Ortofon Concorde Music bronze

Concorde Music Bronze Cartridge With Fine Line Stylus

The Concorde Music Bronze is a moving magnet phono cartridge from the Danish brand Ortofon. It is part of the new Concorde Music series, which revisits the iconic design of the Concorde cartridges while adapting it to the demands of modern hi-fi. Developed by and for music lovers, it offers exceptional sound performance combined with an elegant design and great ease of use.

The Concorde Music Bronze features the emblematic design of the Concorde cartridges, originally launched in 1979. This revolutionary design integrating the headshell was developed to allow plug-and-play mounting without screws or cables on tonearms. It received the Danish Industrial Design Award and has become a true icon in the audio world.

Robust and Precise Construction

The cartridge body is machined with great precision to ensure perfect alignment of the internal elements. It is made of a high-performance plastic offering both rigidity and vibration damping. The four pins of the connector are gold-plated for excellent conductivity and high resistance to oxidation.

Nude Fine Line Stylus

The Concorde Music Bronze is equipped with a Nude Fine Line stylus, whose narrow and elongated profile allows precise tracking of the grooves and detailed reproduction of high frequencies. Mounted on a rigid aluminum cantilever, it extracts maximum information from the microgrooves.

Four-Coil Generator

The generator of the Concorde Music Bronze uses Ortofon’s four-coil technology with split poles. The coils are made of silver-plated oxygen-free copper. This configuration ensures optimal channel separation and exceptional dynamics.

Exclusive Rubber Suspension

The suspension of the stylus plays a crucial role in the performance of a cartridge. For the Concorde Music Bronze, Ortofon uses an exclusive rubber compound, developed and produced in-house by its R&D team. This custom suspension contributes to the remarkable sonic clarity of this cartridge.

Sound Performance

The Concorde Music Bronze delivers a rich and balanced sound, with great musicality. It excels particularly on jazz and recordings with a warm and romantic sound. Its precise and detailed reproduction respects the unique character of each recording.

Thanks to its excellent channel separation, the Concorde Music Bronze builds a wide and deep soundstage, with stable instrument placement. Each element is clearly localized in space, for an immersive and realistic listening experience.

Extended Dynamics

With its moderate compliance and rigid stylus, the Concorde Music Bronze easily handles strong dynamics. Note attacks are crisp and precise, without harshness. The cartridge restores all the energy and impact of the most demanding recordings.

Plug-and-Play Mounting

Thanks to its SME-type connector, the Concorde Music Bronze installs in seconds on compatible tonearms, without tools or wiring. Simply clip it in place and adjust the tracking force. It is the ideal solution for turntables with S-shaped tonearms like the Technics SL-1200.

An Upgradeable Cartridge

All diamonds in the Concorde Music range are interchangeable. It is therefore possible to upgrade your Concorde Music Bronze to higher models, up to the Concorde Music Black LVB 250, simply by changing the diamond. This is an asset for audiophiles wishing to gradually improve their performance.

Main advantages of the Ortofon Concorde Music Bronze:

• Nude Fine Line diamond for precise groove tracking and detailed high-frequency reproduction
• Exclusive rubber suspension for exceptional performance
• Quadruple coil system ensuring a dynamic and precise sound image
• Easy and direct installation, without tools, compatible with all S-shaped tonearms
• Possibility to upgrade to higher models in the Concorde Music series
• High-quality manufacturing by Ortofon, the world leader in phono cartridges since 1918

Technical Specifications

Construction

• Diamond: Nude tip, linear contact
• Cantilever: Aluminum
• Suspension: Rubber designed and manufactured by Ortofon
• Coils: 4 coils on split pole pins (2+ and 2-)
• Copper: Silver-plated oxygen-free wire

Electrical Performance

• Output voltage: 6 mV
• Internal impedance, DC resistance: 1.27 kΩ
• Internal inductance: 815 mH
• Recommended load resistance: 47 kΩ
• Recommended load capacitance: 150-300 pF

Audio Performance

• Frequency response: +2/- 0 dB
• Channel balance at 1 kHz: 1 dB
• Channel separation at 1 kHz: 26 dB
• Tracking ability (315 Hz at recommended tracking force): 80 μm
• Dynamic lateral compliance: 15 μm / mN

Physical Characteristics

• Diamond tip radius: r / R 8/40 μm
• Recommended tracking force: 1.8 g
• Cartridge weight: 1.8 g