Description
- Special upgraded engine, featuring split pole pins with a silver plated copper wire
- Cartridge body made from highly rigid and resonance eliminating materials
- Also available with integrated headshell or verso version
2M Series
The 2M Bronze features a nude Fine Line diamond stylus, which is particularly suited for demanding applications. The slim profile of the Fine Line stylus will track even the highest frequency information, making it a must for discerning listeners. Additionally, its larger footprint ensures reduced distortion and record wear. The cartridge body used for the 2M Bronze and 2M Black is manufactured from a newly-developed Noryl plastic/glass combination, a revolutionary material which ensures high rigidity while eliminating unwanted resonances. The 2M Bronze and 2M Black use a special upgraded engine, featuring split pole pins with a silver-plated copper wire.
Features
- Special upgraded engine, featuring split pole pins with a silver plated copper wire
- Optimised sound reproduction and high level of sonic accuracy
- Nude Fine Line diamond stylus
- Reduced distortion and record wear
- Cartridge body made from highly rigid and resonance eliminating materials
- Improved dynamics and resolution, sounds more open and reproduces greater details
- Supplied with 2 different sets of screws (M2.5 x 5 & M2.5 x 7)
- Stylus brush and tracking force gauge included
- Also available with integrated headshell or verso version
Each 2M cartridge model is also available as a 2MR variant. Here, the "R" stands for “Reduced” and relates to the lower cartridge body height. This is suited to certain types of tonearms from manufacturers such as Pro-Ject, Linn and Rega, in order to achieve the correct VTA. To learn more about whether the 2MR might be useful for your system, visit our handy technical page Ortofon 2MR - The Technical Argument Suitable For Riga Turntables
The 2M technology
2M cartridges are designed for precise and accurate retrieval of the information in the record groove. Ortofon's philosophy is to play the record sound as accurately as possible, without colouring the sound in any way. Both the 2M Bronze and 2M Black have diamonds which are cut and polished to the highest standards of the industry. The 2M design has also been optimized for easy mounting on to a tonearm; the weight and size of all 2M models is well-suited to fit the most common turntables on today's market. The 2M Bronze and 2M Black also have interchangeable stylus units, and replacement styli are readily available.
About the unique 2M design
2M was developed by Ortofon in conjunction with "Møller Jensen Design" from Copenhagen, Denmark - the same designer who collaborated on the award-winning MC Jubilee cartridge, and the coveted Kontrapunkt series. The inspiration for designing the 2M was related to the facets of the diamond - elegantly concentrating its contours against the grooves on the record surface. The name 2M was selected among several ideas. Ortofon wanted a modern name which would be easy to pronounce around the world, and to remember. Therefore an alpha-numerical name was chosen... 2M means MM, which is simply the common abbreviation for Moving Magnet.
The 2M range has been structured in the same way as the popular Rondo and Cadenza Moving Coil series, with ascending quality as you move from Red - Blue - Bronze - Black. The spectacular 2m Black has become the flagship of 2M, and all Ortofon moving magnet cartridges. 2M was also the last product designed by Ortofon's former chief engineer, Per Windfield. He developed the 2M series over the final 2 years of his 30 year tenure with Ortofon.
2M Verso
The 2M series of cartridges are now also available in a special version, suited for bottom-mount tonearms. The 2M Verso are available to special order.
Specifications
| Output Voltage (at 1kHz, 5cm/sec): |
5mV |
| Channel Balance at 1kHz: |
1dB |
| Channel Separation at 1kHz: |
26dB |
| Channel Separation at 15kHz: |
15dB |
| Frequency Range (at -3dB): |
20Hz - 29kHz |
| Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz: |
+2 / -0dB |
| Tracking Ability at 315Hz: |
Typically 80μm |
| Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral: |
22μm / mN |
| Stylus Type: |
Nude Fine Line |
| Stylus Tip Radius r / R: |
8 / 40μm |
| Tracking Force Range: |
1.4 - 1.7g (14 - 17mN) |
| Recommended Tracking Force: |
1.5g (15mN) |
| Tracking Angle: |
20º |
| Internal Impedance / DC Resistance: |
1.2kΩ |
| Internal Inductance: |
630mH |
| Recommended Load Resistance: |
47kΩ |
| Recommended Load Capacitance: |
150 - 300pF |
| Cartridge Colour Body / Stylus: |
Black / Bronze |
| Cartridge Weight: |
7.2g |
| Replacement Stylus Unit: |
Stylus 2M Bronze |
| Accessories: |
1 x Stylus Brush
1 x Screwdriver
2 x Screw M2.5 x 5
2 x Screw M2.5 x 7
1 x Stylus Pressure Gauge |
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2M Bronze
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2MR Bronze
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2M Bronze Premounted
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| Differing Key Features |
| Reduced-height 2MR cartridge body |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Moving magnet cartridge with removable stylus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supplied pre-installed on a headshell for easy installation |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Special "verso" model for bottom-mount headshells |
No |
No |
No |
| Utilises Ortofon's split-pole pin technology to reduce the eddy current and to get a flat frequency response, like with an MC cartridge |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Anti-resonant Hopelex body and improved internal engine with silver-plated copper wire |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Can be upgraded with other styli from the Ortofon 2M range |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Stylus fits on other models in the Ortofon 2M range |
No |
No |
No |
| Replacement stylus only |
No |
No |
No |
| Common Key Features |
| Inviting soundstage with even more resolution and detail |
| Nude Fine-Line diamond stylus |
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| Differing Specifications |
| Cartridge Weight |
7.2 g |
6 g |
16.7 g |
| Replacement Stylus For |
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| Common Specifications |
| Output Voltage (@ 1000Hz, 5cm/sec.) |
5 mV |
| Channel Balance (@ 1000Hz) |
1 dB |
| Channel Separation (@ 1000Hz) |
26 dB |
| Channel Separation (@ 15000Hz) |
15 dB |
| Frequency Range (@ -3dB) |
20 - 29000 Hz |
| Frequency Response +2 / -0dB |
20 - 20000 Hz |
| Tracking Ability (@ 315Hz at Recommended Tracking Force) |
80 μm |
| Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral |
22 μm |
| Stylus Type |
Nude Fine Line |
| Tracking Force Range |
1.4 - 1.7 g |
| Recommended Tracking Force |
1.5 g |
| Tracking Angle |
20 ° |
| Internal Impedance |
1200 Ω |
| Internal Inductance |
630 mH |
| Cantilever Material |
Aluminium Tube |
| Recommended Load Impedance |
47000 Ω |
| Recommended Load Capacitance |
150 - 300 pF |
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