Soundsmith Aida MKII Turntable Cartridge Colour:Black/Blue with a smooth tonal balance

with a smooth tonal balance and extremely low distortion and coloration over a wider dynamic range

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for our ABYSS Diana headphones

no other D/A converter has lower THD than the Benchmark DAC3

and a high-sample-rate Asynchronous USB Audio interface

Soundsmith Aida MKII Turntable Cartridge Colour:Black/Blue with a smooth tonal balanceAIDA MKII A triumph of Soundsmith Engineering, Stereophile Class A rated, a rarity at its price point and for good reasons. The Aida MKII employs a laser drilled Sapphire cantilever with ultra low mass Contact Line stylus; we did this to resolve the challenges of playing the inner grooves with the same level of confidence as the outer. How did we do this? The unique stylus shape of our CL stylus has a sharper playing surface on the faceted diamond,