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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
