User manual

About the Ortofon MC Quintet Series cartridges
Thank you for choosing the Ortofon Quintet moving coil cartridge system for high performance
sound reproduction of your favourite analogue records.
Our company has been working with sound reproduction since 1918. Ortofon developed its
first phono cartridge in 1948, since then more than 300 different phono cartridges have been
engineered and manufactured. Reflecting our extensive experience in industrial design and
technological knowhow we have become the global leader in the manufacture and supply of
phono cartridges.
The MC Quintet Series has been engineered in accordance with the highest standards and is
congruent with Ortofon’s unrelenting commitment to providing the most precise and accurate
reproduction possible without coloration. Each of the five Quintet Series cartridges has its
individual sonic expression, and all five models together represent the ensemble of five classic
variations:
MC Quintet Mono / MC Q Mono is a true mono cartridge for playing mono microgroove
vinyl records.
MC Quintet Red / MC Q 5 is an all-purpose cartridge that delivers open, dynamic
sound with a slight touch of warmth.
MC Quintet Blue / MC Q 10 adds more dynamics and resolution, sounds more open
and reproduces more details.
MC Quintet Bronze / MC Q 20 adds even more details and resolution but in a very
evenhanded way that pays respect to all elements.
MC Quintet Black S / MC Q 30 S is the best of everything, true to the groove with resolution
and accurate insight into each recording.
It is our aim to bring you many hours of new and surprising experience in listening to your
precious vinyl collection.
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