With an elliptical-shaped stylus, the Ortofon OM5E Moving Magnet Cartridge produces a sound that is neutral and balanced, but it also has the benefit of leaving very little wear on your vinyl. The removable stylus is changeable at any time (with an additional cost) for other models in the OM series such as the Stylus 78. Which is meant for use with 78 speed turntables and records.
The gold-plated connection pins ensure a long-lasting and low resistance connection whereas its open lugs and stylish look make it easy to install
Ortofon OM5E Moving Magnet Cartridge
The Ortofon OM5E Moving Magnet Cartridge is a true icon of affordable vinyl playback. Offering excellent sound at a low price. The OM Series is Ortofon’s lowest-mass range of moving magnet (MM) cartridges. All cartridges in the series provide a minimal design profile for easy mounting and alignment.
They also all offer a clear, loud output for easy pairing with a phono stage. They truly warrant their name as “Optimum Match” (OM) cartridges.
Outstanding Sound Reproduction
All OM cartridge bodies are easy to fit to any tonearm/headshell system and benefit from a removable weight housed above the mounting bracket. For standard tonearms, you can leave the weight in place. However, for low-mass tonearms, you can remove it, reducing the overall cartridge weight to just 2.5g.
The OM 5E features an Elliptical (E) stylus that provides balanced, distortion-free playback. Due to their contoured shape, elliptical diamonds can follow the groove oscillations more accurately than spherical diamonds. Resulting in better tracking and less distortion.
Replacement Styli
Due to its longevity in the market. The OM range features several upgrade stylus options, including the Stylus 5E, Stylus 10, Stylus 20, Stylus 30, Stylus 40, and the 78 RPM Stylus 78.
Straight-Forward Installation
The Ortofon OM5E Moving Magnet Cartridge no-frills design means anyone can set it up without any trouble. Thus, it is easy to fit regardless of whether you are just starting out or have already braved turntables for a long time.
Various Music Genres
If your tonearm is a regular one, then just leave the weight-plate attached. In case your tonearm is one of the low mass types. Then just take the weight off. The mass of your OM cartridge is now just 2.5g.
Features and Benefits
- Excellent Sound Quality: A truly enjoyable music sound that is clear, bright, and very energetic.
- Reasonable Pricing: An offer reasonably priced to satisfy the value for money requirement.
- Convenience of Use: The product is not only very easy to use, but it is also very easy to install it on your turntable.
- Long Life: Since the device is made of the highest quality components, it should therefore be able to give you service for a long time.
- Stylus Change: Since the stylus is sold separately, you do not have to buy a completely new one.
Summary of the Ortofon OM5E
With a large selection of replacement styli. The OM 5 Series will be able to perfectly match your home system, application and budget. During the development of OM cartridges. The main aim was to give the music lover a chance to get the best out of sound reproduction without having to buy a totally new cartridge.
Experience in Design
The Ortofon OM5E Moving Magnet Cartridgei are not just meant to be used as a replacement after wear or damage. But instead, they give you the option of upgrading to a better sound simply by changing the stylus. Ortofon has more than half a century of experience in the design and manufacture of Moving Magnet cartridges.
Besides their popular Moving Coil cartridges. Moving Magnet models have gained a good reputation worldwide among music lovers and Hi-Fi enthusiasts.
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