Created out of the desire to make a very high performance design at an affordable price, the Carmen mk II was crafted to have unparalleled purity of tone and ultra-smooth presentation. Just slightly lush with a well-developed midrange, the Carmen is surprisingly pleasing and will seduce you into long, late listening sessions. The Carmen features a 2 year warranty to the original owner.

 

The stylus used is a large part of what makes it special; an ultra-low mass occlusion free nude diamond cut and polished into a true hyper-elliptical shape. The combination of low tip mass and the Fixed Coil design gives the Carmen a tremendous resolution advantage over MC designs selling for more than twice the price. Housed in a handmade solid Ebony case, the Carmen delivers.

Also available in dual-coil mono.

Specs

Type:	• Fixed Coil / Moving Iron
Mount:	• Standard ½”
Stylus:	• Elliptical Nude, 0.12 mm square
Radius of Curvature:	• 6 x 17 µm
Cantilever:	• Aluminum Alloy
Recommended Tracking Force:	• 1.3 - 1.6 g Standard (Medium Compliance) • 1.0 - 1.2 g (Special Order High Compliance)
Effective Tip Mass:	• 0.35 mg
Compliance:	• 22 µm/mN (Medium Compliance) • 28 µm/mN (High Compliance)
Frequence Response:	• 15 - 45,000 Hz ± 2.0 dB
Channel Separation @ 1000 Hz:	• > 26 dB • N/A (Mono version)
Channel Separation @ 50 - 15,000 Hz:	• > 20 dB • N/A (Mono version)
Channel Difference:	• < 1.6 dB • < 1.0 dB (Mono version)
Output Voltage @ 5cm/sec:	• > 2.12 mV (HIGH)
DC Resistance (DCR):	• 680Ω
Coil Inductance per channel:	• 190 mH
Suggested Preamp Gain:	• 38 - 44 dB
Cartridge Weight:	• 9.20 g (ES series)
Recommended Load Resistance:	• ≥ 47kΩ
Recommended Load Capacitance:	• n/a