Ortofon Replicant 100 - the finest diamond in the world

The MC Windfeld features an ultra-fine and extra polished version of the unique Ortofon Replicant 100 stylus. Replicant 100 is also used in the MC A90, Xpression, MC Anna and MC Cadenza Bronze cartridges, providing more responsive and transparent sound reproduction.

Another precondition for linear reproduction with a wide frequency range and optimal tracking performance is a diamond, the shape of which is as close as possible to the original cutting needle. To achieve this, the Ortofon MC Windfeld uses an ultra-fine polished version of the unique Ortofon Replicant Stylus 100.

This diamond, which is already known from products such as the MC 3000 Mk II and MC 5000, is incredibly small and light, but has an extraordinarily large vertical contact surface despite its minimal radius of rounding. Correctly fitted at a vertical angle of 23 degrees, an Ortofon Replicant Stylus 100 will read the musical information in the grooves of a record with a greater degree of accuracy than any other kind of needle.

Extremely high end materials benefit new coil technology

Zero-loss transmission of the diamond’s movements to the expensive Aucurum coils of gold-plated, 99.999999% oxygen-free, monocrystalline copper is achieved in the Ortofon MC Windfeld via a cantilever in boron (just as in the MC Jubilee), which combines a low moving mass with a very high degree of mechanical rigidity.

A special design of armature makes it possible to position the coil turns extremely precisely in several layers. This technology achieves higher channel separation, lower distortion and better channel balance.

A low output impedance of 4 ohm and a medium output voltage of 0.3 mV makes the Ortofon MC Windfeld a perfect partner for most step-up transformers, e.g. Ortofon ST-80 SE transformer, as well as active MC pre-amps.

The MC Windfeld can ideally be combined with the Ortofon TA-110 and TA-210 tonearms.