Ortofon 2M Bronze Cartridge

Sonic Mastery

“The 2M Bronze is all about detail and more detail. It’s overall tonal balance is neutral… textural balance is somewhat dry, but transients are well-devoloped and natural-sounding. Cymbals and drums have just about the right balance of transient snap and suppleness and what’s that on the right channel? Oh! It’s a guitar the lesser cartridges buried almost completely under the bass line. The saxophone is both reedy and appropriately hard when the player expels more air. The trumpet also goes from indistinct to genuinely brassy and Ms. Taylor’s voice is not bathed in texture and tonal-obscuring warmth but instead sounds natural and more convincing—at least to my ears. As for the piano, now there’s a piano that’s both tonally and percussively believable…” – Analog Planet

Design Elements

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.

Ortofon 2M Sonics

The 2M series of cartridges feature Ortofon’s trademark split-pole pins, an invention that enables moving-magnet cartridges to have a flat frequency response, as with a moving-coil cartridge. Split-pole pins were invented by Ortofon, and were originally presented in the 500 and OM Super series. 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.

Features

• Nude Fine Line diamond stylus, which is particularly suited for demanding applications
• Slim profile of the Fine Line stylus will track even the highest frequency information, making it a must for discerning listeners
• Larger footprint ensures reduced distortion and record wear
• Body used for the 2M Bronze is manufactured from a newly-developed Lexan DMX Piano Black, a revolutionary material which ensures high rigidity while eliminating unwanted resonances
• Optimized the design for ease of mounting the cartridge, and the weight and size to fit the most common turntables on the market today
• 2M Series provides excellent compatibility when used in an assortment of playback systems and with a wide variety of phono preamps

NEW!

Ortofon’s all-new 2MR series features a low-profile body for convenient mounting on Rega turntables with no shims required.  Say goodbye to expensive counterweight upgrades and aftermarket shims – the 2MR makes it easier than ever!

Technical

• 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: 15 dB
• Frequency range at – 3dB: 20-29.000 Hz
• Frequency response: 20-20.000 + 2 / – 0 dB
• Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force: 80 µm
• Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 22 µm/mN
• Stylus type: Nude Fine Line
• Stylus tip radius: r/R 8/40 µm
• Tracking force range: 1,4-1,7g (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/Bronze
• Cartridge weight: 7,2 g
• Replacement stylus unit: 2M Bronze (interchangeable with 2M Black)