What Cartridge? Pt. 3: Ortofon - the biggest, but is it the best?

Описание: Established in 1918 as the Electrical Fono Film Company, Ortofon is the longest standing manufacturer of phono cartridges. It is also the biggest. In this video, I give a brief history and then talk about ten of their current day products, from the 399EUR, 2M Mono, to the SPU range, the 2M series via the MC X40 and 90 and onwards and upwards to the 7KEUR Verisimo!
Enjoy!

Chapters:
00:00 – Title Music
00:34 – Introduction & Company history
12:49 – The Cartridges
14:19 - 2M Mono
16:27 - SPU Mono
22:07 - 2M Black
29:05 - MC X40 vs SPU Classic G
35:48 - Cadenza Black vs SPU Royal G
43:18 - MC X90 vs Verisimo
49:24 - Conclusion

Content Links:
Sound samples of each cartridge featured in this video!:
https://pearlacoustics.com/product/or...

Interesting video explaining how sound on film worked:    • Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound...  

Intro & Outro Music: (Spotify Link) : ‘Philia’ taken from The Four Loves, by Stefan Meylaers: https://open.spotify.com/track/2vaU6l...

Equipment used in this video:
Loudspeakers: Pearl Acoustics SG
Preamplifier LTA MicroZotl
Connected Fidelity TT Hub with Sorane tonearms
Gold Note PH1000 phonostage
Amplifier: Pearl Acoustics 170 / 7040
CD Player: Lyngdorf CD-2
Cables: Loudspeaker cables: Pearl Acoustics Sibelius Neutral Balance
Interconnects: Mogami & AudioQuest (various)
Listening Room acoustic panels: GIK
Video recording
Sony FX30
Sound Recording:
Sennheiser ME-2 lavalier microphone with XSW-D wireless kit, coupled to a Zoom H6 Essentials. Post production monitoring: Neumann KH120 / 750 with SMSL D400EX Dac fed by an SPL Phonitor 2
More about Pearl Acoustics:
Pearl Acoustics website: https://pearlacoustics.com/
Our loudspeakers: https://pearlacoustics.com/loudspeakers/
Our 7040 amplifier: https://pearlacoustics.com/products__...
Our 170 amplifier: https://pearlacoustics.com/products__...
Email us: [email protected]
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Disclosure: All comments and claims in this video are the opinion of the presenter and are given independently of any external company or organisation. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the presenter does not receive any payment, gifts or other incentives from any of the musicians, producers or companies featured in this video. All equipment in this video has either been purchased by the presenter or is on loan to him expressly for the making of this video.
All facts, figures, prices and technical specifications are quoted on a best-efforts basis for accuracy, no liability can be accepted for any errors therein.