ORTOFON MC Samba CARTRIDGE

Samba

The MC Samba is a great foray into the world of low output Moving Coil (MC) cartridges, featuring a nude elliptical stylus.  The MC Samba has been created to provide a high level of compatibility with virtually any tonearm and will yield excellent results with any system.    

Type: MC-type

Playback frequency range: 15-50,000Hz

Output voltage: 0.3mV (1kHz and 3.54cm/sec.)

Channel separation: 30dB (1kHz)

Output balance: 0.5dB (1kHz)

Stylus pressure: 1.8-2.2g (2.0g standard)

Coil impedance: 10O (1kHz)

DC resistance: 10O

Load resistance: More than 100O (when head amp connected)

Coil inductance: 22µH (1kHz)

Static compliance: 40×10-6cm/dyne

Dynamic compliance: 10×10-6cm/dyne (100Hz)

Stylus needle shape: Oval (0.3×0.7mil)

Cantilever: Duralumin tapered pipe

Vertical tracking angle: 23°

Dimensions: H16×W16.6×D26.5mm

Weight: 6.9g

Accessories: Non-magnetic screwdriver × 1, Washer × 2, Protector × 1, Cartridge installation screws 13 mm × 2 and 19 mm × 2, Nut × 2, Brush × 1, PCOCC lead set × 1

Co-developed by one of the most legendary DJs of all time, the Ortofon Q.Bert provides unsurpassed handling, high output voltage, and low wear characteristics that literally put it in a class of its own. Turntablists and mix DJs alike will appreciate the strong output of this cartridge, coupled with unrivaled tracking ability and sonic characteristics.  The Q.Bert features a more subdued high end, which helps to minimize surface noise from worn vinyl, and an accentuated mid-range to help bring scratching to the front of the sound stage.

• Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec: 5 mV
• Channel balance at 1 kHz: 2 dB
• Channel separation at 1 kHz: 20 dB
• Channel separation at 15 kHz: 15 dB
• Frequency range at - 3dB: 20-20.000 Hz
• Frequency response: 20-18.000 Hz + 3 / - 2 dB
• FIM distortion at recommended tracking force, DIN 45.542:
• Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force: 70 µm
• Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 7 µm/mN
• Stylus type: Spherical
• Stylus tip radius: R 26 µm
• Equivalent stylus tip mass: 0,5 mg
• Tracking force range: 3,0-5,0 g (30-50 mN)
• Tracking force, recommended: 4,0 g (40 mN)
• Tracking angle: 20°
• Internal impedance, DC resistance: 750 Ohm
• Internal inductance: 450 mH
• Recommended load resistance: 47 kOhm
• Recommended load capacitance: 200-600 pF
• Cartridge colour: Black
• Cartridge weight: 5 g
• Replacement stylus unit: PRO S

The newest cartridge from Ortofon, the DigiTrack responds to the next generation of turntable DJs who make extensive use of timecoded vinyl applications, such as Serato (TM) and FinalScratch (TM).  With DigiTrack's low wear design and tailored frequency response increase the lifespan of timecoded vinyl records, and provides high quality sound reproduction for playing conventional vinyl records as well.   DigiTrack also features excellent groove-handling capabilities for scratch and mix performance, as well as increased output voltage for improved TCV performance and better sound quality from your mixer's phono preamps.