The Ortofon 2M Black is the flagship cartridge in the 2M series, featuring a Shibata stylus and an advanced generator with a proprietary body material. Renowned for its speed, detail, and musicality, it offers excellent treble extension and a transparent soundstage. The 2M series incorporates Ortofon’s split pole pin technology, ensuring a flat frequency response similar to moving coil cartridges.
The 2M headshell offers a practical and stylish solution for easy mounting and replacement on a variety of tonearms. This assembly, with a universal mount, includes a pre-mounted 2M cartridge and weighs 23g. The headshell is constructed from a medical-grade compound for high rigidity and minimal vibration, ensuring optimal performance. Its 52mm length and elegant design allow for correct Baerwald alignment with Ortofon TA-110/TA-210 and other similar tonearms. Note: It is essential to check compatibility with the tonearm’s weight requirements and use the auxiliary weight for models like Technics.
The 2M Blue cartridge offers an enhanced audio experience with an improved engine delivering a 5.5 mV output, equipped with a Nude Elliptical diamond stylus and copper split pole pins. Constructed from high-rigidity Hopelex, it reduces resonance for clear sound reproduction. The 2M Blue outperforms the 2M Red with increased dynamics, resolution, and detail. Package includes a stylus brush, screwdriver, and mounting screws. Key specs: 20-25,000 Hz frequency range, 1.5 dB channel balance at 1 kHz, and 7.2 g cartridge weight. The stylus is interchangeable with 2M Red and 2M Silver.
The 2M Bronze cartridge features a Nude Fine Line diamond stylus, designed for demanding applications. Its slim profile ensures precise tracking of high-frequency details, while its larger footprint minimizes distortion and record wear, ideal for discerning listeners.
The 2M Mono features an enhanced engine for superior sonic precision and a R 18ÎĽm Nude Spherical diamond stylus optimized for mono microgroove LPs. The cartridge, constructed from rigid Hopelex, minimizes unwanted resonances. Its strapped output ensures the same signal output from both pole pins, eliminating the need for mono-specific gear and enabling true mono playback on any stereo system.
The DIGITAL platform delivers an optimized 10 mV output voltage, enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio for superior sound quality with conventional vinyl. This improvement aids in accurate timecode signal interpretation while reducing wear-induced noise, extending the lifespan of timecoded vinyl records.
The CLUB offers top-tier specifications and exceptional sound quality, making it perfect for Club DJs in studios, broadcasts, or clubs. Its Special-Elliptic stylus fits precisely in the groove, providing a larger contact area and capturing intricate details for superior audio performance compared to spherical diamonds.
The Cadenza Black model features a Nude Shibata stylus with a boron cantilever, offering low effective mass due to its thin boron rod. This material is exceptionally stiff and lightweight compared to aluminum. Utilizing the WRD (Wide Range Damping) system, it provides separate high and low frequency damping control, as seen in MC Windfeld and other premium cartridges. The coil wire is Ortofon Aucurum, a 6NX copper wire with gold plating. The Cadenza Black excels in delivering detailed, consistent sound with impressive sound staging.
The Cadenza Bronze is an elite high-end reference cartridge designed for supreme music precision, featuring a Replicant 100 stylus, conical aluminum cantilever, and Ortofon Aucurum gold-plated 6NX copper coil wire. Its Field Stabilizing Element ensures optimal linearity for complex passages, delivering exceptional stereo imaging and dynamic soundstage depth.
This adjustment spacer allows for precise height modification of Rega tonearms from 0.5 mm to 3.5 mm in 0.5 mm increments, facilitating the proper setup of Ortofon cartridges with lower-than-standard mounting height; 3.2-4 mm spacers are recommended for Quintet cartridges. Simply loosen the tonearm screws, insert the spacer, and secure the screws without the need to remove the tonearm.
The REGA AS-Spacer allows precise height adjustments of your Rega tonearm in 0.5 mm steps from 0.5 mm to 3.5 mm without removing the tonearm. This ensures the correct set-up for Ortofon cartridges, accommodating their lower height from the stylus tip to the top mounting surface. For Quintet cartridges, a 3.2 – 4 mm spacer is recommended. Simply loosen the screws, insert the spacer, and lock the screws to get your tonearm ready for optimal performance.
The REGA brand cartridge height, being lower than standard, requires spacers for proper setup with the Ortofon cartridge. With adjustable spacers, you can modify the Rega tonearm height in increments of 0.5 mm, ranging from 0.5 mm to 3.5 mm, without needing to remove the tonearm. For Quintet cartridges, 3.2 to 4 mm spacers are recommended.
The MC Quintet Black S is designed for delivering high-fidelity audio performance. It features advanced technical data that ensures exceptional sound quality, making it ideal for audiophiles seeking precise playback. Notably durable and engineered with precision, it offers a reliable and immersive listening experience.
Ultra-high performance from a weather-resistant, two-way (full-range or bi-ampable) speaker system that will provide up to 133 dB SPL. This system provides high power handling capability while maintaining a smooth, yet clear response. The elegant and durable trapezoidal enclosure is made of high-impact polypropylene with a metal grille. This system is comprised of a 12″ Black Widow® woofer with a Kevlar® impregnated cone (with a specially treated surround) and a RX™ 22 two inch titanium compression driver coupled to a constant directivity horn with Sound Guard™ high frequency driver protection. Connections are made via two parallel 1/4 inch phone jacks for daisy-chaining and a switchable 4-pin Neutrik® Speakon® connector. This system will provide up to 133 dB SPL and can be used on the floor, speaker stand or be flown via top and bottom flying points.
The KB 4 was designed as a personal PA system in a keyboard amp. The KB 4 features separate inputs on each channel and can easily handle voice, microphones and other instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, drum machines and backing machines, such as CD and DAT players. Other essential features include stereo effects loop, ground lift, master level, XLR balanced stereo line out, DDT defeat switch and the capability to drive an external speaker.
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