Ortofon 2MR Black Cartridge

2MR Black

The 2MR Black is the flagship of the 2MR series and fulfills this role brilliantly. With its Shibata diamond, it guarantees contact with the sound groove like no other. Every little detail in the music is heard across the entire sound spectrum, exactly as the artist intended. For those who want to feel the artist's presence in the room while listening to their records.

Excellent Features: The 2MR Black is equipped with a Shibata diamond, whose slim, highly polished profile ensures an extremely wide contact area with the groove walls, ensuring remarkably detailed reproduction across the entire sound spectrum, including the highest frequency information of the acoustic groove. The 2M Black uses a specially upgraded motor with split pole pieces and a silver-plated copper wire.

The design has been optimized for easy needle assembly, and the weight and size have been adjusted to fit most popular turntables on the market. The 2MR series offers excellent compatibility when used in various playback systems and with a variety of phono preamplifiers.

Technical data:

• Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5 cm/s: 5 mV
• Channel balance at 1 kHz: 1 dB
• Channel separation at 1 kHz: 26 dB
• Channel separation at 15 kHz: 15 dB
• Frequency response: 20-20,000 + 2 / - 0 dB
• Scanning capability at 315 Hz with recommended tracking force: 80 µm
• Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 22 µm/mN
• Stylus Type: Nude Shibata
• Stylus tip radius: r/R 6/50 µm
• Recommended tracking force range: 1.4-1.7 g (14-17 mN)
• Recommended tracking force: 1.5 g (15 mN)
• Scanning angle: 20°
• Internal resistance, DC resistance: 1.2 kOhm
• Internal throttle: 630 mH
• Recommended load resistance: 47 kOhm
• Recommended load capacity: 150-300 pF
• Needle color, housing/stylus: black/black
• Weight of 2M Black needle: 6g
• Weight of the 2M and 2M Verso needles: 7.2 g
• Weight of pre-installed 2M needle: 16.7g
• Interchangeable stylus unit: 2M Black (also compatible with 2M Bronze and 2M Black LVB 250)

Needle lifespan: With proper care, up to 1000 hours without deterioration in performance is possible.

Intercompatibility of the 2MR series: The motors, coils and magnet configurations of the 2MR series are not identical: red and blue are identical, as are bronze and black, as are the true mono variants 2M Mono and 2M 78. Likewise are the stylus needles of the 2M series interchangeable in the following combinations:

• 2M Red, 2M Blue and 2M Silver
• 2M Bronze and 2M Black
• 2M Mono and 2M 78