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2MR Red
The Ortofon 2MR series is designed with a newly developed cartridge housing for optimized fitting on low-profile turntables. With its ultra-slim 3mm height reduction, seamless integration is guaranteed. The cartridge's slimline body eliminates the need for spacers or modifications, ensuring quick, easy mounting with just two screws.
Experience unmatched compatibility with all 2M styli and revel in the high-performance motor system featuring quad coils and split pole pins, exclusive to genuine Ortofon cartridges.
Accuracy level
Taking a step into music itself
With the 2MR Red you will hear the music come to life on its own terms. It is like taking a step into the music itself. This is our entry-level cartridge in the series, but what an entry. The 2MR Red delivers an open, dynamic sound with a slight touch of warmth..
Compatibility
Designed for low-profile turntables
The Ortofon 2MR Red features a specially designed cartridge housing tailored for turntables and tonearms like Rega, matching their requirement for low-form factor cartridges.
With its narrow cartridge housing, it seamlessly integrates without a need for modifications or spacers under the tonearm, enabling quick and easy mounting with just two screws.
- Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec: 5.5 mV
- Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force: 70 μm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 18 μm/mN
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Cantilever material:
- Stylus type: Elliptical diamond
- Tracking force, recommended: 1.8 g
- Coil wire material: Copper
- Cartridge weight: 6 g
- 2MR cartridge weight: 6 grams
- Recomended load resistance: 47 kOhm
- Recommended load capacitance: 150 – 300 pF
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Replacement stylus: Stylus 2M Red
Ortofon-branded products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 2 years from the date of original retail purchase when used in accordance with Ortofon’s user manuals. If a defect arises during the warranty period, Ortofon, at its option will (1) repair the product at no charge or (2) exchange the product with one of equivalent functionality or one that is at least functionally equivalent to the product it replaces. This warranty excludes damage resulting from abuse, accident, modifications, unauthorized repairs, improper installation, or other causes that are not defects in materials and workmanship as well as normal depletion of consumable parts such as styli unless failure has occurred due to a defect in materials or workmanship.
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