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ORTOFON - KONTRAPUNKT C MC PHONO CARTRIDGE

Ortofon’s Kontrapunkt C has Amazing Resolution and Detail Retrival with Incredible Sound Staging!

2008 TAS Golden Ear Award Winner!

The Kontrapunkt C from Ortofon incorporates there newest FSE (Field Stabilizing Element) which achieves optimal frequency response linearity by stabilizing the magnetic field, especially during complex passages, and also ensures incredibly high channel separation across the entire frequency band.

The conical aluminum cantilever is fitted with a Nude FG 80 diamond stylus. The Kontrapunkt C is a true high end reference cartridge, conveying music with supreme precision, impact and dynamics. Its stereo imaging capabilities illuminate the furthest corners of the soundstage in width, depth and height.

This moving coil design is not suited for mass production. Each of the four coils contains 24 turns of wire, and has to be wound by hand under a microscope. The wire itself is much thinner than a human hair. The high degree of craftsmanship involved is one of the secrets behind Ortofon's reputation.

“…I’ve been unable to stop thinking about this flagship in Ortofon’s splendid Kontrapunkt line. The “C” marries tonal neutrality to unflappable control, for a presentation that excels in detail, resolution, and transparency. It also has the most precise imaging and soundstaging I’ve heard from any phono cartridge, while registering dynamic changes with breathtaking precision. This could easily be a reference-caliber component!!”
—Paul Seydor, The Absolute Sound, Golden Ear Award Winner, June 2008

Specifications:
Output voltage: 0.470mV
Channel balance at 1 kHz: < 1dB
Channel separation at 1 kHz: > 25 dB
Channel separation at 15 kHz: > 23 dB
Frequency range: 20-50.000 Hz
Frequency response: 20-20.000 Hz (+2/-1 dB)
Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 12 µm/mN
Stylus type: Nude FG 80 on tapered Aluminum cantilever
Stylus tip radius: r/R 5/80 µm
Equivalent stylus tip mass: 0.27 mg
Tracking force, recommended: 2.5Gms (Range: 2.2-2.7Gms)
Tracking angle: 20°
Internal impedance: 5 Ohm
Recommended load impedance: 20-200 Ohm
Cartridge body material: Stainless Steel
Cartridge accent: Green
Cartridge weight: 10 Gms

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