Short summary
The flagship moving-coil cartridge in Ortofon’s Quintet series, reflecting Ortofon’s commitment to refining analogue sound. The Black S sits at the top of this latest series, delivering detailed, refined vinyl sound.
Key info
- Flagship moving coil cartridge in the Quintet series
- Top of the four-model Quintet range
- Ortofon have made about 100 moving coil models since 1948
- Continued refinement of analogue sound quality
- Low internal impedance for wide preamp compatibility
- Hand-assembled in Denmark
Specifications
| Frequency response | 20-20.000 Hz |
| Stylus type | Nude Shibata on Sapphire cantilever |
| Stylus tip radius | r/R 6/50 µm |
| Tracking force range | 2.1-2.5 g (21-25 mN) |
| Tracking angle | 20° |
| Channel balance | < 1.0 dB (1 kHz) |
| Channel separation | > 23 dB (1 kHz) | >15 dB (15 kHz) |
| Compliance, dynamic, lateral | 15 µm/mN |
| Recommended tracking force | 2.3 g (23 mN) |
| Internal impedance, DC resistance | 5 Ohm |
| Recommended load resistance | > 20 Ohm |
Description
Ortofon believe the cartridges in this new series are more than worthy successors to the long line of models that have made Ortofon the global leader in the manufacturing and supplying of phono cartridges.
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 through out the spectrum, including even the most high frequency groove details.
The Quintet Black S is unfettered by musical genre and will give the closest approach within the Quintet series to Ortofon’s true accuracy in sound.
The MC Quintet Series is congruent with Ortofon’s unrelenting commitment to providing the most precise and accurate reproduction possible without colouration.
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