Often supplied as standard with the project range of turntables these are a very versatile and easy to use cartridge that offers admirable performance for the price.
The new Super OM cartridges have been designed on the basis of Ortofon’s lightweight moving magnet system - originally introduced in the OM (Optimum Match) Series - with two [...]
Silver has the highest conductivity of any other metal on earth. A series of sophisticated smeltery processes trace and remove all elements other than silver. The series enhances the purity of silver from 3N grade to 6N purity, which means that the metal is more than 1,000 times purer than the 3N purity. The final [...]
DJ’s all over the world claim very high demands to their professional
equipment, among which the cartridges “plays” their decisive part by
realising the scratching, back-cueing, and live artistic performance,
as a big part of the show. Reliability and robustness is vital, when the cartridges night after night will have to withstand these demands in environments with extreme [...]
Many of the first generation of moving coil cartridges were low impedance
and low output units which demanded a transformer or a comparable
step-up device. Some of today’s most exclusive moving coil designs still
deliver the ultimate in analogue sound quality through a specially developed matching transformer.
However, technological progress has made it possible to develop moving
coil cartridges which [...]
Ortofon has designed and manufactured magnetic cartridges for about
30 years. In providing an economic alternative to the renowned Ortofon
moving coil cartridges, the magnetic models have eatablished a firm
position for themselves among music lovers and audiophiles all over
the world.
Naturally, the magnetic cartridges also benefit from Ortofon’s research
and experience in transducer technology. Sophisticated styli, light and
rigid cantilevers, [...]
Ortofon was founded in 1918 by two Danish engineers, Axel Petersen and Arnold Poulsen. These two pioneers had one very clear objective in mind - to put sound onto film, and with this, they established the Electrical Fonofilms Com- pany A/S, which later on was renamed Ortofon A/S. A few years later, in the Palace Theatre, Copenhagen, they were able to present the first fully-synchronized sound films and in so doing, created a world sensation.
Ortofon was also the first company to produce an outdoor sound film recording. The founders took out several patents and issued licences to film companies the world over for their "System Petersen og Poulsen", which is even to this day the basis for film with optical sound.
Until the second world war, Ortofon's growth was based entirely on the sound film. However, during the war and immediately afterwards, production was re-organized to include record cutting and reproducing equipment. The first Moving Coil cutterhead was produced as early as 1945, and the Moving Coil principle was then further developed to enable production of, first, mono cartridges and, later, also stereo cartridges.
During this busy period of growth, equipment was also being developed for broadcasting networks and recording studios. It was not until later that the Company decided to specialize solely in the development and production of cartridges. Unique experience at both ends of the recording sequence results in unsurpassed performence from every Ortofon cartridge.
