Sumiko Pearwood Celebration II in da house!

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by FranklinLG

Is that Ella on that disc?

No, it's The Oscar Peterson Trio, We Get Requests!....

Ella will be on tonight....I'll play Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!...nothing like Ella to run a cartridge for female voice.

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

No, it's The Oscar Peterson Trio, We Get Requests!....

Ella will be on tonight....I'll play Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!...nothing like Ella to run a cartridge for female voice.

Ah but which version? Original mono, stereo, or re-issue?

[Puma Cat]

Thinking about it some more, I think the Sumiko reminds me of a Koetsu Rosewood Sig, but at a considerably better price. A full, rich, and sonorous but not overly-lush sound, with excellent bass detail, and smooth, sweet highs. Really very lovely. You could take my Michell/SMEV/Koetsu away, and say, "Stephen, you have to live with the P5 and the Pearwood", and I'd be very happy. More than happy....

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

Ah but which version? Original mono, stereo, or re-issue?

Hi Bill,
For which record?
I have a second press of WGR and the 45 Quality Record Pressing/Analogue Productions as well.

Clap Hands is a Speaker's Corner reissue, though I also have an original. The Speakers Corner is better. Had an opportunity to pick up a mono of Clap Hands at Amoeba a few weeks back, but passed as I did not know if it was a "original" or folded-down from Stereo.

[cmalak]

I guess Bill does not want to divulge the info...:-)

[Puma Cat]

I didn't think so, and it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. From a business perspective, I totally understand that. Companies outsource engineering and manufacturing resources all the time; the company I work for certainly does. Even C-J's proprietary Teflon caps are made for them to their design specifications by an outside company.

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by cmalak

I guess Bill does not want to divulge the info...:-)

Sumiko moving coil cartridges are original designs, not modified versions of somene else's design. While others have participated in design, notably Stirling Trayle (Spiral Groove), John Hunter has done the lion's share of the design.The designs have been manufactured in Japan by multiple OEMs over the years. In some cases entire cartridges are sourced. In others. proprietary parts are sourced from multiple suppliers and assembled by an OEM. I believe both the Pearwood and Palo Santos fall into the latter category.

As for who the OEMs are, I don't know. I guess I could find out if it really is that important.

[Jerome W]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

Sumiko moving coil cartridges are original designs, not modified versions of somene else's design. While others have participated in design, notably Stirling Trayle (Spiral Groove), John Hunter has done the lion's share of the design.The designs have been manufactured in Japan by multiple OEMs over the years. In some cases entire cartridges are sourced. In others. proprietary parts are sourced from multiple suppliers and assembled by an OEM. I believe both the Pearwood and Palo Santos fall into the latter category.

As for who the OEMs are, I don't know. I guess I could find out if it really is that important.

Bill,

Could you tell me if the Palo Santos would be a nice match to the Rega RB1000 arm ( P9 TT) with the ARC REF PHONO 2 ? I'm thinking about buying one....

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[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

Sumiko moving coil cartridges are original designs, not modified versions of somene else's design. While others have participated in design, notably Stirling Trayle (Spiral Groove), John Hunter has done the lion's share of the design.The designs have been manufactured in Japan by multiple OEMs over the years. In some cases entire cartridges are sourced. In others. proprietary parts are sourced from multiple suppliers and assembled by an OEM. I believe both the Pearwood and Palo Santos fall into the latter category.

As for who the OEMs are, I don't know. I guess I could find out if it really is that important.

Thanks, Bill. Nah, it's not really important. I did find the booklet about the design and design choices fascinating, and it's clear from reading it that the designs are original Sumiko designs, and as I mentioined previously, a LOT of thought and consideration was put in the design and design choices made. As a scientist and Design for Six Sigma guy, I personally find that fascinating. I wonder if Stirling or John have ever used Design of Experiments in cartridge design.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by C220MC275

Bill,

Could you tell me if the Palo Santos would be a nice match to the Rega RB1000 arm ( P9 TT) with the ARC REF PHONO 2 ? I'm thinking about buying one....

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Jérôme,
IMHO, it would be sublime....

Funny you should post this, because as soon as I heard the Pearwood in the P5 last night, I thought of you and that you should get one or a Palos Santos for your P9. IIRC, Jeff Whitlock of A/V Solutions is also a big fan of the Palos Santos.