2M Red Premounted on SH-4 Black

I installed this cartridge on my 50 year old vintage technics sl-1950 turntable. This is not a fancy turntable by all means - direct drive. But it sounds fantastic with the Ortofon cartridge! I listen to a lot of jazz. Oscar Peterson sounds great and so does NHOP. Would highly recommand..

Excellent sound quality and (after I sonically cleaned my entire LP collection) the music sounds as it did 30 or 40 years ago on the same turntable I've been using that long.

I bought this as an emergency measure to replace a Charisma MC-2 cartridge that was ruined when it struck my turntable platter while I was adjusting the tracking force. For a cheap cartridge, this is seriously impressive and sounds almost as good as the Charisma, which was ten times the combined cost of this cartridge and headshell combined. The premounted unit screws right onto my tonearm's headshell mount, no tools or alignment required. The headshell is very light so I had to tape a penny to the top of it to get sufficient tracking force, but if you have a lighter-weight tonearm (the sort you would expect to mount a $100 cartridge) this probably won't be a problem. The sound quality isn't quite top tier (pretty close though!), but it is way better than cartridges at this price point used to sound, and it is very forgiving, with far less surface noise on worn records than the Charisma. There is virtually no coloration or "EQ" of the sound, it does not give you a "warm" version or a "bright" version of the music, but exactly the timbres you would hear on a well-mastered CD. I have not attempted it, but stylus replacement is supposed to be extremely quick and easy, with the ability to swap in the stylus from the next model up in the range, giving you effectively a $50 discount on a future Ortofon Blue purchase. The futuristic plastic casing looks a bit cheap for those of us who like old fashioned rectilinear styling, but it's a fine cartridge and a screaming value.

Great sound!

Very pleased plug and play took my old head shell off put this one on and was listening to albums

Fluance turntable with om10 cartridge sounded good but decided to upgrade thought about the blue but since most of my records are from the 70s and 80s heard it might not be good for older records plus might be a bit bright I prefer a softer sound using kliptsch rp600m2s can be bright glad I went with red forgiving sounds great with most of my older records little bright with some newer pressing but a little TWEAK on treble solved that volume much better listening at 12 instead of 1 great detail nice overall sound WORTH the price love it buy it think you'll be happy

Have to give this company kudos for providing phone support to customers trying to navigate the complex world of styluses, cartridges, tone arms, pre-amps and turntables. It's only complicated because of incomplete or misinformation out there, not because of it being truly complex. Granted, they only produce headshells cartridges and styluses, and don't make promises, but when other manufacturers don't step up with knowledgeable or helpful tech support, I found these guys to be exemplary not just answering questions about their products but also filling in the gaps. Rare in today's world. They won me over, keep up the good work. And the product is excellent BTW. I've heard some misgivings about the 2m Red on the Internet, but that hasn't been my experience at all. It shines on both a vintage Sony and a new Fluance RT82.

Not pre mounted as described in listing title / description. Item arrived in a beat up box / packaging. Works fine, but I could have paid less to get the item non "pre-mounted" buyer beware.