Ortofon MC No. 2

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Ortofon
• Model: No. 2
• Years of manufacture:
• Made in: Denmark
• Color: black
• Weight: 7 g
• Original price: approx. 300,- DM

Technical Data

• Principle: Moving Coil (MC)
• Frequency response: 20 - 25,000 Hz
• Channel separation: > 25 dB at 1 kHz
• Channel balance: 0 < 1 dB bei 1 kHz
• Übersprechdämpfung:
• Ausgangsspannung: >.35 mV
• Terminating resistor: > 20 Ohm
• Internal resistance (DC): 7 Ohm
• Needle type: Fine Line (r/R: 8/40 µm), naked on aluminium needle carrier
• Recommended contact force: 22 mN
• Needle compliance: 15 µm/mN
• Scanning capability at 315 Hz: 80 µm

Remarks

• Coil material: pure copper
• somewhat simplified version of the Ortofon MC 15 Super

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Reports

• Stereoplay issue 10/1998

"... visually, Ortofon's No. 2 is rather inconspicuous: an unadorned black plastic housing houses an MC generator as well as an aluminum needle carrier that carries an expensive Super Fine Line needle. In terms of sound, the No. 2 was all the more striking - and exclusively positive: it sounded wonderfully airy, clear and rich in detail, yet completely unobtrusive and, above all, very clean and tonally balanced. A superior all-round pickup."

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