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Sumiko Rainier Overview

“Rainier introduces our latest range of Oysters, which raise the bar for what can be expected from reasonably-priced MM cartridges. Our resonance-optimized housing channels extraneous resonance away from the generator, ensuring a well-represented soundstage with fantastic clarity and a natural hint of warmth. Impressively quiet while delivering impact, Rainier skillfully places instruments and vocals right where they belong. You can expect a broader, rounder soundstage than you previously thought attainable at this price.”

Our Latest Oysters

Designed for discerning, value-minded audiophiles, Rainier, Olympia, and Moonstone supplement and complement our existing range of Oysters. They build upon, enhance, and refine the sonic character that listeners worldwide have enjoyed for decades. New innovations in cartridge design address the problem of resonance — the things that need to happen around a generator to voice a cartridge with honesty. The housing thus disperses and dissipates resonance, making way for effortless, transparent sonics that are enlivened with intimate nuance. The voicing is true to natural harmonics, space around voices and instruments as well as their attack and decay. Unique to these three Oysters (not to mention Amethyst), experience a diminutive backdrop that bolsters sonic images with a degree of aptitude reminiscent of moving coil designs.

Upgrade Path

Rainier, Olympia, and Moonstone replacement styli are interchangeable. We encourage you to follow the upgrade path to experience the best of what this design has to offer!

Hand-Crafted in Japan

From Oyster to Reference, each Sumiko phono cartridge is crafted by hand in Yokohama, Japan — near the waters where our namesake Oysters dwell. We’ve selected by ear the finest materials that combine to deliver performance that has enlightened generations of listeners. Each design is thoroughly auditioned until perfected. Production is then executed by world-class cartridge makers with a collective eye for precision and quality. The result is a full horizon of cartridges eager to introduce themselves to your analog system — we firmly believe there’s a perfect cartridge for you here.

Features

• Resonance-optimized housing for enhanced clarity and warmth
• Broad, round soundstage with precise instrument and vocal placement
• Interchangeable replacement styli with Olympia and Moonstone
• Hand-crafted in Yokohama, Japan for precision and quality
• Designed for value-minded audiophiles seeking high performance

The Sumiko Rainier cartridge offers an excellent balance of performance and value, making it an ideal choice for audiophiles looking to upgrade their analog system with a high-quality, reasonably priced MM cartridge.

Technical information

• Mass & Dimension: 6.5g, 17.2 x 18.8 x 29mm (WxHxD)
• Stylus: 0.3 x 0.7mil Elliptical
• Cantilever: Aluminium Pipe
• Coils: High-Purity Copper
• Internal Impedance: 1,130Ω
• Load Impedance: 47kΩ
• Frequency Response: 15Hz – 25kHz
• Output: 5.0mV
• Channel Separation: 25dB @ 1kHz
• Channel Balance: 1.5dB @ 1kHz
• Compliance: 10×10-6cm/dyn @ 100Hz
• Capacitance: 100pF – 200pF
• Vertical Tracking Angle: 25°
• Tracking Force Range: 1.8g – 2.2g
• Recommended Tracking Force: 2.0g
• Replacement Stylus Unit: RS Rainier, RS Olympia or RS Moonstone (Interchangeable)