For more than 50 years, Ortofon has designed and manufactured moving magnet cartridges. Together with our renowned Moving Coil cartridges, Moving Magnet models have earned a good reputation among music lovers and Hi-Fi enthusiasts around the world.

The new Ortofon OM 5 series encompasses three basic cartridges: OM 5S, OM 5E and Super OM 5E.

- The series is the range of moving magnet cartridges with the lowest mass offered by Ortofon.

- The OM cartridge bodies have been designed to provide easy mounting and alignment on both the upper and lower mounting heads.

- The OM 5 series offers excellent compatibility when used in a variety of playback systems and with a wide variety of phono preamps.

The OM 5S is a general purpose moving magnet cartridge.

If your weapon has a standard hull or cartridge holder, then increase optimal sound reproduction with OMs. A glance at any of these cartridges will reveal Ortofon's answer to the perfect match for the weapon. Ingeniously tucked into the top of the mounting bracket is a small detachable weight plate.

If your weapon is a standard weapon, leave the weight plate. If your weapon is one of the low-mass types, simply remove the weight. The mass of your OM cartridge is now just 2.5 g.

The OM 5S features a spherical stylus, a robust and economical solution for playing vinyl records.

Types of probes and interchangeability.

By adopting a wide range of replacement styli, the OM 5 series can provide an optimal fit for your home system, application and budget.

In the development of OM cartridges, one of the main goals was to provide the music lover with the opportunity to optimize sound reproduction without having to replace the entire cartridge. Rather than being meant to be replaced simply due to wear or damage, the OM 5 series allows for improved sound simply by upgrading the stylus. Depending on your preferences, the OM 5 series probes can be easily interchanged and include: 3E, 5E, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 78 and D 25 M probes.

OM 5S technical data:

Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm / sec. - 4.5 mV.

Channel balance at 1 kHz - 2 dB.

Channel separation at 1 kHz - 20 dB.

Channel separation at 15 kHz - 12 dB.

Frequency range a - 3dB - 20-20,000 Hz.

Frequency response - 20-22,000 Hz.

315Hz tracking capability with recommended tracking force *) - 60 µm.

Compliance, dynamic, lateral - 20 µm / mN.

Stylus Type - Spherical.

Stylus tip radius - R 18 µm.

Tracking force range - 1.5-2.0 g (15-20 mN).

Tracking force, recommended - 1.75 g (17.5 mN).

Tracking angle - 20 °.

Internal impedance, DC resistance - 750 Ohm.

Internal inductance - 450 mH.

Recommended load resistance - 47 kOhm.

Recommended load capacity - 200-500 pF.

Cartridge Color, Body / Style - Black / Black.

Cartridge weight, including extra weight - 5g.

Cartridge weight excluding extra weight - 2.5g.

Replacement Stylus Unit - 5S Stylus.