The cheapest way to obtain one was to buy a used 500 series body off ebay and a new stylus.
Ortofon vinyl master red.
Ortofon 2m red 2m red verso and 2m red pnp phono cartridges.
Ortofon 2m red 2m red verso and 2m red pnp mkii phono cartr.
The ortofon 2m red is certainly a very entertaining cartridge providing a big solid spacious sound with good detail and excellent dynamics.
It is not generally available in the uk although it appears to be still available from selected dealers in europe as either the 520 mkii or vinyl master red for example william thakker in germany stocks both editions.
Ortofon is the world s leading cartridge specialist and one stop supplier of phono cartridges.
So in the modern age we cannot turn to ortofon to reproduce the mellow tones of this cartridge.
Now ortofon is a micro mechanical powerhouse which develops and manufactures hearing aid components and the world acclaimed phono cartridges for vinyl records.
Technisch basieren die vm abtaster auf den om und super om systemen sind aber deutlich weiter entwickelt und wurden von ortofon sogar besonders auf den deutschen markt hin ausgerichtet.
23db übersprechdämpfung bei 15khz.
The ortofon 520 mkii is no longer promoted by ortofon on their website having been replaced by the 2m blue.
2m red pnp mkii.
2m red is an all purpose cartridge that delivers open.
The stylus has a fritz gyger profile.
20 20 000hz 1 5db abtastfähigkeit bei 315hz.
Phono mm kanalabweichung bei 1 khz.
1 5db übersprechdämpfung bei 1khz.
Ortofon s own om20 520 mkii aka vinyl master red and 2m blue offer a similar nude elliptical stylus with more dynamic and detailed delivery.
Ortofon was established in 1918 by the two danish engineers axel petersen and arnold poulsen.
Therefore trying the 2m red and upgrading to the blue stylus at a later date perhaps when a stylus replacement is required might be a sensible way of working up to the 2m blue.