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Cette cellule date des 80's et est principalement orientée DJ. Mais beaucoup lui reconnaissent tout de même, quelques qualités
auditives. Elle est toujours au catalogue de Shure aujourd'hui, déjà plus de 30 ans de bons et loyaux services.
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- Tension de sortie : 5,0 mV (1Khz - 5 cm/s)
Son poids est de 6,2 grammes et sa force d'appui nécessaire est de 4 à 5 grammes.
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il faudra généralement équiper le porte-cellule d'un petit poids supplémentaire, ou acheter un porte-cellule déjà monté avec un
poids en plus, sinon le réglage de force d'appui ne sera pas atteint. Le contre-poids du bras, tourné à fond, ne fournit à lui seul pas
cette force d'appui. (Technics vend des porte-cellules déjà équipé d'un poids de 4 gr supplémentaire et l'on peut trouver des poids
seuls dans le commerce ; soit de 2 gr, soit de 4 gr)
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Caractéristiques complètes :
(source : sonovente.com)
La cellule Shure SC35C est un modèle bien connu des DJ. Ultra polyvalente, cette cellule à aimant mobile (MM) a été conçue pour donner d'excellents résultats avec tout type de musique. Elle est en outre idéale pour les applications DJ, telle que le mixage, le scratch et le filage.
Sa résistance aux sauts est excellente et l'usure des disques lus est faible. Son diamant de type conique est installé sur un cantilever de type Shure 1 en aluminium durci, reconnu pour la polyvalence.
La cellule Shure SC35C se caractérise par un bel équilibre des canaux (2 dB max) et une réponse en fréquence homogène
de 20 Hz à 17 kHz.
Monture 1/2" - Conique/sphérique - Aimant mobile
Cellule de type MM à aimant mobile
Caractéristiques sonores : clair
Pointe de diamant : conique/sphérique
Diamètre diamant : 0,7 mil (millième de pouce)
Construction : alliage d'aluminium durci
Fréquence de réponse : 20 - 17 000 Hz
Séparation Canaux (à 1kHz) : 20 dB
Équilibre des canaux : 2 dB
Force d'Appui : 4,0 à 5,0 g
Tension de sortie : 5,0 mV (1 Khz - 5 cm/s)
Poids : 6,2 g
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Je dispose aussi du porte cellule d'origine Technics livré avec la SL-1210MKII.
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A l'écoute :
Cette cellule est très dynamique, vivante, avec des aigus bien clairs. Le grave s'exprime très correctement. Je trouve que
cette cellule fournit un bon travail avec un excellent rapport qualité/prix.
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son niveau de sortie élevé. Cela évite de devoir monter le volume de l'ampli très haut.
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aux cellules, je me rends compte qu'il y a un vaste choix et des qualités de cellules très haut de gamme qui laisseraient
la Shure SC-35C sur place.
On est donc sur une bonne entrée de gamme. Vos avis seront très intéressants. J'étofferai l'écoute et son CR quand j'aurai
d'autres cellules à essayer.
En attendant :
J'ai trouvé un chouette article sur la Shure SC-35C que je vous livre : (c'est en anglais
)(source : Vinyl Engine.com by flavio81 long player)
After experimenting and researching a little bit (thanks to the posts of ld and Dlaloum), i got to the conclusion that i had to try a very low compliance (and heavy VTF) cartridge. I had faith that this, coupled with a heavy arm, should have great potential for vinyl nirvana. The same tried and true formula of the late 50s, and of all broadcast studios.
Enter the Shure SC35C. Originally introduced in the 70s for the professional market; it supposedly created to be paired with a BBC tonearm that was fitted on the BBC-spec Technics SP-10. Of course, today's SC35C is not exactly the same thing; the vintage one supposedly had a nude conical stylus. Still, i see sometimes on eBay those BBC arms and it seems the BBC used the modern SC35Cs too. By the way, that arm has no antiskate. The tonearm manual is here at VE.
This is silently marketed by Shure as their "Standard" do-it-all catridge, the only one that is OK for "scratch, mix, spin", and one of the few that is listed as "tonal balance: clarity throughout the audio range". It is sometimes billed as a "professional" cartridge which is correct IMO.
Curiosly, it has an inductance of 425mH. The only other Shure cartridge that is specified at that specified at that inductance is... the Shure V15-VxMR !! Of course, this doesn't mean that the magnetic yoke will be the same deluxe "laminated core" yoke of the good V15s. But still... a nice thing. For the more technically inclined, the modeled freq response of the cartridge itself (sans stylus) is near flat. Quite unlike the Shure M44 series for example, which have a immense high frequency drop at 10-20KHz to compensate for the ugly cantilever resonance at that very same area. So we may suppose that the cantilever resonances aren't so strong.
To be honest and fair, i didn't have a SC35C cartridge body available so i used the M25C which has a slightly different inductance. I've computer-simulated the frequency response difference and this makes the M25C darker at the high freqs (5dB less response at 20KHz). Which i compensate for now using an equalizer (yes, i use an equalizer and i enjoy it... deal with it, dear purist.)
Specs of the SC35C
- 0.7mil conical stylus, bonded. Stylus = SS35C.
- Shure "type I" cantilever, just like the one on the M92E
- Tracking force 4.0 to 5.0 grams, 4.5g recommended by Shure.
- Badass looks
- Badass tracking force to scare your audiophile friends
- Reasonably priced
So this is what happened. I tried the SC35C on a Sansui SR-4050C modified with a Linn Basik Plus tonearm which has 10g of effective arm mass. The sound was OK but nothing special, and similar to the N97xE, which is not a bad thing.
So i left the SC35C aside until i decided to test it on my trusty Lenco L75 with the classic, ugly, hated Lenco arm (modified). I installed the cart using the included headshell weight (which i guess it's 2g). All in all, the Lenco headshell installed was 24g heavy which should give you an idea of the mass i'm using.
The sound?
- The bass... Whoa! Real bass! The bass is well defined, very solid, very likeable, very natural. I think this is a virtue of heavy tracking cartridges, the AT11 (another sleeper... we have a thread on it) had that virtue too. The L75 is known for great bass and this cartridge surely realizes that potential.
- Surface noise was well controlled, very reduced. Again, heavy VTF is supposed to be beneficial for this.
- Stability or warp-wow or warp-flutter was phenomenal, it gave a sense of naturalness in the sound, especially with piano music. The L75 is known to be excellent in this regard, but i think that the fact that the SC35C's heavy compliance and strong damping keeps the tonearm+cartridge resonance way out of the warp-zone frequencies, noticeably helps a lot. Tonearm+cartridge resonance appears to be 15Hz (if i analize a music track) or 12Hz (silent groove). In both cases it is well controlled (well reduced in amplitude) which is a great thing. Compare it with the typical 8Hz-9Hz obtained in other systems.
- But one of the most positive impressions was soundstage or channel separation if you prefer. It was wide and realistic, for starters far better than the one obtained with the M97xE stylus [i believe because of the cantilever on the 97xE), and i would say near to the ADC XLM II which is a champion in this respect. Center voices stayed center perfectly, as they should.
- Tonality was fairly OK (after the EQ adjustment i did, but with the actual SC35C wouldn't be so necessary. I don't really care too much for cartridge tonal balance as long as it isn't way off. In this case the cartridge was OK so this is not to be a problem.
Now on the drawbacks or things that are not so good.
- Cymbals lose a little bit of definition at the inner grooves. I would guess you could expect this for the typical conical stylus. But the sound is still satisfactory. Other cartridges are much better on this respect. On the mid-outer grooves, cymbals sound fine and clear.
- Loud vocals -at the mid-inner grooves particularly-, can sound "with effort" on some records. Not exactly mistracking; I guess this is the 2nd harmonic distortion of the conical at work, since the distortion sounds similar to what i got when overmodulating a tube tape recorder. Can be a good thing for some.
- Sibilance at the inner grooves is not stellar (like for example a JICO SAS stylus-equipped cartridge would show). It still under control, if you track at 5.0g. At 4.0g it showed some sibilance issues so better use 5.0g. Record wear? You shouldn't be worried as long as all surfaces are clean.
CONCLUSION
The best part of this cartridge is that it motivated me to sit down and listen to my records again and again. For this, and considering the low price, i give it a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED rating. Thanks to its great "stability", stable stereo presentation, phenomenal bass, and correct tonal balance, i would say the "listenability" or "fun factor" of this cartridge is extremely high. I would say it has a very "analog" sound while having some of the advantages of digital sound (low background noise and good channel separation).
Fin de l'article.
Pa@pa74,
