Gryphon Audio Black Diamond DLC – Reference Cartridge for Vinyl
11.04.2025 07:23 | ~2 minutes read
The Danish company Gryphon Audio, known for its reference High-End amplifiers and other equipment, has released its first MC-cartridge for vinyl record players for the first time in 40 years. The pickup took the basic design from the Ortofon MC Diamond – but Gryphon Audio specialists made significant changes.
Gryphon Audio Black Diamond DLC uses a diamond cantilever, a diamond stylus with a special sharpening Ortofon Replicant 100 and a titanium body. The cabinet is manufactured using the selective laser cutting method. At the same time, the completely new coating of the Gryphon Audio Black Diamond DLC body is made of diamond-like carbon, and the “titanium with DLC-TR SLM coating” configuration was developed by Gryphon in cooperation with the Danish Technological Institute and, according to the company, provides a significant improvement in sound quality.
With the DLC-TR SLM coating, the speed of sound transmission and resonance of titanium is doubled from 9,000 meters per second to 18,000 meters per second. So, Gryphon claims that Black Diamond DLC achieves the highest level of detail.
The wire used in the Gryphon Audio Black Diamond DLC has been upgraded from copper to gold-plated copper and wound in a new 6-layer coil configuration with 2 x 84 turns per channel - which significantly improves the quality of reproduction.
The upgraded front and rear vibration dampers are now made from a specially developed rubber compound. Specifications and availability of Gryphon Audio Black Diamond DLC will be announced at a later date.
Specifications
This product is in the Hi-Fi and High End Electronics and Acoustics database
Cartidges — Gryphon Audio Black Diamond DLC
Model name
Black Diamond DLC
Type
MC
Stylus
Replicant 100 diamond
Body
titanium
Cantilever
diamond
Coils
6-layer coil configuration with 2 x 84 turns per channel
Output voltage (mV@5cm/sec)
N/A
Frequency response low +/- 3dB (Hz)
N/A
Frequency response high +/- 3dB (Hz)
N/A
Internal impedance (Ohm)
N/A
Channel separation (dB / 1,000 Hz)
N/A
Compliance (×10-6cm/dyne at 100Hz)
N/A
Recommended load (Ohm)
N/A
Recommended tonearms
N/A
Weight (g)
N/A
Official link
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