The Danish company Ortofon has introduced a variant of the popular series of moving magnet (MM) cartridges with model index 2M , pre-installed on the Ortofon SH-4 shell . This option will be convenient for owners of players with an S-shaped tonearm with a standard shell connector and will allow you to easily and quickly change heads if you wish.
Below are the specifications of the cartridge models included in the Ortofon 2M Premounted series . The cartridges are listed in order of increasing price.
Ortofon 2M Mono Premounted Cartridge:
- Output voltage at a frequency of 1 kHz, 5 cm / sec. – 4.0 mV
- Tracking power at 315 Hz – 70 µm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral – 18 µm/mN
- Needle sharpening – spherical (nude spherical)
- Needle hanger – aluminum
- Recommended clamping force – 1.8 g (18 mN)
- Load resistance – 47 kOhm
- Load capacitance – 150 – 300 pF
- Cartridge weight – 7.2 g.
- Weight with shell – 16.7 g.
- Price – 459 euros
Ortofon 2M Red Premounted Cartridge:
- Output voltage at a frequency of 1 kHz, 5 cm / sec. – 5.5 mV
- Tracking power at 315 Hz – 70 µm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral – 18 µm/mN
- Needle sharpening – elliptical
- Needle hanger – aluminum
- Recommended clamping force – 1.8 g (18 mN)
- Load resistance – 47 kOhm
- Load capacitance – 150 – 300 pF
- Cartridge weight – 7.2 g.
- Assembled weight – 16.7 g.
- Price – 159 euros
Ortofon 2M Blue Premounted Cartridge:
- Output voltage at a frequency of 1 kHz, 5 cm / sec. – 5.5 mV
- Tracking power at 315 Hz – 80 µm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral – 18 µm/mN
- Needle sharpening – elliptical (Nude Elliptical)
- Needle hanger – aluminum
- Recommended clamping force – 1.8 g (18 mN)
- Load resistance – 47 kOhm
- Load capacitance – 150 – 300 pF
- Cartridge weight – 7.2 g.
- Assembled weight – 16.7 g.
- Price – 259 euros
Ortofon 2M Bronze Premounted Cartridge:
- Output voltage at a frequency of 1 kHz, 5 cm / sec. – 5 mV
- Tracking ability at 315 Hz – 80 µm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral – 20 µm/mN
- Needle sharpening – Nude Fine Line
- Needle hanger – aluminum
- Recommended clamping force – 1.5 g (15 mN)
- Load resistance – 47 kOhm
- Load capacitance – 150 – 300 pF
- Cartridge weight – 7.2 g.
- Assembled weight – 16.7 g.
- Price – 459 euros
Ortofon 2M Black Premounted Cartridge:
- Output voltage at a frequency of 1 kHz, 5 cm / sec. – 5 mV
- Tracking ability at 315 Hz – 80 µm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral – 20 µm/mN
- Needle sharpening – Nude Shibata
- Needle hanger – aluminum
- Recommended clamping force – 1.5 g (15 mN)
- Load resistance – 47 kOhm
- Load capacitance – 150 – 300 pF
- Cartridge weight – 7.2 g.
- Assembled weight – 16.7 g.
- Price – 659 euros
Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 Premounted Cartridge:
- Output voltage at a frequency of 1 kHz, 5 cm / sec. – 5 mV
- Tracking ability at 315 Hz – 80 µm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral – 22 µm/mN
- Needle sharpening – Nude Shibata
- Needle hanger – bur, patented Nano Tube hanger
- Recommended clamping force – 1.6 g (16 mN)
- Load resistance – 47 kOhm
- Load capacitance – 150 – 300 pF
- Cartridge weight – 7.2 g.
- Assembled weight – 16.7 g.
- Price – 1,059 euros
