Thanks for the review.

Posted by freefallrob (A) on May 30, 2008 at 06:46:17

In Reply to: Somewhat Long Review: Ortofon 2M Blue MM Cartridge posted by FrankieLuvsVinyl on May 30, 2008 at 05:28:30:

Interesting this as both myself and my Dad have been looking at various carts for our Technics SL1200/1210, the 2M range being some of them.

I currently use an AT120e/t and my Dad uses a Grado Prestige Gold ( our turntables are in completely different setups and houses by the way ).

From reading a lot of reviews and advice in the mags, online and from personal experience I ended up chosing the AT120e due to it's apparent 'synergy' with my phonostage and turntable. It's 'bright' sound suiting the slightly cloudy presentation of the technics.

It works very well.

The 2M range is interesting as they lack the frequency response generator droop in the upper mid/lower treble, the treble then peaked up after this, that older MM designs suffer from ( loading varies this of course).
So the 2M range no matter what model you pick has a very flat response from 20-20,000, far flatter than any(?) MM before it.

Maybe our ears aren't ready for this sort of accuracy !? Maybe our amps/speakers/room etc have been tuned to suit the older MM's ??

MC's do give a brighter sound apparently due to a flatter response at mid/high end.

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Topic - Somewhat Long Review: Ortofon 2M Blue MM Cartridge - FrankieLuvsVinyl 05:28:30 05/30/08 (16)

The bigger picture... - FrankieLuvsVinyl 07:50:59 05/30/08 (1)

great! - Plinko 05:44:31 05/31/08 (0)

My 2M Black went through a lot of changes in the first 25 hrs... - Bry 07:04:43 05/30/08 (3)

RE: My 2M Black went through a lot of changes in the first 25 hrs... - FrankieLuvsVinyl 07:54:45 05/30/08 (2)

Just so you know... - Bry 08:03:45 05/30/08 (1)

No I didn't take it as a shot - FrankieLuvsVinyl 08:24:43 05/30/08 (0)

Thanks for the review. - freefallrob 06:46:17 05/30/08 (3)

RE: Thanks for the review. - Bry 11:39:52 05/30/08 (1)

That would explain it then;-) n/t - freefallrob 12:43:29 06/01/08 (0)

I think your comment is telling - FrankieLuvsVinyl 08:09:11 05/30/08 (0)

This is a very interesting review, but I have to agree with Omalley - Bandit 06:30:08 05/30/08 (0)

Comparison - creativepart 06:11:34 05/30/08 (1)

That makes sense. - StylinLP 09:32:48 05/30/08 (0)

you gotta give it a bit more time - OMalley 06:00:43 05/30/08 (2)

2M Red and Black - hairydog 12:12:58 08/18/10 (0)

Surface noice may be a function of the preamp also - Plinko 06:37:10 05/30/08 (1)

RE: Surface noice may be a function of the preamp also - Right! - OMalley 07:19:17 05/30/08 (0)

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Thanks for the review. - freefallrob 06:46:17 05/30/08 (3)

RE: Thanks for the review. - Bry 11:39:52 05/30/08 (1)

That would explain it then;-) n/t - freefallrob 12:43:29 06/01/08 (0)

I think your comment is telling - FrankieLuvsVinyl 08:09:11 05/30/08 (0)

Thanks for the review.

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