The new Sapphire cantilever solution
The new MC Quintet Black S model is graced with Shibata stylus on the Sapphire cantilever. Sapphire is one of the best cantilever options that provides an excellent mechanical pulse transfer from the stylus to the coil system.
The Quintet Black S, like its predecessor Quintet Black, produces detailed and pure reproduction though-out the spectrum, volume and soundstage.
The Quintet Black S is the best example of Quintet’s overall excellence.
The Quintet Black S is graced with a Nude Shibata diamond, considered one of the best stylus profiles available, mounted on a high-performance Sapphire cantilever.
The Shibata’s slim, highly polished profile allows an exceedingly wide contact area to the walls of the groove and ensures detailed and pure reproduction throughout the spectrum, including even the most high frequency groove information.
Tech Specs
Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec 0.3 mV
Channel seperation at 1 kHz > 23 dB
Channel seperation at 15 kHz > 15 dB
Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz +/- 1.5 dB
Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force 80 μm
Compliance, dynamic, lateral 15 µm/mN
Stylus type Nude Shibata on Sapphire cantilever
Stylus tip radius r/R 6/50 µm
Tracking force range 2.1-2.5 g
Tracking force, recommended 2.3 g
Tracking angle 20°
Internal impedance, DC resistance 5 Ohm
Recommended load impedance > 20 Ohm
Coil wire material Aucurum
Cartridge body material PC
Cartridge colour Black
Cartridge weight 9 g