Ortofon MC Windfeld Ti Moving Coil Cartridge

Full Description

Ortofon has now extended the range of the Exclusives Series to include the brand new MC Windfeld Ti. Ortofon design tradition in continuation with the new paradigm in engineering and manufacturing team are proud to introduce the MC Windfeld Ti, a new moving coil phono cartridge in the absolute high-end class.

At the heart of the MC Windfeld Ti lies a revolutionary customized Selective Laser Melting manufacturing technology pioneered by Ortofon for manufacturing of the legendary MC A90 in 2008. The use of Titanium in the MC Windfeld Ti has provided a further improvement to the overall rigidity of the structure and the cartridge weight.

Their extensive knowledge of vibration properties, characteristics in different shapes and materials, competences in magnetism, mechanical design and new technologies has been applied for optimization of the MC Windfeld model. The new MC Windfeld Ti has gone to the next level by reducing unwanted vibrations and increasing the dynamic capability of the cartridge.

Those who choose to adopt the MC Windfeld Ti will experience the lifelike, dynamic and open sound, with exceedingly clear midrange. The MC Windfeld Ti remains extremely musical while paying close attention to micro dynamic details, with its delicate, but also analytical nature.

• Improved version of the original MC Windfeld cartridge
• Designed to honour the ex-chief engineer of Ortofon, Per Windfeld
• New SLM Titanium core in the centre of the cartridge body
• Titanium increases rigidity, reduces resonance and improves dynamics
• Easily works with a wide variety of high-end turntable equipment
• Flagship Ortofon Replicant 100 Stylus mounted onto Boron cantilever
• Compact generator system with strong neodymium magnet and FSE
• Wide Range Damping (WRD) system built into suspension
• Coil system made from Ortofon's Aucurum 6NX oxygen-free copper
• Zero transmission loss
• Exceptional sound performance with clarity and musicality

Ortofon Replicant 100

As featured in the entire Exclusive Series, the MC Windfeld Ti makes use of Ortofon’s Replicant 100 diamond, known for its thin and light profile and extraordinarily large vertical contact surface. Since the Replicant 100 is closest to the shape of the cutting stylus, it can trace with accuracy unparalleled by any other stylus in existence.

Stylus Lifetime

With proper care we find that up to 1000 hours is possible without degradation of performance. The stylus does begin to exhibit changes after 1.000 hours, but the stylus life as a whole is expected to top 2.000 hours.

Benefits Of High-End Materials

The SLM technology and high precision process eschews traditional techniques: considered an engineering breakthrough, the SLM process welds fine particles of Titanium together, layer-by layer, to construct a single piece body devoid of extraneous material.

Magnet System

The magnet system is based on an extremely strong, compact neodymium magnet, which makes the generator system both compact and lighter through its minimal dimensions. Inspired by the elements of MC A95 design, the MC Windfeld Ti makes use of a specially designed armature comprised of a metal alloy which is less magnetic than normal iron. This provides noteworthy benefit to the dynamic capabilities of the cartridge.

Increase In Dynamics

One of the important components is Ortofon’s Wide Range Damping system (WRD), in which a small, heavy platinum disc is sandwiched between two rubber absorbers, both with different properties. This ensures not only an exceptional tracking performance, but also creates a perfect damping through the entire frequency range.

Benefit New Coil Technology

A specially designed armature used to achieve extreme precision in each coil turn in all layers. This enables the MC Windfeld Ti to achieve a higher degree of channel separation, while simultaneously offering lower distortion and better channel balance. A low output impedance of 7 ohm and a low output voltage of 0.2 mV makes the Ortofon MC Windfeld Ti a perfect partner for most step-up transformers as well as active MC pre-amps.