Ortofon MC Diamond

Ortofon MC Diamond - the best Ortofon cartridge ever

Ortofon's best cartridge ever, MC Diamond, delivers music as you have never heard it before. Ortofon strives to provide the ultimate musical experience through a blend of innovation, technical expertise, and inspiration. This new state-of-the-art cartridge, representing numerous Ortofon design elements and ideals, is truly exemplary of the highest level of performance possible in modern analog playback technology.

MC Diamond has a titanium body, an optimized magnet system, and a new rubber suspension that delivers an entirely new experience for audio enthusiasts.

"It is recorded music as you have never heard it before - the most authentic vinyl experience in the world," said Leif Johannsen, Ortofon's Chief Officer of Acoustics and Research.

New improved rubber suspension
For the new MC Diamond cartridge, the Ortofon Wide Range Damping System (WRD) has been redesigned with an improved rubber suspension specially developed in-house.

The WRD system was originally introduced in the MC 20 Mk II in 1979 and was subsequently also used in the MC A90, MC Windfeld, Xpression, MC Anna, MC Anna Diamond, and MC Century cartridges. In this system, a small, heavy platinum disc is sandwiched between two rubber absorbers with different properties. This not only ensures extraordinary tracking ability, but also creates perfect damping across the entire frequency spectrum. Because of this, distortion and resonance are almost completely eliminated.

The new rubber compound formula is based on the highly effective nanofillers of Multi Wall Carbon Nano Tube (MWCNT). The new MWCNT-based compound offers desirable mechanical properties that allow optimal interaction between compliance and damping, improving stability and playback while ensuring unrivaled sound quality.

Cartridge body
The body of the MC Diamond cartridge is made of titanium using Ortofon's customized Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technique. This technique allows precise control of the density of the body, providing extremely high internal damping and resulting in a significant reduction in vibrations and improved sound quality.

Magnet system
MC Diamond's magnet system combines selected materials, optimized geometry, and outstanding consistency to deliver exceptional performance. Together with the non-magnetic armature, the result is lifelike, highly precise sound recordings defined by almost infinite dimensionality.