Ortofon 2M Red Verso - Moving Magnet Cartridge

Step into the music with the 2M Red

 With the 2M Red you will hear the music come to life on its own terms. It is like taking a step into music itself. This is Ortofon’s entry-level cartridge in the series, but what an entry.

Featues

The 2M Red features a tipped Elliptical diamond and split pole pins with a copper wire.

The engine provides an increased output of 5.5 mV and an optimized sound reproduction and a high level of sonic accuracy.

Designed for easy mounting of the cartridge, and for the weight and size to fit the most common turntables on the market today. The 2M Series provides excellent compatibility when used in an assortment of playback systems and with a wide variety of phono preamps.

2M Red delivers an open, dynamic sound with a slight touch of warmth.

2M Series styli interchangeability

The 2M Series' engines, coils and magnets configurations are not identical: Red and Blue are identical, so are the Bronze and Black and so are the true mono variants 2M Mono and 2M 78. Likewise, 2M series styli are interchangeable within the below combinations

• 2M Red, 2M Blue and 2M Silver
• 2M Bronze, 2M Black and 2M Black LVB 250
• 2M Mono and 2M 78

Compatibility with Rega brand TT/TA

REGA brand cartridges’ height from stylus tip to the top cartridge mounting surface is lower than standard. Therefore you would need spacers to ensure the correct set-up of the Ortofon cartridge.

Adjusting the height of your Rega tonearm is easy with Acoustic Signature's Spacer Set. It allows you to adjust the height from 0.5 mm to 3.5 mm in precise steps of 0.5 mm - without removing the tone arm. Simply loosen the screws, insert the AS-spacer, then lock the screws back down, and you're tonearm is ready to play.

3.2 - 4 mm spacers should be enough for 2M cartridge. 

The 2M Red Verso model is an alternative product for bottom mount headshells

How to replace M2,0 mm screws on 2M Red Verso

• Remove the stylus with the stylus protection guard from the cartridge body to avoid any damage to the diamond.
• Using Torx 8 key, unscrew the black screw from the Verso top plate.
• Remove the top plate from the cartridge body by pulling the screws off.
• Remove the two countersunk screws from the top plate.
• Insert the two M2,0 mm screws in the top plate.
• Mount the top plate on the cartridge body. Hold the top plate with screw-threads hanging down and turn the cartridge body 180 degrees. Mount from above.
• Mount the black screw in the top plate and tighten with appropriate force.
• Mount the cartridge on the tonearm using the enclosed tool.
• Mount the stylus with the stylus protection guard on the cartridge body.

The 2M Series is designed for precise and accurate retrieval of the information in the record groove

The 2M Series is developed in conjunction with the Danish Industrial designer Møller Jensen Design – the same designer who designed the award winning MC Jubilee and Kontrapunkt series. Inspired by the facets of a diamond, whose contours gracefully trace the grooves on a record’s surface, the 2M’s handsome elegance establishes a great combination of form and functionality.

The name 2M was selected from among several ideas. They wanted a modern name that would be easy to pronounce and remember, and therefore an alphanumerical name was chosen. 2M means MM, which is the abbreviation for moving magnet.

Of course the 2M isn’t just another pretty face. It has been engineered to the highest standards and is congruent with Ortofon’s unrelenting commitment to providing the most precise and accurate reproduction possible without coloration.

Each of the 2M Series cartridges has its own individual sonic expression, and all five models together represent the ensemble of five classic variations

• 2M Mono SE, 2M Mono and 2M 78 are a true mono cartridges for playing mono vinyl records
• 2M Red is an all-purpose cartridge that delivers open, dynamic sound with a slight touch of warmth
• 2M Blue adds more dynamics and resolution, sounds more open and reproduces more details
• 2M Bronze adds even more details and resolution but in a very evenhanded way that pays respect to all elements
• 2M Black is the best of everything, true to the groove with resolution and accurate insight into each recording

The 2M series of cartridges features Ortofon’s trademark split pole pins, an invention that enables moving magnet cartridges to have a flat frequency response, as with a moving coil cartridge. Split pole pins were invented by Ortofon, and were originally presented in the 500 series and OM Super series. 

Ortofon’s have optimized the design for ease of mounting the cartridge, and the weight and size to fit the most common turntables on the market today. The 2M Series provides excellent compatibility when used in an assortment of playback systems and with a wide variety of phono preamps.

2M Red Verso Maintenance Set included the package

• 1 x Stylus brush
• 1 x Allen key Torx 6
• 1 x Allen key Torx 8
• 2 x Screw M2,0 x 6