Ortofon 540 MK II

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Ortofon
• Model: 540 Mk II
• Years of manufacture: First series in the early 1990s (see links).
• Made in: Denmark
• Color: black
• Weight: 5 g
• Original price approx:

Technical data

• Principle: Moving Magnet (MM)
• Frequency response: 20 - 27,000 Hz
• Channel separation: > 23 dB at 1 kHz
• Channel balance: < 1,5 dB bei 1 kHz
• Übersprechdämpfung:
• Ausgangsspannung: >3 mV
• Terminating resistor: 47 kOhm at 100-400 pF
• Inductance: 550 mH
• Needle type: Fritz Gyger II (r/R: 5/70 µm), naked on aluminium needle carrier
• Recommended contact force: 15 mN
• Needle compliance: 30 µm/mN
• Scanning capability at 315 Hz: 90 µm

Special features

• hinged needle guard

Remarks

Identical in construction with Ortofon Vinyl Master Silver

Other models in the same series:

• Ortofon 510 MK II
• Ortofon 520 MK II
• Ortofon 530 MK II

Links

• Ortofon Series 500 Moving magnet cartridges
• Ortofon.dk dated May 6, 2020, 500 series build start</1,5>