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Featuring a Nude Elliptical diamond mounted on an aluminium cantilever, the Quintet Blue is able to reproduce more details in your music. The combination of a step-up in terms of stylus tip, as well as a lightweight cantilever results in increased dynamics and resolution thanks to their ability to respond to the record groove quickly and accurately.
The Quintet Blue is a very homogeneous cartridge whose sound image will tend to more smooth reproduction compared to Quintet Red and moderate dynamic strength compared to Quintet Bronze. It will bring more space, depth and detail into the sound and is a very good choice for any kind of music, especially rhythmic.
The Quintet range consists of four core colour models along with a Mono version. With top-of-the-range technologies throughout and a consistently high-quality standard in production, this iconic series from Ortofon truly is one of the most versatile and capable ranges of phono cartridges on the market today. For more information about the shared Quintet elements across the range as a whole CLICK HERE
Quintet Blue Review
"The Blue’s straight-sided body and threaded mounting holes makes it easy to align."
Quintet Blue Grouptest Winner
"It presents all the detail in the track with real dynamism."
Ortofon Quintet Blue review
"It’s a well-balanced design with no obvious weaknesses."
Best accessories 2020, Product of the year
"We switch to Nirvana’s Nevermind and the Blue responds with enthusiasm."
Ortofon Quintet Blue review
"Given a suitably capable system we have no doubt the Ortofon Quintet Blue will impress. It’s a well-balanced design with no obvious weaknesses. If you’ve always hankered after a moving coil cartridge we can’t think of an alternative we prefer. Buy this one with confidence."
Ortofon Quintet Blue review
"If you’re after an affordable moving coil cartridge, we haven’t heard a better option than the Quintet Blue."
What Hi-Fi? Awards 2023 - Best Accessories
"If you can spare the cash, then this is the cartridge to get."
Henley Says...
Quintet cartridges are there for when you're ready to take the step up from moving magnet to moving coil cartridges. Offering similar sound profiles in relation to their colour that the 2M series do, these MC cartridges allow you to upgrade and tweak your sound to match your musical preferences - in everything from genre, to which other bits of kit you have in your system.
Cartridge installation takes time and requires a level of understanding for the turntable/tonearm you are fiiting to. We've put together some comprehensive advice and size guides, available here, which will help you through each step of the procedure.
However, if at any time you feel uncomfortable with the task at hand, be sure to contact us or your local retailer for assistance.
Moving Coil (MC) cartridges generate an electrical signal by moving a tightly wound coil between two magnets. The movement is created by the cantilever, which houses the diamond stylus at its end and rides within the modulations of a record groove.
As opposed to Moving Magnet (MM) cartridges, MC designs are more difficult to produce - but often result in a more nuanced sound. For that reason, they are also often more expensive and boast better components than MM designs.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the powerful magnet inside, Moving Coil cartridges cannot be installed on turntables with magnetic (i.e. steel) platters.
For more on cartridge technology, read our informative article.
The Ortofon Moving Coil Cartridge Exchange Scheme is designed to help existing Ortofon customers update or renew their Moving Coil cartridge in a much more cost-effective way.
Through the scheme, Ortofon offer a trade-in value for the current range of moving coil cartridges, as well as an extensive list of discontinued models. Through this program, we are able to help customers upgrade, replace or slightly downgrade their current phono cartridge in a more economical way than usual.
