl system.

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OUTPUT VOLTAGE	0.5 mV
CHANNEL BALANCE (@ 1000HZ)	< 0.5 dB
CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 1000HZ)	35 dB
CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 15000HZ)	20 dB
FREQUENCY RANGE (@ -3DB)	6000 Hz
FREQUENCY RESPONSE (20 - 20,000HZ)	12 - 50000 dB
TRACKING ABILITY (@ 315HZ AT RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE)	70 μm
COMPLIANCE, DYNAMIC, LATERAL	12 μm
STYLUS TYPE	Ultra low-mass Microridge Line Contact
TRACKING FORCE RANGE	1.8 - 2.2 g
RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE	2.0 g
TRACKING ANGLE	20°
INTERNAL IMPEDANCE	28 Ω
INTERNAL INDUCTANCE	0.038 mH
MAGNET TYPE	Alnico
CANTILEVER MATERIAL	0.28⌀ Boron Shaft
COIL WIRE MATERIAL	Pure Copper
RECOMMENDED LOAD IMPEDANCE	> 100 Ω
RECOMMENDED LOAD CAPACITANCE	100 - 200 pF
CARTRIDGE WEIGHT	9.5 g

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