Moving coil cartridge with a nude Micro Ridge stylus.
MC X50: the design
The MC X series is the way into Ortofon moving coils: a stainless steel body with honeycomb structure and silver coils throughout, with the models set apart by stylus and cantilever.
It carries a nude Micro Ridge stylus on a boron cantilever. Output is 0.4 mV, it tracks at 2 g and wants a load above 50 ohms.
Specifications
- Type: moving coil (MC)
- Stylus: nude Micro Ridge
- Cantilever: boron
- Coil: silver
- Output voltage: 0.4 mV
- Recommended tracking force: 2 g
- Recommended load: above 50 ohms
- Body: stainless steel with honeycomb structure, black
- Weight: 8.6 g