Concorde Music Series Flagship Plays with Superb Quiet, Extension, Clarity, and Responsiveness: Black LVB 250 MM Features Boron Cantilever and Nude Shibata Stylus, Effortlessly Mounts on S-Shaped Tonearms
The only Concorde Music Series MM cartridge with a boron cantilever, and the flagship of the line, the Black LVB 250 plays with a phenomenal combination of quiet, extension, transparency, responsiveness, and speed that make it a class-leading analog instrument. Touting a nude shibata diamond stylus that mirrors the architecture of a cutting stylus and allows for superb contact with a very wide area of record grooves — Concorde Music Black LVB 250 possesses an innate ability to access information in record grooves that many other cartridges — even those that cost far more — cannot mine. And it offers hassle-free installation thanks to its ability to mount without the need of any tools on SME/bayonet-style connections and any S-shaped tonearms.
Sleek, elegant, and modern, this eye-catching cartridge delivers copious amounts of dynamics, pacing, and clarity with faithful-to-the-source tracking. Boasting a 6mV output and weighing 18 grams, Concorde Music Black LVB 250 further benefits from a custom suspension system made out of rubber at the company’s in-house factory, ensuring start-to-finish quality control. Ortofon’s quad-coil generating system with four pole pins helps deliver stellar channel balance, meaning you’ll perceive musicians in space with proper imaging, scale, and separation.
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- • Diamond: Each Concorde Music stylus features a diamond polished to the highest standards of the industry. Ranging from a bonded Elliptical diamond on Concorde Music Red, to a Nude Shibata diamond on Concorde Music Black LVB 250.
- • Cantilever: All Concorde Music models have a premium or high-end cantilever. The cantilever material is either aluminium or boron for the best possible transmission of the vinyl record groove modulations picked up by the diamonds.
- • Suspension: Exclusive Ortofon rubber compounds are used for the stylus suspensions, all carefully produced at the in-house own rubber production, and developed by the research and engineering team at Ortofon for brilliant performance.
- • Coil system: Silver-pated oxygen free copper is chosen for the quad-coil system together with four Ortofon split pole pins delivering a 6 mV output of dynamic, lifelike sound with an exceptional clarity and fidelity, capturing every detail.
- • Upgradeability: All Concorde Music styli are compatible with all Concorde Music cartridges. An upgrade path is possible through the entire series of Concorde Music cartridges, enabling upgrades from Concorde Music Red to Black LVB 250.
- • Tool-free installation: Installing a Concorde Music cartridge on a turntable is easy and straightforward, no tools required making it hassle free and convenient for all users.
Output voltage (all models): 6 mV
Cantilever material:
Red - Aluminium
Blue - Aluminium
Bronze - Aluminium
Black - Aluminium
Black LVB 250 - Boron
Stylus type:
Red - Elliptical
Blue - Nude Elliptical
Bronze - Nude Fine Line
Black - Nude Shibata
Black LVB 250 - Nude Shibata
Stylus Tip radius:
Red - r/R 8/18 μm
Blue - r/R 8/18 μm
Bronze - r/R 8/40 μm
Black - r/R 6/50 μm
Black LVB 250 - r/R 6/50 μm
Stylus suspension (All models): Ortofon exclusive
Coil system (All models): Quad coils
Coil cores (All models): Split pole pins
Coil wire (All models): Silver-plated OFC
Channel balance at 1 kHz:
Red- 1.5 dB
Blue - 1.5 dB
Bronze - 1 dB
Black - 1 dB
Black LVB 250 - 1 dB
Channel separation at 1 kHz:
Red - 22 dB
Blue - 25 dB
Bronze - 26 dB
Black - 26 dB
Black LVB 250 - 26 dB
Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz:
Red - +3 / -1 dB
Blue - +2 / -1 dB
Bronze - +2 / -0 dB
Black - +2 / -0 dB
Black LVB 250 - +2 / -0 dB
Tracking ability at 315Hz (All models): 80 μm
Dynamic lateral compliance (All models): 15 μm/mN
Recommended tracking force (All models): 1.8 g
Recommended load resistance (All models): 47 kΩ
Recommended load capacitance (All models): 150-300 pF
Internal inductance (All models): 815 mH
Internal impedance, DC resistance (All models): 1.27 kΩ
Cartridge weight (All models): 18 grams
