Premiere Gold-plated Playback Ortofon's origins can be traced back to 1918, with roots in premiere Danish audio engineering. With over a century of sound under their belt, it's only fitting that the elevated iteration of their acclaimed Concorde series of cartridges and styli would have the bark and bite to earn its name: the Concorde Elite. Injecting luxury and finesse into a micro-mechanical powerhouse, a specially molded stylus body, plated in genuine gold, encases a Nude Elliptical diamond tip. Its sleek profile and reduced moving mass ensure greater accuracy and adjustment to the finest fissures in each record's grooves, eliciting high-fidelity playback across the spectrum, preserving sonic quality at any volume. Every feature has been tailor-made for use with the Concorde Elite cartridge, with its exclusively developed Rigid 750µm aluminum-magnesium cantilever and specially designed coil system. If you're using a Concorde Elite cartridge, then you know as well as theaudiophiles