Clearaudio Concerto V2 Moving Coil Phono Cartridge

The Baby with the Grown-up Sound

All the design aspects of Clearaudio's acclaimed Goldfinger, Titanium, and Stradivari cartridges are found in the Concerto V2. It's the entry-level into Clearaudio's New Generation 'super class' of moving coil cartridges.

Both the satiné wood from which the body is made and its resonance-optimized shape contribute towards the excellent performance of the Concerto V2. It's the baby of the Clearaudio flagship range with a grown up sound you'll love.

"Fine Performance"

"The fine performance of the table and the Concerto cartridge, in particular, made me think it's about time to upgrade my analog front end," reports Jack Hannon in his December 5, 2006 review for The Absolute Sound.

England's Hi-Fi World magazine for July 2008 praised the Concerto for "producing a precise sound with a very open midrange which made exploring the different sound used to create the music an easy task. The rhythm was carried with a good deal of bottom end punch that stopped and started very precisely, producing the effect of a high, deep but well controlled bass."

• Body material: Satiné wood
• Stylus shape: Micro HD
• Cantilever: Boron
• Coil assembly: Absolutely symmetrical design
• Coil material: Gold 24 K

• Total mass: 7.0 g
• Frequency response: 20 Hz - 100 kHz
• Compliance: 15/15 µ/mN
• Recommended tracking force: 2.8 g
• Crosstalk: > 30 dB
• Channel balance: < 0.5 dB
• Output voltage: 0.7 mV (at 5 cm/sec)
• Coil impedance: 30 Ohm
• Manufacturer's limited warranty: 2 years

"The fine performance of the table and the Concerto cartridge, in particular, made me think it's about time to upgrade my analog front end."

- Jack Hannon, The Absolute Sound magazine, December 5, 2006

"This album has a deep, seismic bass accompanying a mixture of real instruments, synthetic ones, and samples over seventeen tracks. The Concerto reveled in it. Producing a precise sound with a very open midrange which made exploring the different sound used to create the music an easy task. The rhythm was carried with a good deal of bottom end punch that stopped and started very precisely, producing the effect of a high, deep but well controlled bass."

- England's Hi-Fi World magazine, July 2008