CONCORDE MUSIC BLACK CARTRIDGE

Premium Moving Magnet Cartridge

Concorde Music Black

Experience clear and articulate sound quality with the Concorde Music Black. Featuring a Nude Shibata stylus on an aluminum cantilever, the Concorde Music Black is an upgrade from the Concorde Music Bronze and can be further enhanced with the Stylus Concorde Music Black LVB 250.

The Concorde Music Series

Created by music lovers, for music lovers, the Concorde Music HiFi cartridges combine premium performance with iconic design. Concorde Music is more than just a cartridge; it’s a tribute to the profound impact music has on our lives, transforming every listening session into a captivating experience.

Installing a Concorde Music cartridge on your turntable is easy and requires no tools, making it a hassle-free, convenient choice.

Award-Winning Cartridge Design

Iconic Design

Building on a rich legacy that began with the original Concorde, the Concorde Music has become one of the most renowned cartridges in the audio world. Originally designed to simplify tonearm mounting without screws or wires, the Concorde’s unique design won the Danish Industrial Design Award and has since become an icon in the audio industry.

Stylus

The Concorde Music Black’s Nude Shibata stylus, set on an aluminum cantilever, offers a clear upgrade from the Concorde Music Bronze. The Shibata stylus, with its narrow, elongated contact surface, closely resembles the original cutting stylus, ensuring accurate reproduction, low distortion, and an extended frequency range.

Unique In-House Rubber Production

Rubber Suspension

A crucial component in a phono cartridge’s performance is the stylus rubber suspension. The Concorde Music Blue’s stylus suspension is crafted from exclusive Ortofon rubber compounds, produced in-house and developed by Ortofon’s research and engineering team for outstanding performance.

Precise and Dynamic Sound Imaging

Coil System

The Concorde Music employs Ortofon's quad-coil generating system, featuring four split pole pins and silver-plated oxygen-free copper. This design provides exceptional channel balance and separation, resulting in precise and dynamic sound. With a 6 mV output, it offers lifelike sound with remarkable clarity and fidelity, capturing every nuance.

Perfect Fit for S-Shaped Tonearms

Compatibility

Installing the Concorde Music cartridge on your turntable is straightforward and tool-free, thanks to its bayonet connector, which is compatible with all S-shaped tonearms.

Complete Upgrade Path

Upgradeability

The Concorde Music cartridge is compatible with all Concorde Music styli, providing a full upgrade path across the entire series, 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 during installation to protect the needle.

Specifications

• Channel Balance at 1 kHz: 1 dB
• Output Voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec: 6 mV
• Channel Separation at 1 kHz: 26 dB
• Channel Separation at 15 kHz: 18 dB
• Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz (+2 / 0 dB)
• Tracking Ability at 315 Hz at Recommended Tracking Force: 80 µm
• Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral: 15 µm/mN
• Stylus Type: Shibata diamond on aluminum cantilever
• Stylus Tip Radius: r/R 6/50 µm
• Recommended Tracking Force: 1.8 g
• Tracking Angle: 20°
• Cartridge Color: Black/Black
• Cartridge Weight: 18 g
• Recommended Load Resistance: 47 kΩ
• Recommended Load Capacitance: 150-300 pF