Ortofon MC Wind Field
- Manufacturer: Ortofon
- Model: Wind Field
years of construction: from about 2008
- Weight: 13 g
- New price approx.: 2.980 €
Technical data
- Principle: MC
- Frequency response: 10 - 80,000 Hz (- 3dB)
- Channel separation at 1 kHz: > 28 dB
- Channel balance:
- Crosstalk attenuation:
- Output voltage (1 kHz, 5 cm/sec): 0.3 mV
- Terminating resistor:
- Inductance:
- Needle type: Ortofon Replicant 100, specially polished, bare on boron needle carrier.
- Recommended tracking force: 26 mN
- Needle compliance: horizontal, dynamic 16 µm/mN
Special Features
Including.
- Neodymium magnet;
- Coil made of 99.999999 percent (8 N) pure and gold-plated copper;
- Sintered metal housing.
Note[edit]
- Name in honor of developer Per Windfeld, who had worked at Ortofon for 30 years in the cartridge field.
- Needle type related in MC Anna, Cadenza Bronze, base type in MC 3000 MK II and MC 5000.
- Needle carrier in MC Jubilee.
Reviews[edit]
- Stereophile 2008, see links;
- Stereoplay 2009, see links.
Links[edit]
- excerpt from Stereophile 2008 (English) at www.ortofon, link works January 2017;
- review Stereoplay, link works January 2017.