The Vertical Tracking Angle (VTA) is the angle between the pivot-point of a cartridge's cantilever and where the diamond touches the record groove. Ortofon cartridges are constructed so that the cantilever angle corresponds to the 20º record cutting angle, when the cartridge is loaded with recommended tracking force and the cartridge base is parallel with the tonearm, which in turn is parallel to the record surface. As a result of this design, if your cartridge is ever mounted on a tonearm where it must lean even slightly backward compared to the record surface, the VTA will not be correct and you will lose important musical details.
The existing 2M range is well suited to many tonearms in the modern market, and is perfectly at home on tonearms with adjustable VTA. However, there are many tonearms from popular turntable makers, such as Linn, Rega, Pro-Ject and others, where the VTA is not adjustable and the regular 2M cartridge height is too high. Similarly, there are instances where you may wish to modify your turntable with a thicker mat or platter upgrade and you need to compensate with reduced cartridge height.
Enter 2MR.
As this different sized cartridge option is helpful in many use cases, each model of the 2M range is available as a 2MR variant, including the 2M Black LVB250, the 2M Mono and the 2M 78. For convenience, the 2MR styli are exactly the same as the regular 2M range styli and can be swapped and upgraded as effortlessly as the regular range.
The 2M Black is the flagship of the classic moving magnet cartridges from Ortofon. The 2M black is graced with a Shibata diamond stylus - the same diamond as on the acclaimed MC Jubilee. Its 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.
Designed to be as true to the groove as possible
Nude Shibata diamond stylus
Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell
Moving magnet cartridge with removable stylus
Utilises Ortofon's split-pole pin technology to reduce the eddy current and to get a flat frequency response, like with an MC cartridge
Can be upgraded with other styli from the Ortofon 2M range
Anti-resonant Hopelex body and improved internal engine with silver-plated copper wire
Reduced-height 2MR cartridge body
2M BLACK BODY
Users of the 2M Black will enjoy the benefit of impeccable sound quality, along with reduced record and stylus wear, as well as reduced distortion and phase error because of the diamond’s improved tracking geometry. The cartridge body used for the 2M Bronze and 2M Black is manufactured from a newly developed Noryl plastic/glass combination, a revolutionary material which ensures high rigidity while eliminating unwanted resonances.
2M TECHNOLOGY
2M cartridges are designed for precise and accurate retrieval of the information in the record groove. Ortofon's philosophy is to play the sound from the vinyl as accurately as possible, without colouring the sound in any way. The 2M Black has a Nude Shibata diamond stylus which is cut and polished to the highest standards of the industry.
2M BLACK SOUND
The 2M Black is Ortofon's top-of-the-line classic moving magnet cartridge. Boasting phenomenal sound and high-end specifications, the cartridge is well at home on even the most sophisticated of turntables, which makes this a great upgrade option for the 2M Bronze cartridge.
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