Ortofon Quintet Black S
Product Code: ORC045S
£725.00
ex-vat: £ 604.17
The Ortofon Quintet series offers vinylphiles the sonics of low-output moving-coil cartridges at a budget price. The Ortofon Quintet Black S is the pinnacle of the Quintet range, with a nude Shibata diamond stylus mounted on a sapphire cantilever (the previous, non-S version had a boron cantilever).
Other features, common to all Quintet series cartridges, are
- Cartridge body made of a special ABS material.
- Neodymium magnets for an optimal output.
- Low internal impedance for less sensitivity to load, ensuring compatibility with the widest range of preamps and step-up transformers.
Press Reviews
BEST CARTRIDGE 2014! “The Quintet Black proved itself something of an audiophile bargain – with a decorum and an air of quality unusual at this price point…. The Ortofon Black undoubtedly posses the sonic class and all-round ability of some cartridges costing significantly more.” (review of original Quintet Black)
Specs
- Output Voltage (at 1kHz, 5cm/sec)
- 0.3mV
- Channel Balance at 1kHz
- <1.0dB
- Channel Separation at 1kHz
- >23dB
- Channel Separation at 15kHz
- >15dB
- Frequency Range (at -3dB)
- 20 Hz - 25 kHz
- Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz
- ± 1.5dB
- Tracking Ability at 315Hz
- 80 μm
- Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral
- 15 μm/mN
- Stylus Type
- Nude Shibata
- Stylus Tip Radius r / R
- 6 / 50μm
- Tracking Force Range
- 2.1 - 2.5g (21 - 25mN)
- Recommended Tracking Force
- 2.3g (23mN)
- Tracking Angle
- 20º
- Internal Impedance / DC Resistance
- 5? Ohms
- Recommended Load Impedance
- >20 Ohms
- Cartridge Body Material
- ABS/Alu.
- Cartridge Colour
- Black
- Cartridge Weight
- 9g