MC Quintet Black S - Pure Reproduction

The Quintet Black S exemplifies Quintet’s overall excellence.

It 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 for an exceedingly wide contact area with the walls of the groove and ensures detailed and pure reproduction throughout the spectrum, including even the highest frequency groove information.

Accuracy - Research and Innovation

The MC Quintet Series reflects Ortofon’s unrelenting commitment to providing the most precise and accurate reproduction possible without coloration.

A special PC thermoplastic material is used for the body’s manufacturing. This lightweight, impact-resistant material is highly suitable for injection molding and provides a very durable, scratch-resistant surface.
Neodymium magnets are implemented to achieve optimal output.
Low internal impedance makes the cartridge less sensitive to load, ensuring compatibility with the widest range of preamps and transformers.
The MC Quintet Black S embodies the best of everything, true to the groove with resolution and accurate insight into each recording.

Shibata Diamond Stylus
The new MC Quintet Black S model features the Shibata stylus on a sapphire cantilever.

The Quintet Black S produces detailed and pure reproduction throughout the spectrum, volume, and soundstage. It is unfettered by musical genre and offers the closest approach within the Quintet Series to Ortofon’s true accuracy in sound.

Compatibility and Ease of Use
Top-mounting of the Quintet cartridges is easy and secure using the supplied screws. The aluminum frame has threaded mounting holes and fits easily with 5mm or 7mm screws, depending on the thickness of the headshell.

The right angles, straight lines, stylus visibility, and ample distance between the record surface and the cartridge’s bottom make it easy to mount and align the cartridge and tonearm correctly. This, along with their excellent performance, yields great results with most common tonearms.

The Story of Quintet
Nothing demonstrates Ortofon's long-standing resilience more than its commitment to refining analog sound quality and its continued development of new cartridge models.

Since 1948, Ortofon has introduced about 100 different Moving Coil models. We 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 manufacture and supply of phono cartridges.

Product Specifications:

• Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec: 0.3 mV
• Channel balance at 1 kHz: < 1.0 dB
• Channel separation at 1 kHz: > 23 dB
• Channel separation at 15 kHz: > 15 dB
• Frequency range at -3dB: 20 - 25,000 Hz
• Frequency response: 20-20,000 Hz +/- 1.5 dB
• Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force: 80 µm
• Compliance (dynamic, lateral): 15 µm/mN
• 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)
• Recommended tracking force: 2.3 g (23 mN)