Ortofon 2M Blue
Moving Magnet Phono Cartridge
Item #ORTOFON:2M-BLU
Item # 2M Blue
Ortofon 2M Blue
Moving Magnet Phono Cartridge
Special Price
$189.00
Regular Price
$239.00
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Overview
When you move up to the 2M Blue, it's all about the diamond! The benefit you hear with this is pretty big. Just about everything related to the sound is improved. You’ll hear many more tiny little details in the music and it will seem more effortless and open. Our advice is if you have a table with a 2M Red, buy the 2M Blue stylus either now or when it's time to replace it. You will be very surprised at the difference just a Nude elliptical stylus can make!
High Notes
World Class Moving Magnet Cartridges
With over 100 years of experience, Ortofon makes some of the best value cartridges on the planet. It's easy to see why the 2M Red and 2M Blue are the choice of so many turntable manufacturers
Split Pole Technology
This patented technology gives you flatter frequency response and much great extension on the frequency extremes while maintaining accurate phase between the channels
Universal Mounting
Whether you need a standard mount, Bayonet Mount, or a vintage under-mount, all of the 2M models are available in any configuration to fit your turntable
The 2M Blue adds more dynamics and resolution, sounds more open, and reproduces more details compared to the 2M Red model.
- An improved engine, which provides an increased output of 5.5 mV and optimized sound reproduction and a high level of sonic accuracy.
- Nude Elliptical diamond and split pole pins with copper wire.
- The cartridge body is manufactured from Hopelex, an environment-friendly material that ensures high rigidity while eliminating unwanted resonances.
Ortofon has 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.
Details & Specs
- Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec. - 5.5 mV
- Channel balance at 1 kHz - 1.5 dB
- Channel separation at 1 kHz - 25 dB
- Channel separation at 15 kHz - 15 dB
- Frequency range at - 3dB - 20-25.000 Hz
- Frequency response - 20-20.000 Hz + 2 / - 1 dB
- Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force - 80 µm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral - 20 µm/mN
- Stylus type - Nude 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/Blue
- Cartridge weight - 7.2 g
- 2M PnP MkII cartridge with integrated headshell weight - 20 g
- 2M PnP MkII cartridge with integrated headshell length - 52 mm
Replacement stylus unit - 2M Blue (interchangeable with 2M Red and 2M Silver)
Stylus lifetime: with proper care we find that up to 1000 hours is possible without degradation of performance.
| Cartridge Weight | 7.2 g |
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| Output | voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec. - 5.5 mV |
| Stylus Type | Nude Elliptical |
| Tracking Force Range | 1.6-2.0 g (16-20 mN) |
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