Ortofon Quintet Cartridges


Has anyone heard this new new series of cartridges from Ortofon?

I am assuming these are the moving coil versions of the 2M moving magnet series, (i.e. they are somewhat budget priced).

The have a pretty decent output for a moving coil (.5mv) and would seem to be a great value, if they sound good.

Just curious as to the sound...
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Sorry, I didn't quite read the brochure all the way through. The Quintet Red ($299) and the Blue ($499) have the .5mv output. The Bronze ($799) and the Black ($999) have a .3mv output.

This new series has me kinda intrigued. I was hoping someone has some actually experience with the Quintets?

http://ortofon.com/images/stories/cartridges/quintet/Quintet_brochure_web.pdf
As Rhljazz mentioned above, the newest issue of the absolute sound has a review of both the Red and Black Quintet cartridges. Pretty interesting read.

The reviewer really liked both of them at their respective price points...