Post by Bigman80 on Dec 17, 2021 20:09:16 GMT
Hi all,
I am garnering interest in my ultra-rare Ortofon Vienna.
Owned by my friend Angus from new, i bought this from him around July/August 2021.
I looked for four years to find a decent Vienna without success. In fact, the only one came up in that time was available for around 35 minutes before it sold. It was high mileage too!
Angus then offered to sell me his as he’d found another cartridge of interest. I snapped his hand off!
The Vienna was specially made for the German market. If the info I found four years ago is true, there were only 250 made and were all sold exclusively by Thakker in Germany. To find one in the UK is rarer still as it was never advertised or sold here.
The cartridge itself has been retipped and upgraded by Killian at Holistic Audio NL. For those who don’t know, Killian (i believe) is an ex-Ortofon employee who now makes his own line of cartridges.
The Cart was retipped in Jan/Feb 2021. The stylus applied is now an FGS (replicant 100 equiv.) which is a significant upgrade over the originally supplied FG stylus. Whilst with Killian, the cartridge was upgraded further. It now has the genuine Ortofon Wide Range Damper AND the Ortofon Field Stabilising Element.
Please note, only Ortofons TOTL carts sport both of these parts. Also, Killian is no longer able to do these upgrades as Ortofon have now refused to sell the parts to third party cartridge makers/repairers. Quite understandable!
Since the retip, the cartridge has done 100 hours maximum in Angus’s system, and less than 30 on mine, but for arguments sake, call it 50hrs.
In this time it has been playing exceptionally clean vinyl. We both have Ultrasonic cleaners and are totally fanatical about ensuring our carts are well looked after. For instance, the stylus has never been cleaned with any fluids!!!!
The cantilever is straight and true, and the body is in excellent condition. Nothing of any concern whatsoever. I don’t have access to a microscope for those wonderful close ups of the stylus, but I have absolutely no problem with anyone bringing one here and checking for themselves. I am happy to demo it here too.
Unfortunately, Ortofon seem to have removed any information in regard to the cartridge from their website, so specs are unavailable at the minute.
I do have all of the original packaging so i’ll dig them out and copy the specs over.
I know it’s around 0.47mv output, so absolutely compatible with 99% of phonostages out there.
The performance of this cartridge is beyond reproach, and IMO, for the asking price, you will not get a better cartridge.
Please note, I am under no financial pressure to sell this cartridge so offers will not be entertained at this time. I am offering it out at a non profit price with the hopes it brings the same level of enjoyment for someone else to experience.
I will post anywhere on mainland UK for free via Royal Mail Special Delivery.
Those in the EU should contact me for a postage quote.
I will not be able to sell or post it out before Christmas as I need to inspect a cartridge that is on it’s way to me. If that passes muster, then I will release the Vienna into the hands of a new owner.
I have posted an initial pic, but will take much better ones when I get the cartridge off the arm after Christmas.
Intended Price: £1000
***Once eBay releases £2 listings again, it will be advertised via the Global shipping programme***
I am garnering interest in my ultra-rare Ortofon Vienna.
Owned by my friend Angus from new, i bought this from him around July/August 2021.
I looked for four years to find a decent Vienna without success. In fact, the only one came up in that time was available for around 35 minutes before it sold. It was high mileage too!
Angus then offered to sell me his as he’d found another cartridge of interest. I snapped his hand off!
The Vienna was specially made for the German market. If the info I found four years ago is true, there were only 250 made and were all sold exclusively by Thakker in Germany. To find one in the UK is rarer still as it was never advertised or sold here.
The cartridge itself has been retipped and upgraded by Killian at Holistic Audio NL. For those who don’t know, Killian (i believe) is an ex-Ortofon employee who now makes his own line of cartridges.
The Cart was retipped in Jan/Feb 2021. The stylus applied is now an FGS (replicant 100 equiv.) which is a significant upgrade over the originally supplied FG stylus. Whilst with Killian, the cartridge was upgraded further. It now has the genuine Ortofon Wide Range Damper AND the Ortofon Field Stabilising Element.
Please note, only Ortofons TOTL carts sport both of these parts. Also, Killian is no longer able to do these upgrades as Ortofon have now refused to sell the parts to third party cartridge makers/repairers. Quite understandable!
Since the retip, the cartridge has done 100 hours maximum in Angus’s system, and less than 30 on mine, but for arguments sake, call it 50hrs.
In this time it has been playing exceptionally clean vinyl. We both have Ultrasonic cleaners and are totally fanatical about ensuring our carts are well looked after. For instance, the stylus has never been cleaned with any fluids!!!!
The cantilever is straight and true, and the body is in excellent condition. Nothing of any concern whatsoever. I don’t have access to a microscope for those wonderful close ups of the stylus, but I have absolutely no problem with anyone bringing one here and checking for themselves. I am happy to demo it here too.
Unfortunately, Ortofon seem to have removed any information in regard to the cartridge from their website, so specs are unavailable at the minute.
I do have all of the original packaging so i’ll dig them out and copy the specs over.
I know it’s around 0.47mv output, so absolutely compatible with 99% of phonostages out there.
The performance of this cartridge is beyond reproach, and IMO, for the asking price, you will not get a better cartridge.
Please note, I am under no financial pressure to sell this cartridge so offers will not be entertained at this time. I am offering it out at a non profit price with the hopes it brings the same level of enjoyment for someone else to experience.
I will post anywhere on mainland UK for free via Royal Mail Special Delivery.
Those in the EU should contact me for a postage quote.
I will not be able to sell or post it out before Christmas as I need to inspect a cartridge that is on it’s way to me. If that passes muster, then I will release the Vienna into the hands of a new owner.
I have posted an initial pic, but will take much better ones when I get the cartridge off the arm after Christmas.
Intended Price: £1000
***Once eBay releases £2 listings again, it will be advertised via the Global shipping programme***
