Ortofon MC Salsa

Data

General

  • Manufacturer: Ortofon
  • Model: MC Salsa
  • Years of manufacture: from 2004 - ?
  • Made in: Denmark
  • Color: orange, transparent
  • Weight: 7 g
  • Original price: approx. 250,- €


Technical Data

  • Principle: Moving Coil (MC)
  • Frequency response: 20 - 35,000 Hz
  • Channel separation: > 25 dB at 1 kHz
  • Channel balance: 0 < 1 dB bei 1 kHz
  • Übersprechdämpfung:
  • Ausgangsspannung: >.38 mV
  • Terminating resistor: > 20 Ohm
  • Internal resistance (DC): 7 Ohm
  • Needle type: Super Fine Line (r/R: 5/40 µm), naked on aluminium needle carrier
  • Recommended contact force: 22 mN
  • Needle compliance: 15 µm/mN
  • Scanning capability at 315 Hz: 80 µm

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Reports

  • Audio issue 1/2007
    • Test rating: good (upper class; 75 points)
    • Price/Performance: outstanding
"The quiet MC requires a good phono input - but then it plays amazingly competent, lively and clean."
  • Stereoplay issue 4/2007
    • Test rating: good (65 points)
    • Price/performance: good - very good
"The MC-soundbox Ortofon Salsa delights with a filigree sound and a wide as well as deep room representation. At the same time it conveys quite natural timbres and a coherent musicality."

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