- Internal impedance, DC resistance
- 7 Ohm
- Frequency response 20-20,000 Hz
- +/-2.5 dB
- Cartridge weight
- 9 g
Price $629
Includes GST
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Hear the MC Quintet Red before you decide
Book a private listening session in Belrose and ask for the MC Quintet Red: we will confirm what we can set up for you. Or audition it at home.
Delivery and collection
Free standard shipping on orders of $300 or more within Australia, and $15 on smaller orders. Western Australia is quoted on request.
Pick up from our Belrose showroom: call ahead so we can have it ready.
Set-up and installation
Our team can deliver, install and set up your system, from speaker placement to a full cinema calibration. Ask us for a quote when you order.
Returns
Your rights under Australian Consumer Law always apply. Read our returns policy.
Ortofon MC Quintet Red
Specifications
- Technical data
- Technical data
- Output voltage at 1 kHz 5 cm/sec
- 0.5 mV
- Channel balance
- 1.5 dB
- Channel separation at 1 kHz
- 21 dB
- Channel separation at 15 kHz
- 14 dB
- Frequency range at -3 dB
- 20 - 25,000Hz
- Frequency response 20-20,000 Hz
- +/-2.5 dB
- Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force
- 65 μm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral
- 15 μm/mN
- Stylus type
- Elliptical
- Stylus tip radius
- r/R 8/18 μm
- Tracking force range
- 2.1-2.5 g (21-25 mN)
In detail
About the MC Quintet Red
Enter the exclusive world of Ortofon’s famous moving coil sound. The Quintet Red is a perfect introduction to the world of Ortofon moving coils. It features an Elliptical diamond which is cut and polished to Ortofon’s high standards. Unleash your vinyl sound today.
This entry-level MC cartridge has a very high price-to-performance ratio and is the perfect all-rounder for the newcomers to the world of Moving Coil cartridges. You can listen to this cartridge in-store via our Ortofon CartridgeLab demonstration rig.
Ease of Use
Top-mounting of the Quintet cartridges is easy and secure using the screws supplied. The aluminuim frame has threaded mounting holes and is fitted easily with the 5mm or 7mm screws depending on the thickness of the headshell.
The Quintet series’ right angles, straight lines, stylus visibility and ample distance between the record surface and the cartridge’s bottom will make it easy to mount and align the cartridge and tonearm correctly. The Quintet Series gives excellent results with most common tonearms.
By appointment
Hear it in a real room.
Specifications only tell half the story. Book a private listening session in our Belrose showroom, bring the music you know best, and ask for the MC Quintet Red.
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