Ortofon Concorde Music Black Cartridge

Ortofon Concorde Music Black Cartridge

The Ortofon Concorde Music Black is available for demonstration in our Hull store.

Concorde Music Black

Experience transparent and articulate sound quality with the Concorde Music Black. The Concorde Music Black features a Nude Shibata stylus on Aluminium cantilever, offers an upgrade from the Concorde Music Bronze and can be upgraded with the Stylus Concorde Music Black LVB 250.

The Concorde Music series

Developed by music lovers, for music lovers, the Concorde Music cartridges blend premium performance with an iconic design. Concorde Music, not just a cartridge, but a dedication to the profound impact music has on their lives, turning every listening session into a captivating journey.

Installing a Concorde Music cartridge on a turntable is easy and straightforward, no tools required making it hassle free and convenient.

Iconic design

Building upon a rich legacy which began when Ortofon launched the original Concorde, the Concorde Music holds a storied history as one of the most famous cartridges in the world of audio.

Originally developed as a solution to the challenge of easy mounting on a tonearm without screws or wires, the Concorde's unique design earned the Danish Industrial Design Award and became an icon in the audio industry.

Stylus

The Concorde Music Black, featuring a Nude Shibata stylus on an Aluminum cantilever, offers an upgrade from the Concorde Music Bronze.

The shape of the Shibata distinguish itself by having a narrow and long contact surface. The Shibata is very close to the original cutting stylus which ensures the most accurate reproduction, low distortion and exteded frequency range.

Rubber suspension

A crucially important and vital part of a phono cartridge overall performance is the stylus rubber suspension.

Exclusive Ortofon rubber compounds are used for the stylus suspensions in the Concorde Music Blue, carefully produced at the inhouse rubber production, and developed by the research and engineering team at Ortofon for brilliant performance.

Coil system

The Concorde Music features Ortofon's quad-coil generating system with four split pole pins. Silver-plated oxygen-free copper is chosen for the quad-coil system, along with four Ortofon split pole pins.

This results in exceptional channel balance and separation, delivering precise and dynamic sound. With a 6 mV output, it offers lifelike sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity, capturing every detail.

Compatibility

Installing the Concorde Music cartridge on your turntable is easy and straightforward; no tools are required, making it hassle-free and convenient for all users. This is thanks to the bayonet connector, which makes it compatible with all S-shaped tonearms.

Upgradeability

The Concorde Music can be upgraded with all Concorde Music styli, enabling an upgrade path throughout the entire series up to the Concorde Music Black LVB 250.

Upgrading the stylus is a simple task; simply pull the stylus off and replace it with the new one. Remember to keep the stylus guard on when installing the new stylus to keep the needle safe.

Part Exchange Available

As you would expect from Fanthorpes hifi, we offer a generous part exchange against the Ortofon Concorde Music Black Cartridge. If you have any hifi that you wish to use as part payment then either call us on 01482 223096 or email us at shop@fanthorpes.co.uk and we will give you a price to change. This is a fantastic and hassle-free way of making the Ortofon Concorde Music Black Cartridge more affordable.

Ortofon Concorde Music Black Cartridge Specification:

• Channel balance at 1 kHz: 1 dB
• Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec: 6mV
• Channel seperation at 1 kHz: 26 dB
• Channel seperation at 15 kHz 18 dB
• Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz: +2 / 0 dB
• Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force: 80 µm
• Compliance, dynamic, lateral 15 µm/mN
• Stylus type: Shibata diamond on Aluminium cantilever
• Stylus tip radius: r/R 6/50 µm
• Tracking force, recommended: 1.8g
• Tracking angle: 20°
• Internal impedance, DC resistance: 1.27 kΩ
• Cartridge colour: Black/Black
• Cartridge weight: 18 g
• Recommended load resistance: 47 kΩ
• Internal inductance: 815 mH
• Recommended load capacitance: 150-300 pF