The Vinyl Guide - Upgrading to an Ortofon 2M Bronze Cartridge

I'm in the process of upgrading my turntable stylus and selected the Ortofon 2m Bronze. Here are some of the basics on Ortofon carts and the expectations of the process.

[Zekushion]

I'm very happy with my red, the rest probably sound better but I love the warm sound on this.

[gkntsmz]

I'm happy with the bronze
No trouble tracking
On a direct drive Denon from the 80s

[greganderson]

Nice turntable! I still have my Thorens TD-165 that I bought back in 1972.
And great explanation of how a turntable fits into a system. If you’ve been around this stuff for 40+ years (like some of us, you’ll already know what makes vinyl sounds good. My 2M Red is stuck in the Thorens. I have a 2M Bronze in a fantastic Rega Planer 3 turntable, and I can A/B switch between the two. The difference is nothing short of amazing.
Thanks for the great video. I hope viewers learn some things from it.

[johanpersson]

I upgraded from 2m Bronze to Quintet Bronze 3 month ago, and ohh my....more natural sounding,
greater depth and separation, smooth as a baby's bottom.
The 2m Bronze is a fine cartridge but i always thought that it was a bit harsh, which it is compared to the Quintet.

[theaudibles]

By far best review on Youtube ever for the Bronze!!! Thank you so much!!!

[matsrecordcollection]

I recently bought a Music Hall Classic TT and had the store owner upgrade to the Ortofon Blue 2M and I couldn't be happier, ok I could but I don't have that much money. I had a Pioneer PL-518 with an Ortofon Red (still have it).

[marcbegine]

The stylus of the Blue fits on the 2M Red, so you only need to buy the Blue Stylus. The 2M Bronze can also take the 2M Black stylus.

[MrPompanoman]

Thanks I am ordering a 2m bronze tomorrow cant wait

[gersainrodriguez]

"If you've read any pamphlets on reproduction"... Good one.

[hanes]

I heard the same. People recommended me the 2m red over my audio-technica mm, but the 2m bronze just blew the 2m red and blue out of the water when I heard it compared. I then heard the 2m black and for the price bump compare to bronze, it’s minimal difference.

[kenchilton]

Thanks for this post man I changed from red to the bronze and the depth, sound stage, bottom mid top end all fantastic I’m hearing low level things never before also the noise floor on the vinyl seems so much better my red was around 500 to 600 hours so maybe that’s why, but happy days for me ahead as a make my way through my collection 🤘😝🤘 cheers ken

[maximchahal]

I just got my first turntable a Denon DP-300F and I am so confused, I didn't anticipate having a turntable could be so complicated

[PurpleDreki]

Great video! The higher up the chain, more is revealed in the recording. And then you begin hearing faults in the actual recording itself!

[aaronliebelt]

Agreed. Went from Blue to Bronze and night and day difference. I’m also due for a new stylus. Once a year.

[svenschwingel]

Details is what a MicroLine stylus shape is all about. And the biggest bonus: they last up to three times as long as an elliptical stylus (like the 2M Red and Blue) so the investment pays itself off in the end. And you can swap the Bronze stylus for a Black stylus (which has a Shibata shape stylus tip) because the cartridges itself (generators) are identical between Bronze and Black. Also, the Red and Blue are interchangeable.

[tonybrooks]

A friend have me a 1972 Pioneer PL-12D that was just sitting in their garage. It’s 2 years older than me. I am now rediscovering vinyl. At some stage I may go down the Ortophon 10 or red route to give it a bit more oomph.

[simurg]

Две недели назад я купил такую же капсулу времени, всё было запечатано. Думал что после распаковки он сразу заиграет, как же я ошибался. Аппарат 1989г выпуска всё новое. В итоге пришлось поменять все электролитические конденсаторы, потом поменял смазку в шпинделе подшипника скольжения, использовал LIQUI MOLY LM47 с молибденовом, поменял слипмат, поменял выходные провода и разъём 5пин заменил на позолоченные RCA, поменял голову ГЗМ155-1 на новую ГЗМ-005, пропаял все разъемы и провода в тонарме, настроил тонар по азимуту по шаблону и точки входа иглы А и точку выхода В. Далее понёс опорный диск к токарю на расточку потому-что он очень кривой был. И наконец после двух недель танцев с бубном он заиграл так как задумывали инженеры. Сейчас слушаю и наслаждаюсь 😊

[MrPompanoman]

I am buying one as soon as I can. have the 2mblue currently I can't wait ❤😎

[anthonyevans]

Actually you can put any of the stylus on any of the cartridges with these ortofon, I was waiting for a replacement red stylus and my friend at the record store lent me a spare black stylus and it fit fine and sounded great.

[AndrewBell]

How is the inner groove distortion on the bronze compared to the blue? Thanks!