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Type: MC XPRESSION

  • Ortofon cartridge

The Ortofon Xpression is a modern High-End cartridge with a standard headshell connector.

The Xpression cartridge bridges the gap between SPU-type cartridges and High-End cartridges like the MC A90 and the MC Windfeld designed for headshell mounting. The result is a high-performance moving coil cartridge with the convenience of a standard headshell connector, which provides a simple and elegant method of directly connecting the generator and tonearm via the Xpression's one-piece body.

Since the cartridge length is identical to that of an SPU, the Xpression can easily be fitted onto tonearms without additional concern for proper alignment.

When combined with Ortofon's world-class knowledge in analogue sound reproduction, the Xpression will undoubtedly provide sound which is literally unsurpassed and simply has to be experienced. Of course, aesthetically, the Xpression has a distinctive, elegant design which makes no compromises. The combination of the Xpression, TA-110 tonearm and ST-80 SE transformer gives an undisputed supreme experience!

  • Output voltage: at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec. 0,3 mV

  • Channel balance at 1 kHz: < 0,2 dB

  • Channel separation at 1 kHz: > 28 dB

  • Channel separation at 15 kHz: > 22 dB

  • Frequency range at - 3dB: 10-60.000 Hz

  • Frequency response FIM distortion at recommended: 20 Hz-20.000 Hz + 0.5/- 1.5 dB

  • Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force: 90 microm.

  • Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 11 microm./mN

  • Stylus type: Special polished Nude Ortofon Replicant 100 on Boron Cantilever

  • Stylus tip radius: r/R 5/100 microm.

  • Tracking force range: 2,3-2,8 g (23-28 mN)

  • Tracking force, recommended: 2,6 g (26 mN)

  • Tracking angle: 23 degrees

  • Internal impedance, DC resistance: 4 Ohm

  • Recommended load impedance: > 10 Ohm

  • Cartridge body material: SLM stainless steel and special proprietary TPE compound

  • Cartridge colour: Black

  • Cartridge weight: 28 gram