Ortofon Concorde Music Red Cartridge

Ortofon Concorde Music Red Cartridge

Premium Moving Magnet Cartridge

Concorde Music Red

Experience balanced and dynamic sound quality with the Concorde Music Red. Featuring an elliptical stylus mounted on an aluminum cantilever, the Concorde Music Red can be easily upgraded within the entire Concorde Music series to the Concorde Music Black LVB 250 simply by replacing the stylus.

The Concorde Music Series

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

Installing a Concorde Music cartridge on your turntable is easy and straightforward, with no tools required. This makes it hassle-free and convenient for all users.

Award-Winning Cartridge Design

Iconic Design

Building upon a rich legacy that began with the original Concorde, the Concorde Music series holds a storied history as one of the most famous cartridges in the world of audio.

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

Precision in Every Groove

Stylus

The Concorde Music Red features an elliptical diamond stylus, polished to the highest industry standards, mounted on a premium aluminum cantilever. This ensures optimal transmission of the vinyl record's groove modulations, captured by the diamond.

Unique In-House Rubber Production

Rubber Suspension

The Concorde Music Red utilizes an exclusive Ortofon rubber compound for its stylus suspension. Developed and produced in our unique in-house rubber production facility, this suspension is a crucial component that contributes to the overall performance of the phono cartridge.

Precise and Dynamic Sound Image

Coil System

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

Easy Mount and Upgrade Path

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. Thanks to its bayonet/SME connector, the cartridge is compatible with all S-shaped tonearms.

Full Upgrade Path

Upgradeability

The Concorde Music Red can be upgraded with any of the Concorde Music styli, providing a simple upgrade path across the entire series, all the way up to the Concorde Music Black LVB 250.

Upgrading the stylus is simple—just pull off the old stylus and replace it with the new one. Be sure to keep the stylus guard on when installing the new stylus to protect the needle.

Specifications

• Channel Balance at 1 kHz: 1.5 dB
• Output Voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec: 6mV
• Channel Separation at 1 kHz: 22 dB
• Channel Separation at 15 kHz: 15 dB
• Frequency Response (20 Hz - 20 kHz): +3 / -1 dB
• Tracking Ability at 315 Hz at Recommended Tracking Force: 80 µm
• Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral: 15 µm/mN
• Stylus Type: Elliptical diamond on aluminum cantilever
• Stylus Tip Radius: r/R 8/18 µm
• Tracking Force, Recommended: 1.8 g
• Tracking Angle: 20°
• Cartridge Colour: Black/Red
• Cartridge Weight: 18 g
• Recommended Load Resistance: 47 kΩ
• Recommended Load Capacitance: 150-300 pF