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Ortofon 2M Red Cartridge

2M Series styli interchangeability:
The 2M Series' engines, coils and magnets configurations are not identical: Red and Blue are identical, so are the Bronze and Black and so are the true mono variants 2M Mono and 2M 78. Likewise, 2M series styli are interchangeable within the below combinations: 
- 2M Red, 2M Blue and 2M Silver
- 2M Bronze and 2M Black
- 2M Mono and 2M 78


Features:
- an improved engine, which provides an increased output of 5.5 mV and optimized sound reproduction and a high level of sonic accuracy
- a tipped Elliptical diamond and split pole pins with a copper wire
- the cartridge body is manufactured from Hopelex, an environment-friendly material which ensures high rigidity while eliminating unwanted resonances.

We have optimized the design for ease of mounting the cartridge, and the weight and size to fit the most common turntables on the market today. The 2M Series provides excellent compatibility when used in an assortment of playback systems and with a wide variety of phono preamps.

2M Red is an all-purpose cartridge that delivers open, dynamic sound with a slight touch of warmth.


Compatibility with Rega brand TT/TA: 
REGA brand cartridges’ height from stylus tip to the top cartridge mounting surface is lower than standard. Therefore you would need spacers to ensure the correct set-up of the Ortofon cartridge. Please read about cartridge set-up and alignment on tonearm on our FAQ. 
Adjusting the height of your Rega tonearm is easy with Acoustic Signature's Spacer Set. It allows you to adjust the height from 0.5 mm to 3.5 mm in precise steps of 0.5 mm - without removing the tone arm. Simply loosen the screws, insert the AS-spacer, then lock the screws back down, and you're tonearm is ready to play.
3.2 - 4 mm spacers should be enough for 2M cartridge. 

    • Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec.  -  5.5 mV
    • Channel balance at 1 kHz   -  1.5 dB
    • Channel separation at 1 kHz  -  22 dB
    • Channel separation at 15 kHz  -  15 dB
    • Frequency range at - 3dB  -  20-22.000 Hz
    • Frequency response  -  20-20.000 Hz + 3 / - 1 dB
    • Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force  -  70 µm
    • Compliance, dynamic, lateral  -  20 µm/mN
    • Stylus type  -  Elliptical
    • Stylus tip radius  -  r/R 8/18 µm
    • Tracking force range  -  1.6-2.0 g (16-20 mN)
    • Tracking force, recommended  - 1.8 g (18 mN)
    • Tracking angle  -  20°
    • Internal impedance, DC resistance  -  1.3 kOhm
    • Internal inductance  -  700 mH
    • Recommended load resistance  -  47 kOhm
    • Recommended load capacitance  -  150-300 pF
    • Cartridge colour, body/stylus  -  Black/Red
    • 2M standard and 2M Verso cartridges weight  -  7.2 g
    • 2M PnP MkII cartridge with integrated headshell weight  -  20 g
    • 2M PnP MkII cartridge with integrated headshell length - 52 mm


    Reviews

    The Audio Beat, August 2016
    Exploring Ortofon's 2M Lineup

    by Marc Mickelson

    "...The 2M line has become a de facto reference for moving-magnet cartridges...it is due to both the sound quality of the various 2M models as well as the wide price range across the line... The differences among the four stereo 2M models occur in three primary areas: stylus profile, body material, and engine ...

    ... The 2M Black is "open, fast, detailed, vivid, full of vitality and sonically spectacular." It is a true high-resolution transducer that consequently puts great demands on the downstream electronics and speakers...

    ...On the other end, the 2M Red is far more forgiving than the 2M Black, but also less involving, at least in the context of my system (the turntable is a Technics SP-15 with an Audio-Technica ATP-12T tonearm, both in a Technics SH-15B2 base - red.)...

    ...with the 2M Blue ...you get the audiophile treatment: a full-range, highly resolving presentation that sounds neither stiff nor unforgiving. In fact, the 2M Blue's balance, both tonally and in terms of overall resolution, may be its greatest feat. It's an easy cartridge to listen to, and even novice listeners...

    ...While the 2M Black sounds more immediately impressive, the 2M Bronze is the more satisfying over the long haul, halving the difference between the Black's speed and resolution and the Blue's balance. In fact... it is a mixture of all of these sonic virtues. It's fast, but not ostentatiously so; it turns information into music, and it does this because it is better balanced, neither leaning in one sonic direction or another. I would say that it represents not just the 2M line's sweet spot but also its musical core. ..."

     

    Hi-Fi News October 2008
    The Ortofon 2M Red
    Reviewed by Steve Harris and Paul Miller

    "...a pleasing ambience...

    ...intimate, trembling quality...

    ...bass in proportion...

    ...good detail...

    ...realistic without going into hardness...

    ...sense of space even in the climaxes..."

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