Ortofon 2m Red MM Cartridge

£95.00
2M Red
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Ortofon 2M Red Moving Magnet (MM) Cartridge

The 2M Red is an excellent choice for those looking to upgrade from their existing budget cartridge. With the 2M Red, you will hear the music come to life, it delivers an open, dynamic sound with a slight touch of warmth.

Featuring Ortofon's unique split pole pins, the 2M Red gives an even and balanced response making the music sound as natural as possible. The highly polished, tipped elliptical diamond gives excellent tracking without causing excessive wear to your vinyl, and as it's supplied with a simple to use fitting kit.

Future upgrade

The Ortofon 2M Red is a superb cartridge but there also simple upgrade paths should you want to improve the performance even further, simply unclip the stylus and swap to a 2M Blue for an even more detailed and revealing sound.

Compatibility

The 2M Series is designed for easy installation and is available in three different variants: the 2M for most common turntables on the market, the 2M Verso, for bottom mount headshells and the 2MR, which has a reduced height form factor making it suitable for turntables and tonearms with a requirement for low-form factor cartridges.

Maximise your music with the Ortofon 2M Red.

OUTPUT VOLTAGE (@ 1000HZ, 5CM/SEC.)

5.5 mV

CHANNEL BALANCE (@ 1000HZ)

1.5 dB

CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 1000HZ)

22 dB

CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 15000HZ)

15 dB

FREQUENCY RANGE (@ -3DB)

20 - 220000 Hz

FREQUENCY RESPONSE ±2DB

20 - 20000 Hz

TRACKING ABILITY (@ 315HZ AT RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE)

70 μm

COMPLIANCE, DYNAMIC, LATERAL

20 μm

STYLUS TYPE

Tipped Elliptical

TRACKING FORCE RANGE

1.6 - 2.0 g

RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE

1.8 g

TRACKING ANGLE

20 °

INTERNAL IMPEDANCE

1300 Ω

INTERNAL INDUCTANCE

700 mH

CANTILEVER MATERIAL

Aluminium Tube

RECOMMENDED LOAD IMPEDANCE

47000 Ω

RECOMMENDED LOAD CAPACITANCE

150 - 300 pF

CARTRIDGE WEIGHT

7.2 g