Ortofon MC Quintet Black S Phono Cartridge - NEW

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General:

The Quintet Black S is the best example of Quintet’s overall excellence.

The Quintet Black S is graced with a Nude Shibata diamond, considered one of the best stylus profiles available, mounted on a high-performance Sapphire cantilever.

The Shibata’s slim, highly polished profile allows an exceedingly wide contact area to the walls of the groove and ensures detailed and pure reproduction throughout the spectrum, including even the most high frequency groove information.

Accuracy Level

The MC Quintet Series is congruent with Ortofon’s unrelenting commitment to providing the most precise and accurate reproduction possible without coloration:

• A special PC thermoplastic material is used for manufacturing of the body. This light-weight, impact resistant material is very suitable for injection-moulding and provides a very durable scratch resistant surface.

• Neodymium magnets are implemented to achieve an optimal output.

• Low internal impedance makes the cartridge less sensitive to load and therefore ensures compatibility with the widest range of preamps and transformers.

The MC Quintet Black S is the best of everything, true to the groove with resolution and accurate insight into each recording.

Stylus:

The new MC Quintet Black S model is graced with the Shibata stylus on the Sapphire cantilever.

The Quintet Black S produces a detailed and pure reproduction thoughout the spectrum, volume, and soundstage. The Quintet Black S will be unfettered by musical genre and will give the closest approach within the Quintet Series to Ortofon’s true accuracy in sound.

Compatibility

The Story of Quintet

Nothing demonstrates Ortofon's long-standing resilience more than its commitment to the refinement of analog sound quality and its continued development of new cartridge models.

Since 1948, Ortofon has introduced about 100 different Moving Coil models. We believe the cartridges in this new series are more than worthy successors to the long line of models that has made Ortofon the global leader in the manufacture and supply of phono cartridges.

Specifications:

• Channel balance at 1 kHz
  < 1.0 dB
• Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec
  0.3 mV
• Channel separation at 1 kHz
  > 23 dB
• Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz
  +/- 1.5 dB
• Tracking ability at 315 Hz
  80 μm
• Compliance, dynamic, lateral
  15 µm/mN
• Stylus type
  Nude Shibata on Sapphire cantilever
• Stylus tip radius
  r/R 6/50 µm
• Tracking force range
  2.1-2.5 g
• Tracking force, recommended
  2.3 g
• Tracking angle
  20°
• Internal impedance, DC resistance
  5 Ohm
• Recommended load impedance
  > 20 Ohm
• Coil wire material
  Aucurum
• Cartridge body material
  PC
• Cartridge colour
  Black
• Cartridge weight
  9 g