Ortofon Concorde Elite Single Cartridge

The Concorde ELITE is a premium Moving Magnet cartridge, based on the legacy of the Ortofon Concorde MkII Series. Owing to the number of component upgrades, the ELITE achieves a new level of sound quality not previously found in the DJ categorized cartridges. Every feature of the Concorde ELITE brings you a limitless experience with the music you love.

The Concorde Elite features a new, special-molded stylus body with real gold plating, which adds luxury to the famous Concorde design. Encased by the gold is a Nude Elliptical diamond mounted on a rigid Aluminum cantilever. The Nude Elliptical diamond stylus, normally used in HiFi cartridges, delivers a sound so powerful and detailed, that you will experience a remarkable level of live performance. The addition of a Nude Elliptical diamond allows a smaller moving mass, which guarantees an improved and detailed sound quality. The slim profile of the Nude Elliptical diamond makes it able to follow the groove oscillations more accurately, extract more intricate details and track even the highest frequency information.

To ensure superior tracking performance, a new Rubber Suspension has been developed. The new rubber compound formula has been developed uniquely for the Concorde ELITE to attain the desired characteristics for an extraordinary performance of the cartridge. The richer, fuller sound conveys the music in the most lifelike manner while paying close attention to damping of excess brightness.

Musically, the Concorde ELITE exceeds the scale of the Concorde Series!

Technical Data
Stylus Type: Nude Elliptical
Tracking Force: 3.0 g
Output Voltage: 8.5 mV
Frequency Range: 20-20,000 Hz

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
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
Cartridge weight excluding screws: 18.5 g

Note: Nude Elliptical stylus is for listening, not for heavy back-cueing and scratching.