Review on 🎧 Enhance Your Audio Experience with the Ortofon Super OM 10 Moving Magnet Cartridge by Marc Gallner

I have Pioneer's DD PL-750 low-mass cartridge and have been looking at the new Audio Technica VM95 wagon or the famous Nagaoka MP110 and I'm on to a calculation of resonant frequency per cartridge encountered for a given cartridge compliance and total effective mass. As I study more, I see the benefit of tuning this frequency in the 7-12Hz range, as many recommend. Back in the old days of the 1980s, when Shure and other manufacturers were making MM cartridges with "high compliance", meaning a low spring rate, it was profitable for turntable manufacturers to make ultra-lightweight tonearms. It turns out that mine including the headshell (with carbon composite structure and lightweight design) weighs around 6g and delivers 16Hz with the Nagaoka MP110, which at that number causes corresponding tracking problems or distortion at low frequencies in music. Most Audio Technica carriages are heavy (67g) and offer low sag, which fits perfectly with its own AT-LP120 and other models that offer medium-weight tonearms. Both of my turntables (Pioneer PL-750 and Project) come with lightweight tonearms that deliver above 13Hz with the AT or Nagaoka models. The Ortofon OM series was developed to perfectly meet these requirements. The pickup weighs 5g, but you can take out the weight of 2.5g With match number 25 I get 9Hz for the resonant frequency with OM10 for my turntable. It is likely that due to this sensitive nature, analog will gain popularity and people will find that their preferences are satisfied in a unique way. I don't find the OM10 to be as delicate and silky as my trusty old Shure M95ED, but it is more structured and deeper, making for a more enjoyable listening experience. For $80 I would call it a steal.