Soundsmith is a specialty audio manufacturer located about an hour north of New York City. Founded in 1972, Soundsmith has achieved an enviable reputation in the audiophile world for outstanding sonic quality and extremely high-value products. Perhaps best known now for their work restoring cartridges and for their Strain Gauge and Fixed Coil cartridges, every Soundsmith product is hand-crafted in Soundsmith’s Peekskill, NY factory by a carefully selected team of artisans and engineers.
The Soundsmith has existed in Westchester County, New York, for over 40 years. They currently provide audio repairs for many major brands for equipment both brought to them and equipment shipped to them from all over the world. We service Audio Research, Revox, Bang & Olufsen,Nakamichi, Tandberg, Halcro, DartZeel, Jeff Rowland and McIntosh and most every brand that exists or has existed. They have designed and manufactured varied types of audio equipment for many years, and are dedicated to the finest in audio reproduction.
First and foremost, the most important difference one can achieve with a properly designed “Fixed Coil” cartridge is by dramatically lowering the moving-mass of the system – specifically, the generator inside the cartridge that must be moved at incredible speeds, stopped, and reversed in direction. Up to 20,000 times per second.
This is an impossible task to perform perfectly, and no cartridge works perfectly as a result of the mass that must be moved. The problem is as simple as that – mass, and the laws of inertia. The degree of accuracy between cartridge technologies is just that – a matter of degree of accuracy – in large part determined by the moving mass of the INTERNAL generating system.
How does Soundsmith’s Fixed-Coil technology compare to moving coil in this extremely critical area? Their Fixed-Coil technology allows – by elimination of a design barrier – at least 5 times less internal moving mass. The physics of this translates into 10 times better performance due to lower stored energy in “angular momentum” – the direction of the angular internal movement of the internal generating system of any magnetic cartridge.
Award-winning Strain Gauge Phono Cartridge Systems. Fixed Coil Stereo and Mono cartridge designs; Speakers, stands. Power Amplifiers. Phono Preamps for MM, MI and MC. They are also the sole manufacturer for B&O compatible phono cartridges. They also designed and sell their patented CDT-4 automated audio tester.
More than 40 years of expert restorations and service for classic audio owners. Unheard of ONE YEAR full unit warranty when they are done. Their team of specialists have singular engineering and technical documentation compiled from many of the selected engineers that Peter Ledermann has personally approved and completed training with.
"Can my cartridge be rebuilt, even if the cantilever is snapped off?" The answer is usually ~ yes. They offer Diamond and Cantilever repair and replacement. They also provide in-depth repairs as needed - and are the singular company held in highest regard for such precise internal cartridge repair work.
