Description
Ortofon 2M Black – Moving Magnet Cartridge
The 2M Black is the flagship model of Ortofon’s 2M series. It delivers precise and detailed playback across the entire frequency spectrum. Equipped with a Shibata stylus, it provides a wide contact area with the groove for accurate detail reproduction, even at high frequencies.
- Stylus: Shibata, naked, radius r/R 6/50 µm
- Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (±2 / -0 dB)
- Output voltage: 5 mV at 1 kHz, 5 cm/s
- Channel separation: 26 dB at 1 kHz / 15 dB at 15 kHz
- Channel balance: 1 dB at 1 kHz
- Compliance: 22 µm/mN (dynamic, lateral)
- Tracking force range: 1.4 – 1.7 g (recommended 1.5 g)
- Tracking angle: 20°
- Internal resistance / inductance: 1.2 kΩ / 630 mH
- Recommended load: 47 kΩ, 150–300 pF
- Weight: 7.2 g (Premounted version 16.7 g)
- Color: Black/Black
The 2M Black is suitable for listeners who value detail accuracy and realistic sound reproduction.








