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The Ortofon Concorde Elite Edition MKII
The Luxury Concorde Elite Edition MKII is Ortofon’s highest end cartridge in the Concorde range. Ortofon’s Concorde range are popular amongst DJs and vinyl record enthusiasts all over the world. An outstanding design that has served clubs, broadcasters, businesses and consumers at home for multiple decades. The Ortofon Concorde Elite Edition MKII celebrates this prestige as an elegant modern adaptation.
History behind the Ortofon Concorde
The Ortofon company was founded in Denmark in 1918 by two engineers. By the end of the first half of the 20th century they had revolutionised gramophone technology; having pioneered moving coil and moving magnet technology, among other cutting-edge innovations for the record and audio industry. The Ortofon Concorde first appeared in 1979 with the introduction of the Concorde 20 and 30. This groundbreaking, cutting edge design won Ortofon the Danish Industrial Design Award, for its low mass integrated cartridge and headshell configuration.
Since the early 1980s, the Concorde gained popularity among professional DJs and radio broadcasters for its compact profile yet high sound quality. The shape and size of the Concorde reduced the chance of the cartridge being knocked whilst in use; perfect for DJs and radio hosts changing records often or turntablists performing scratching. Throughout the Concorde’s existence it has been upgraded and many different versions of styli precision engineered for specific purposes have been produced. The latest generation of the Concorde released in 2018 is the MKII. In 2022 the Ortofon Concorde Elite Edition MKII arrives on the scene providing a new edge of elegance and sophistication to the MKII series.
Prestige and peak performance
The Ortofon Concorde Elite Edition MKII is a premium Moving Magnet cartridge. Designed with extreme detail, every part of the Concorde Elite Edition delivers exceptional performance. Featuring a special-moulded stylus body with real gold plating, at the heart of this is a nude elliptical diamond mounted on a rigid aluminium cantilever. The HiFi standard elliptical diamond stylus provides a smaller moving mass guaranteeing peak sonic performance. The slim profile of the nude elliptical diamond allows the stylus to register groove oscillations more accurately, extracting finer details of the track. The stylus delivers a full and energetic sound creating a powerful live output experience for you as the listener.
The cantilever is made from a sturdy 750 µm Aluminium-magnesium alloy accurately transmits groove vibrations from the stylus to the armature. The armature has a precision engineered coil system that receives the signals from the stylus and cantilever. The coil system and intricate wiring of the cartridge armature effectively transfer enriched sounds to your turntable. The Concorde Elite MKII has the benefit of an exclusive rubber suspension that dampens excess brightness.
The gold and black finish of the Concorde Elite MKII pronounces professionality and finesse. This cartridge is packed with cutting edge technology not previously featured on the Concorde range. The Ortofon Concorde Elite Edition MKII is in essence an amalgamation of DJ cartridge simplicity and HiFi quality. An ideal addition to your turntables if you are looking for a high end multipurpose cartridge to mix, listen to or record your records with. Any collector or selector would be well equipped with the Ortofon Concorde Elite MKII. Affix heritage and high tech to your tone arm.
Features
- High end Ortofon Concorde MKII cartridge designed for quality and luxury
- Gold plated stylus body for an elite look
- Elliptical diamond stylus for optimal groove tracking
- Aluminium magnesium alloy cantilever for stylus stability and true vibration transmission
- Specifically engineered coil system and wiring that accurately feeds signals to the tonearm of the turntable.
- Exclusive rubber suspension dampens any overly bright sounds
- HiFi quality and DJ Convenience
- The top of the range Ortofon Concorde DJ cartridge
Specifications
- Output voltage at 1000 Hz 5cm/sec.: 8,5 mV
- Channel balance at 1 kHz: 1 dB
- Channel separation at 1 kHz: 25 dB
- Channel separation at 15 kHz: 15 dB
- Frequency range at:3 dB: 20 – 20,000 Hz
- Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force:: 100 μm
- Compliance, dynamic lateral: 13 μm/mN
- Stylus type: Nude elliptical
- Stylus tip radius: r/R 8/18 μm
- Tracking force range 2.0-4.0 g
- Tracking force recommended: 3.0 g
- Tracking angle: 20°
- Internal impedance, DC resistance: 1.2 kOhm
- Internal inductance: 800 mH
- Recommended load resistance: 47 kOhm
- Recommended load capacitance: 150-400 pF
- Cartridge weight excluding screws: 18.5 g
- Cartridge colour (body/stylus): Black/Gold
- Replacement stylus unit: ELITE