Ortofon 2MR Black Moving Magnet Cartridge

Premium and high-end low form factor cartridges for use on turntables like Rega

Newly developed low form factor cartridge housing within the famous 2M series:

• Slimline cartridge body - Effectively eliminates the need for tonearm spacers, shims or modifications
• 100% compatibility with the 2M styli - All Ortofon 2M styli fits on all 2MR cartridge models
• Standard half inch mounting - Quick and easy mounting on the tonearms with just two screws
• A complete series ranging from Mono to Premium: 2MR Red to High-end: 2MR Black LVB 250

2MR Black:

• Nude Shibata diamond on an aluminium cantilever with a High-end Ortofon rubber damper
• Quad coil motor system with four sliver-plated copper coils and four split pole pins
• With 2MR Black you can hear every little detail in the music from every part of the spectrum

Accuracy level

The 2M Black is the flagship of the series and it lives up to this with flying colors. You can hear every little detail in the music from every part of the spectrum. Just the way the artist wanted you to. With the 2M Black, you will not only hear the music, but you will sense the presence of the artist in the room while listening to your favorite records.

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.

• 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 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 Shibata
• Stylus tip radius - r/R 6/50 µm
• Tracking force range - 1.4-1.7 g (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/Black
• 2MR cartridge weight - 6 g
• 2M and 2M Verso cartridges weight - 7.2 g
• 2M Premounted cartridge weight - 16.7 g