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Roscoe Verdin
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
Ortofon Headshells are well made and come with quality wires for the cartridge.
Eric Cunningham
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2024
Great design! 👍🏻 I love the looks of it with my Ortofon 2M Black. 😎
Mark Bailey
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2024
It was easy to use and worked out great.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2023
I recently upgraded my beautiful vintage Yamaha YP-D71 turntable with a Ortofon 2M Bronze and wanted a matching Ortofon headshell. The cart came before the headshell so I temporarily installed in on my existing Technics headshell my Ortofon 2M Blue was installed on. That was a piece of cake. The problems started when I went to add the Ortofon headshell on the turntable. I have been in the 2 channel viny game for a very, very long time and I have never seen the simple addition of a new headshell throw every single setting of a turntable off. I knew the weight would be different but the VTA needed to be redone as well. It wasn't even close. When I first dropped the tonearm the stylus did touch the vinyl surface, it hovered above it. Apparently the cart rides much higher on the Ortofon cart than the Technics. After a few hours of tinkering with it I got it right and it looks and sounds fantastic. The extra large finger lift is a nice feature. Highly recommended.
gegegeのgegege
Reviewed in Japan on October 22, 2022
発売中止の前は、赤、青、黒、グレーの４色が発売されていたようだ。カートリッジの指掛けは長いので操作しやすい。現在赤、青の２色を使用しているので今回は黒を購入した。発売中止なので注文後は海外から取り寄せるので、「発送すみ」と表示されても航空便で送られて、通関処理されて国内業者の引き取り、国内業者の発送となるので、到着まで長期間を要する。まあ一度は使ってみたいカートリッジである。
Camaral
Reviewed in Spain on June 25, 2021
Excelente construção. Alta qualidade de acabamento. Completa com parafusos, porcas e fios de ligação. Montagem universal.
Marvin Bartlett
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2021
Okay, yeah, it’s not cheap. But this headshell is a quality piece of equipment. I was stunned when I couldn’t get a signal out of a brand new Ortofon 2M cartridge. Like an idiot (after trying a different integrated amplifier, and even a different phono preamp), I returned the cartridge, when the problem lay in my headshell—something that never occurred to me, because it had never malfunctioned before. I now have the perfect match: a 2M mounted in an Ortofon headshell. The pins on the 2M fit snugly into the (included) wires’ sleeves, which are the best I’ve yet encountered. You could spend a lot more for a headshell... and you could spend a lot less. But why? A recommended purchase for anyone who is at all serious about listening to vinyl.
Luc.B
Reviewed in France on February 11, 2020
Ce porte cellule s'adapte de manière parfaite sur le bras de la platine vinyle pour lequel il est destiné, de plus son usinage précis permet des réglages sensiblement identiques par rapport au porte cellule d'origine.Un peu cher à l'achat certes! Mais le résultat final est à la hauteur du porte cellule d'origine.Excellent ^^
enzo
Reviewed in Italy on April 16, 2018
ben fatto, si adatta alla perfezione al braccio tipo s del mio giradischi dual grundig datato. fa egreggiamente il suo lavoro. consigliatissimo. e' una parte importante del nostro giradischi e quindi vale la pena spendere qualche euro in piu per portarsi a casa un prodotto di marchio ottimo e noto, che ci assicura qualita' e solidita'.
My opinion about this product
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014
I mounted a DL-301R cartridge on this Head shell. The tone arm is SME and turntable Soto Sapphire it was easy install and the alignment process was fairly easy also I did not use there cartridge lead wires cheaply made I upgraded to silver coated wires makes a difference. overall this head shell is nicely made and feels solid
AG
Reviewed in Germany on March 31, 2013
Betreibe das Headshell mit einem Ortofon VinylMaster White, mit dem es sher gut harmoniert. Die Haptik passt, der Stellheben hat eine gute Position und die Anschlusskabel sind ausreichend lang und die Schrauben sind auch pässig -dazu sieht das Teil noch sehr schick aus!Wenn ich mir ein Wechsel-TA hole, wirds auch an diesem Headshell montiert!
Grey
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2012
Ortofon hits the nail right on the head with this little guy. I opted to replace my headshell off of my new Music Hall USB-1 phono right away, because it just looked cheap and had standard connections. I did a little homework and came across this little gem. It costs around 30 bucks so was just a little more expensive than the other headshells, I was looking at. Ultimately what impressed me the most was the fact that the company used an all metal design, and a longer finger lift, I have big fingers. This little tweak made it a lot easier for me to lift the tone arm. All of the connections are gold for better connectivity, even the four posts in the back connecting the headshell to the tone arm are gold. Nice detail there. Ok does it sound better? I just happened to have an extra Audio-Technica AT3600L moving-magnet phono cartridge, that is what comes with the record player. I cued up Led-Zeppelin's No Quarter and the Ortofon version was not only clearer it was louder. So in the end there is an audible difference in this upgrade. I would recomend replacing your standard or old headshell with this model you will be happy. I also recommend changing your cartridge at the same time. If you have an old worn out, or cheap cartridge, your change in sound quality will not be as great or maybe none at all. Garbage in still equals garbage out. The Ortofon SH-4 can't do miracles but it sure can add to a pleasurable experience.
Audiophile Headcase
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2012
Don't go too cheap on a headshell for your LP cartridge or you'll be sorry. They *do* make a difference to the sound.I've used this well made Ortofon and the Stanton H4S metal units that come with the screw on 2g/4g circular weights. Both work well. The long arm is a definite plus on this unit. It seems to work fine without the need of additional weights. The connection wires are also very sturdy and are of very high quality. Recommended.
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