Ortofon Moving Coil Exchange (Trade-In) Program

Modified on Wed, 8 Mar, 2023 at 11:52 AM

The Ortofon Moving Coil Exchange (Trade-In) Program is designed to help existing Ortofon customers update or renew their Hi-Fi system in a much more cost-effective way.

Through the program, Ortofon offer a trade-in value for the current range of moving coil cartridges, as well as an extensive list of discontinued models. Through this cartridge exchange program, we are able to help customers upgrade or replace their current phono cartridge in a more economical way than usual.

How It Works

Any condition cartridge is accepted. In order to qualify for your 25% at RRP discount, the equivalent cartridge model must be purchased, as outlined in the table. If you wish to upgrade to a higher specification model, you'll get 25% off the RRP value of the current equivalent trade-in cartridge towards your upgraded model.

Moving Coil models	Recommended replacement
QUINTET SERIES
MC Quintet Mono	MC Quintet Mono or higher performance model
MC Quintet Red	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC Quintet Blue	MC Quintet Blue or higher performance model
MC Quintet Bronze	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC Quintet Black S	MC Quintet Black S or higher performance model

CADENZA SERIES
MC Cadenza Mono	MC Cadenza Mono or higher performance model
MC Cadenza Red	MC Cadenza Red or higher performance model
MC Cadenza Blue	MC Cadenza Blue or higher performance model
MC Cadenza Bronze	MC Cadenza Bronze or higher performance model
MC Cadenza Black	MC Cadenza Black or higher performance model

EXCLUSIVES SERIES
MC A90	Any current Exclusives series model
MC A95	Any current Exclusives series model
MC Windfeld	Any current Exclusives series model
MC Century	Any current Exclusives series model
MC A Mono	MC A Mono
MC Windfeld Ti	Any current Exclusives series model
MC Xpression	Any current Exclusives series model
MC Anna	MC Verismo or MC Diamond
MC Anna Diamond	MC Verismo or MC Diamond
MC Verismo	MC Verismo or MC Diamond
MC Diamond	MC Diamond

HISTORICAL HIGH-OUTPUT	NB: the replacement cartridges are not High-Output, an extra step-up device (an extra 20 dB - 26 dB gain) like a MC transformer or a MC amplifier is needed
MC-1 Turbo	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC-3 Turbo	MC Quintet Blue or higher performance model
X1-MC	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
X1-MCP (T4P)	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
X3-MC	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
X5-MC	MC Quintet Black or higher performance model
HMC 10 / MC Quartz	MC Quintet Blue or higher performance model
HMC 20 / MC Quattro	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
HMC 30 / MC Quasar	MC Quintet Black S or higher performance model

HISTORICAL MOVING COIL
MC 10 SUPER MK ll	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC 10 SUPREME	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC 10 W	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC 15 SUPER MK ll	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 20 MKII	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 20 W	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 20 SUPER MK ll	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 20 Super 25th Anniversary/SE	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 20 SUPER SE	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 20 SUPREME	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 2000 MK ll	MC Cadenza Blue or higher performance model
MC 25 E	MC Quintet Red and/or higher performance model
MC 25 FL	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 30 W	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 30 SUPREME	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC 30 SUPER MK ll	MC Quintet Black S or higher performance model
MC 3000 MK ll	MC Cadenza Bronze or higher performance model
MC 5000	MC Cadenza Black or higher performance model
MC 70 Anniversary	MC Cadenza Blue or higher performance model
MC 7500	MC Cadenza Black or higher performance model
MC Jubilee	MC Cadenza Black or higher performance model
MC Rohmann	MC Cadenza Black or higher performance model
MC Kontrapunkt A	MC Cadenza Red or higher performance model
MC Kontrapunkt B	MC Cadenza Blue or higher performance model
MC Kontrapunkt C	MC Cadenza Bronze or higher performance model
MC Kontrapunkt H	MC Cadenza Red or higher performance model
MC Quintet Black	MC Quintet Black S or higher performance model
MC Salsa	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC Samba	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC Statement	MC Cadenza Red or higher performance model
MC Style	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model
MC Tango	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC Valencia	MC Quintet Black S or higher performance model
MC Venice	MC Cadenza Red or higher performance model
MC Vero II	MC Quintet Black S or higher performance model
MC Vienna	MC Cadenza Black or higher performance model
MC Vigor	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC Virgo	MC Quintet Blue or higher performance model
MC Virtus II	MC Quintet Black S or higher performance model
MC Vitesse	MC Quintet Blue or higher performance model
MC Vivo Red / MC 09 A	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC Vivo Blue / MC 09 B	MC Quintet Blue or higher performance model
MC Rondo Red / MC W* 10	MC Quintet Red or higher performance model
MC Rondo Blue / MC W* 20	MC Quintet Blue or higher performance model
MC Rondo Bronze / MC W* 30	MC Quintet Bronze or higher performance model

Why Should I Exchange?

Ortofon and Interdyn offer this service as an alternative to a ‘refurbishment’ or ‘re-tipping’ service. It is our opinion that if the internal mechanics or the diamond tip of a cartridge are modified, replaced or restored, the fundamental element of what made that cartridge unique is lost, and it will therefore never be fully restored to what you originally purchased. With our exchange scheme, you get rewarded for being an existing Ortofon customer and are able to update your system easily.

Important point: This offer is also open to non-working cartridges. So if you've had an accident and broken your cartridge, or the stylus, suspension, cantilever or any element of the cartridge is irreparably damaged, we're still happy to help. We take cartridges in all conditions back on this scheme.

Where Can I Exchange?

The Exchange Program can be accessed at all Moving Coil qualified Ortofon Dealers.