There are as
many expert opinions on HiFi as there are experts. With all the variables, an
incredible range of systems can be produced and all have their different
advantages but almost all experts agree that moving coil is superior to
magnetic construction for cartridges.
Moving
coil's detailed reproduction of
spaciousness, three dimensional imagery and startling transient response
surpasses that of even the best magnetic cartridge.
There is
really only one choice if you wish to take full advantage of the capabilities
of your HiFi system. Until now the high cost of the hand built moving coil
cartridge has kept peak performance beyond the reach of all but the most
wealthy.
Now Ortofon
who have continuously developed moving coil technology since 1948, are able to
produce a moving coil cartridge at a price which compaares to the cost of
medium quality magnetic cartridges.
Ortofon's
long experience of cartridge design and manufacture make the finest
reproduction available to all discriminating listeners with the MC 10 moving
coil cartridge.
The MC 10's
caantilever has been designed on new principles, making it easier and faster to
produce. It is as light and as rapid as possible, utilizing a new aluminium
alloy. The new cantilever design, together with a tiny, specially polished
diamond, gives a very low stylus tip mass,excellent tracking ability, easy
handling of transients and minimal record wear.
Owing to
their small output voltage and low inner resistance, moving coil cartridges
cannot be connected directly to a conventional phono input and it is therefore
necessary to boost the signal.
MC 10
Cartridges are available separately or in a cost saving pack complete with the
specially developet STM 72 step-on transformar for perfect matching to your
amplifier.
Specifications
Weight: 7 g
Output
Voltage (per channel at 1000 Hz, 5 cm/s):
0,1 mV
Output
Voltage (per channel at 1000 Hz, 5 cm/s with STM 72 or MCA 76): 5,0 mV
Internal
Impedance DC Resistance per Channel: 3 Ω
Vertical
Tracking Angle: 20
Frequency
Range: 10 - 50,000 Hz
Frequency
Response: 10 - 20,000 Hz, +3 dB -2 dB
Channel
Separation at 1000 Hz: >22 dB
Channel
Balance: <2 db="" p="">
Compliance:
Horizontal :
15 µm/mN
Vertical :
15 µm/mN
Tracking
ability at 3000 Hz at recommended tracking force: >50 µm
FIM
Distortion at recommended Tracking force:
≤1%
Type of
Stylus: Elliptical
Stylus Tip
Radius: 18/8 µm
Equivalent
Stylus Tip Mass: 0,5 g
Tracking
Force Range: 17 - 23 mN (1,7 - 2,3 gm)
Recommended
Tracking Force: 20 mN (2,0 gm)