The 2M Black is the flagship of the classic moving magnet cartridges from Ortofon. The 2M black is graced with a Shibata diamond stylus - the same diamond as on the acclaimed MC Jubilee. Its 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.

• Designed to be as true to the groove as possible
• Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell
• Moving magnet cartridge with removable stylus
• Utilises Ortofon's split-pole pin technology to reduce the eddy current and to get a flat frequency response, like with an MC cartridge
• Anti-resonant Hopelex body and improved internal engine with silver-plated copper wire
• Nude Shibata diamond stylus

Stylus

The 2M Black is graced with a Shibata diamond that gives it contact with the groove like nothing else. The 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.

2M Black Body

Users of the 2M Black will enjoy the benefit of impeccable sound quality, along with reduced record and stylus wear, as well as reduced distortion and phase error because of the diamond’s improved tracking geometry. 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.

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 sound from the vinyl as accurately as possible, without colouring the sound in any way. The 2M Black has a Nude Shibata diamond stylus which is cut and polished to the highest standards of the industry.

2M Black Sound

The 2M Black is Ortofon's top-of-the-line classic moving magnet cartridge. Boasting phenomenal sound and high-end specifications, the cartridge is well at home on even the most sophisticated of turntables, which makes this a great upgrade option for the 2M Bronze cartridge.

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 - 31000 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 Shibata

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

Cartridge Weight:  7.2 g

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