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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Reduction => Topic started by: flip on January 25, 2017, 04:47:20 AM

Title: Ortofon red cartridge w/ blue stylus
Post by: flip on January 25, 2017, 04:47:20 AM

Thinking on building another BH project. Would this be a decent match for the reduction?
Thanks.

Title: Re: Ortofon red cartridge w/ blue stylus
Post by: Jay on January 25, 2017, 05:51:07 AM

If you mean the Ortofon 2M red, then yes.  If you mean the Ortofon Quintet Red or another of their moving coil cartridges, then no.
Jay

Title: Re: Ortofon red cartridge w/ blue stylus
Post by: adeep42 on January 25, 2017, 06:04:54 AM

Ortofon 2M Blue is the same as a 2M Red with a Blue stylus. No problem. Quintets are MC and don't have user replaceable styli.

Title: Re: Ortofon red cartridge w/ blue stylus
Post by: Paul Joppa on January 25, 2017, 03:32:50 PM

Ortofon says the 2M Blue is 5.5mV - remarkably close to the Reduction design center of 5mV. Should be nearly a perfect match.

Ortofon also says 150-300pF capacitance. Reduction by itself is about 60pF, so you would normally seek to find cables in the range 90-240pF.
 

Title: Re: Ortofon red cartridge w/ blue stylus
Post by: flip on January 27, 2017, 01:55:03 AM

Thanks guys. Yes, it is a Ortofon, 2m Red w/blue stylus