Electronics

Item Description

 
CALLING ALL AUDIOPHILES

Turntable Cartridge Technology at its Best!

Further inspired by Frank Schröder, designed by Peter Ledermann..... Soundsmith's NEW top of the line moving Iron cartridge ~ The Hyperion ~ The laws of physics dictate how moving systems operate, therefore cartridges must strictly adhere to first principles to get sublime results. In accord with these laws, the Hyperion's Cactus needle Cantilever has the best of all worlds - thanks to Mother Nature. Other companies buy synthesized cantilevers - we GROW ours.

Superior cantilever designs have always employed tapered cantilevers.

- Hard to do with aluminum, and all but impossible with the super hard and durable materials, such as boron, ruby or diamond. Cantilevers must also have dualistic qualities that are mutually exclusive; both stiffness and damping are required.

The tapered, longitudinal stacked columnar fibers, stacked and damped with desicated resin are exactly what one would build if one could - fortunately “nature” has done it for us. The best of both worlds - extreme rigidity, internal damping, and tremendous strength define what we feel is the best cantilever that can be built. Used in conjunction with our most highly refined Moving Iron cartridge design, the Hyperion has realized our hope - to further resolve our enjoyment of vinyl replay. Our moving iron design allows the required stationary magnetic parts to be rigidly held in exact position at all times thereby allowing dramatic reduction of the moving mass in the generating system.

Our fully shielded design allows totally hum free operation, RF shielding, and extreme mechanical stability.

•  MC Preamp compatible - loading 1K or greater
• Ultra low effective moving mass resulting in superlative transient and micro detail performance
• Precision formed Cactus Needle Cantilever (Patents Pending)
• Available with Selected Contact Line or Optimized Contour Nude diamond styli
• Composite body featuring impedance matched energy transmission system

The Hyperion makes it possible to enjoy the virtues of our low effective moving mass architecture with the finest step ups and phono preamps. (Patents Pending)

Item Special Note

Soundsmith’s Hyperion phono cartridge (with cactus needle cantilever!)

By Stephen Mejias • Stereophile.com

Posted: Oct 16, 2011

The Hyperion, Soundsmith’s new top-of-the-line moving-iron phono cartridge, utilizes a cactus needle cantilever. (That’s a cantilever made of a cactus needle.) Inspired by (the always dapper) Frank Schroeder and designed by Peter Ledermann, the Hyperion’s cactus needle cantilever provides both stiffness and damping—qualities which, according to Ledermann, had previously been mutually exclusive.

Superior cantilever designs, Ledermann explained, have traditionally been tapered—a technique that’s difficult to accomplish with aluminum and even more difficult with extremely hard and durable materials such as boron, ruby, and diamond. Cactus needles, however, are naturally tapered, stiff, and durable, while their stacked fibers provide natural dampening.

Soundsmith guarantees the Hyperion for 10 years, and Peter Ledermann will retip the cartridge for free if it wears out within that time.

“Other cantilevers are synthesized,” said Ledermann. “We grow these.”

We listened to some music. The sound was not prickly or thorny at all. It was clean, clear, and immediate—bold and well-controlled—with vibrant colors and good senses of rhythm, touch, and scale.

Legal Terms

Item is in condition as donated. Cannot be returned or exchanged. 

Shipping

If not picking up, winning bidder is responsible for all shipping and handling.