Ortofon OM 20 Super

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Ortofon
• Model: Super OM 20
• Years of manufacture:
• Made in: Denmark
• Color: Black
• Weight: 2,5 g (5 g with inserted additional weight)
• Original price approx.: 220 €

Technical Data

• Principle: Moving Magnet
• Output voltage: 4 mV at 1000Hz, 5cm/sec
• channel balance at 1kHz: 1,5dB
• Channel separation at 1kHz: 25dB
• Channel separation at 15kHz: 15dB
• Frequency response at -3dB: 20 - 27.000 Hz
• Frequency response: 20 - 20,000 Hz +2/-1dB
• FIM distortion: < 1%
• Scanning capability: 80 µm at 315Hz
• Needle compliance: 25 µm/mN
• Needle grind: Nude elliptical
• Needle rounding: r/R 8/18 µM
• Equivalent mass needle tip: 0.4 mg
• Contact pressure range: 10 - 15 mN (1.0-1.5g)
• Recommended contact pressure: 1.5 g (15 mN)
• Scanning angle: 20
• DC internal resistance: 1 kOhm
• Inductance: 580 mH
• Terminating resistance: 47 kOhm
• Terminating capacitance: 200-500 pF
• Replacement needle insert type: Stylus 20
• For tonearm type: very light*, light and medium (suitable for light to medium tonearms without additional weight inserted); * Especially for ULM tonearms.

Special features

• can be upgraded to OM 20/30/40 Super by appropriate needle exchange.
• removable additional weight (2,5g)

Remarks

Other models of the same series:

• OM 10 Super
• OM 30 Super
• OM 40 Super
• OM Nightclub E/ OM Nightclub E Mk II (DJ version, on normal OM version)