Sumiko Blue Point Special EVO III Moving Coil Phono Cartridge

"A Big Helping of Moving Coil Goodness"

As the evolution of the ever-popular Sumiko Blue Point Special, the EVO III raises the performance bar even higher at this highly competitive price point. Its tonal balance is remarkably smooth, exhibiting a fundamental richness and overall warmth without sacrificing musical detail and resolution. Soundstage focus and channel separation are exemplary, as is the cartridge's ability to maintain a coherent consistency that reproduces music as a perceptual whole.

"Enthusiastically Recommended"

"The EVO III provided a big helping of moving coil goodness, yet was refreshingly free of common moving coil quirks and foibles," reports the April 2004 issue of The Absolute Sound magazine. "Enthusiastically recommended."

The Blue Point Special's features include a high-output moving coil design with 2.5-mV output, a chemically coated aluminum cantilever with 0.3mm x 0.7mm elliptical stylus, and an ultra low-resonance open generator design. The resonance controlled mounting system provides the lowest mechanical impedance. The EVO III is highly compatible with most modern tonearms.

• High-output moving coil design with 2.5-mV output
• Chemically coated aluminum cantilever
• 0.3mm x 0.7mm elliptical stylus
• Ultra low-resonance open generator design
• Resonance controlled mounting system

• Cartridge Type: MC
• Frequency Response: 12Hz-50KHz
• Output Voltage/Channel: 2.5mV
• Channel Separation: 35dB
• Channel Balance: 0.5dB
• Compliance: (x10-6 cm/dyne) 12
• Stylus Size/Shape: .3x.7/Elliptical
• Load Impedance: 47k Ohms
• Tracking Force Range: 1.7-2.1 grams
• Recommended Force: 2.0 grams
• Cartridge Weight: 9.0 grams

"The Blue Point Special EVO III is certainly a great cartridge and one of the best high-output options I have heard at this price point."

- Hi-Fi Choice

2019 Editors' Choice Award – The Absolute Sound

"...offers substantial improvements over the original Blue Point Special – a fundamental heartiness, terrific top-to-bottom consistency, and the ability to gracefully handle tracking challenges. This is one moving coil that will not bite you with excess edge or glare."

- The Absolute Sound, March 2019

"The EVO III provided a big helping of moving coil goodness, yet was refreshingly free of common moving coil quirks and foibles. Enthusiastically recommended."

- The Absolute Sound magazine, April 2004