Product Description
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Key Features
• Ortofon's most detailed and analytical moving magnet cartridge
• Stylus is interchangeable with 2M Bronze styli
• Carbon fibre stylus brush and tracking force gauge included
• Shibata diamond stylus tip allows wider contact area to ensure notably detailed production throughout the spectrum
The 2M Series is designed for precise and accurate retrieval of the information in the record groove
The 2M Series is developed in conjunction with the Danish Industrial designer Møller Jensen Design – the same designer who designed the award winning MC Jubilee and Kontrapunkt series. Inspired by the facets of a diamond, whose contours gracefully trace the grooves on a record’s surface, the 2M’s handsome elegance establishes a great combination of form and functionality.
The name 2M was selected from among several ideas. We wanted a modern name that would be easy to pronounce and remember, and therefore an alphanumerical name was chosen. 2M means MM, which is the abbreviation for moving magnet.
Of course the 2M isn’t just another pretty face. It has been engineered to the highest standards and is congruent with Ortofon’s unrelenting commitment to providing the most precise and accurate reproduction possible without coloration.
Features
- The 2M Black is graced with a Shibata diamond which slim, highly polished profile allows an exceedingly wide contact area to the groove walls and ensures notably detailed reproduction throughout the spectrum, including even the most high frequency groove information.
- The cartridge body is manufactured from Hopelex, an environment-friendly material which ensures high rigidity while eliminating unwanted resonances.
- The 2M Black uses a special upgraded engine, featuring split pole pins with a silver plated copper wire.
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 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
Specifications
| Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec.: | 5 mV |
| Channel balance at 1 kHz: | 1 dB |
| Channel separation at 1 kHz: | 26 dB |
| Channel separation at 15 kHz: | 16 dB |
| Frequency range at - 3dB: | 20-31.000 Hz |
| Frequency response: | 20-20.000 Hz +2/-0 dB |
| Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force* | 80 µm |
| Compliance, dynamic, lateral: | 22 µm/mN |
| Stylus type: | Nude Shibata |
| Stylus tip radius: | r/R 6/50 μm |
| Tracking force range: | 1.5-1.7 g (14-17 mN) |
| Tracking force, recommended: | 1.5 g (15 mN) |
| Tracking angle: | 20° |
| Internal impedance, DC resistance: | 1.2 kOhm |
| Internal inductance: | 630 mH |
| Recommended load resistance: | 47 kOhm |
| Recommended load capacitance: | 150-300 pF |
| Cartridge colour, body/stylus: | Black/Black |
| 2M / 2M Verso cartridge weight without screws: | 7.2 g |
| 2M PnP cartridge weight: | 20 g |
| 2M PnP MkII cartridge with integrated headshell length: | 52 mm |
| Replacement stylus unit: | 2m Black |
| Interchangeable with: | 2M Bronze |
Stylus lifetime: with proper care we find that up to 1000 hours is possible without degradation of performance.
