A wood-bodied Clearaudio moving coil with 24-karat gold coils and a boron cantilever, for listeners stepping into Clearaudio's serious MC range.
The Concerto V2.1 is built around Clearaudio's patented magnet system and coils wound from 24-karat gold wire. The body is satin-finished Satiné wood with a metal inlay. Clearaudio shapes it to make the most of the space inside for the generator. A boron cantilever carries a Clearaudio Prime Line diamond, a fine line-contact profile. At 7 g, the whole cartridge is light.
The Concerto is a medium-compliance, low-output moving coil. It needs an MC phono stage with around 60 dB of gain or a step-up transformer, and its 50 Ω internal impedance gives you a wide range of loading to experiment with. Like other Clearaudio moving coils, it is set up at a relatively high 2.8 g. It suits a rigid medium-mass tonearm with easy VTA adjustment, which helps you get the most from the line-contact stylus. Above it in the range sit the Stradivari V2.1 (ebony) and the Jubilee MC (Panzerholz).
| Type | Low-output moving coil (MC) |
| Output | 0.5 mV (5 cm/s) |
| Internal impedance | 50 Ω |
| Tracking force | 2.8 g ±0.2 g |
| Compliance | 15 µm/mN |
| Tracking ability | 80 µm |
| Weight | 7.0 g |
| Stylus | Clearaudio Prime Line |
| Cantilever | Boron |
| Coils | 24-karat gold wire |
| Body | Satiné wood with metal inlay |
| Frequency response | 20 Hz – 20 kHz |
| Channel separation / balance | 25–30 dB / <0.5 dB |
Pearl Audio is an authorized Clearaudio dealer. Call or visit our Portland showroom to talk about matching a cartridge to your tonearm and phono stage.
