TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Output Voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm / sec. - 0.2 mV
Channel Balance at 1 kHz - 0.5 dB
Channel Separation at 1 kHz - 25 dB
Channel separation at 15 kHz - 22 dB
Frequency Response - 20 Hz-20 kHz +/- 1.5 dB
Tracking Ability at 315Hz at Recommended Tracking Force - 80 μm
Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral - 9 μm / mn
Stylus Type - Special Polished Nude Ortofon Replicant 100 on Boron Cantilever
Stylus Tip Radius - r / R 5/100 μm
Tracking Force, Recommended - 2.6 g (26 Mn)
Angle Tracking - 23 °
Internal Impedance, DC Resistance - 6 Ohm
Recommended Load Impedance -> 10 Ohm
Cartridge Body Material - SLM Titanium
Cartridge Color - Black / Silver
CARTRIDGE WEIGHT - 16 gram
OVERVIEW
The Ortofon MC Anna Cartridge
The Ortofon's mc anna represents the highstone echelon of moving coil Cartridge. This State of the Art Product, Representative of Numerous Ortofon design elements and ideals, is truly exemplary of the highst degree of performance in contemporary analog playback technology.
THE STORY BEHIND THE MC ANNA CARTRIDGE
Historically Ortofon has has long tradition of paying tribute to persons who have influence and in general culture and history in general. In honor of the Remarkable Persons, Ortofon has introduced numeous products throughout the years, including the Spu Meister, Mc Rohmann, Kontrapunkt Bach Series and Mc windfeld cartridges.
Continuing this tradition with the mc anna, Ortofon dedicates this new flagship cartridge to the Opera Diva Anna Netrebko, a Virtuoso Whose Performance Displays has great Technical Arsenal of Endless Versatility. With the Dedication of the MC Anna, Ortofon once again empasizes the company's unchanging committee and devotion to the music and to the puretey delivery of recorded sound.
Much Like Anna Netrebko, Ortofon aspires to provide the ultimate musical experience through a mixture of innovation and technical expertise, combined with inspiration that goes beyond mother thought to reveal true inner emotion.
Output Impedance of 6 Ohm and A Low-to-medium Output Voltage of 0.2 MV Make Mc Anna A Perfect Partner for Most MC Phono Preamps and Step-up transformers, including the Ortofon ST-80 SE.
Ortofon's mc Anna Focuses on Providing Music in Its Enturey Without compromised, Offering An ideal Balance of Precision and Musicality to Provide An Engaging Experience We have Whole New Level.
WITH FINE CAUTION TO BOTH MICRO AND MACRO DYNAMICS COMBINED WITH FLUID TONALITY AND TEXTURE, The MC Anna Will Shatter The Boundaries of Recorded Music Forever.
Considering Ortofon's world-class Knowledge in Analogue Sound Reproduction, The New Mc Anna Will Undoubtedly Provide Sound Which is Literally Unsurpassd and Simply Has to Be Experienced.
The Housing of the Cartridge is Made of Titanium, using our faamd SLM Manufacturing Technical which was pioneered by Ortofon during the manufacturing of the MC A90, Xpression, SPU A90, MC A95 and SPU A95 phono cartridge.
CONSIDERED AN ENGINEERING BREAKTHRAGH, THE SELECTIVE LASER MELTING PROCESS WELDS FINE PARTICLES OF TITANIUM TOGETHER, LAYER-by-lAYER, TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE PIECE BODY DEVOID OF EXTRRANEOUS Material. This Technical Allows for Precise Control of the Density of the Body Material, Allowing for Extremely High Internal Damping. The Final Result Provids Freedom over Vibrations within The Cartridge Body Material.
The Use of Titanium has Provided a further improvenement to the internal damping capabilities as well as to the Overall Rigidity of the Structure.
Arguably One of the Most Significant Advancements in the MC Anna is our DramatiCally Higher Efficiency Magnet System Developed By Ortofon.
This Greatly Optimized Geometry Combined With Choice Materials Like Neodymium and Iron-cobalt Offers An Unprecedented Consistency of the Flux Density Within The System's Air Gap. Due to An Increase Of Active Material Inside of the Magnet System, The Magnetic Field Strength is Delivered More Uniformly, Allowing Each Coil to Sense Identia Flux Density Lookless of ITS Position. Because of this, Dynamics and Impulse Linearity are preserved to An Overwhelming extent.
The Use of this New Optimized Magnet System Allows for the Use of A Lightweight, Non-magnetic Armature, Which Also Provids Noteworthy Benefit to the Dynamic Capability of the MC Anna.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT OR HIGH-tech polymer-bASED ARMATURE DOES NOT ALTER THE MAGNETIC FIELD DURING MOVEMENT. Hence When Combined with Ultrapure Oxygen-free copper coil wire, it delivers perfect reproduction of the cantilever moving without compromised.
Because The New Magnet System Delivers A Tremendous Magnetic Flux Density, The Need for Design compromised is efficectively eliminated.
IT IS Due to this aspect that the Ambount of Coil Windings Required to Achieve Significant Output VOLTAGES IS REDUDED TO A MINIMUM, RESULTING IN A FURTHER REDUCTION IN MOVING MASS.
The New Magnet System Has Also Allowed for More Spaciousness Within The Air Gap, Allowing for Coil Windings To Be Done Completely Independent Of Each Other, Without Any Overlap Gold Interaction Between Them.
The Cumulative Result of These Impercoses Simply Delivers More Lifelike Reproduction, with Nearly Boundless Imaging, Dimensionality, and Dynamics.
FINALLY, The MC Anna Also Introduces in New Degree of Control over vibrations by a way of a newly-improved Wide-Range frame Damping System (WRD). By eXtending The Armature Beyond The Coils, IT CAN Interface Directly With The Rubber Dampers, Which Sandwich A Small Heavy Disc of Platinum.
This offeys more consists Movement, and Thereby Better Stereo Perspective and Transient Delineation.
System Resonances are Also Damped by the use of TPE (Thermo Plastic Elastomer) Compound which included the bottom cover assembly.
One of the PreConditions for Linear Reproduction with a Wide Frequency Range and Optimal Tracking Performance IS A Diamond - the shape of which is ace closed as possible to the original stylus cutting.
As in the form the MC A90, Mc windfeld and XPression, The MC Anna Makes Use of Ortofon's Replicant 100 Diamond, KNOWN for ITS Thin and Light Profile and Extraordinarily Wide Contact Surface.
When Correctly Alorded, The Replicant 100 Will Track Even The Most Read Musical Modulations and Will Read Musical Information from the Groove with a Level of Accuracy That Is Unparalled by Any Other Needle in existence.
Special Polishing of the Diamond Along With The Use of A Boron Cantilever Offer Remarkable Transparency, Speed and Responsiveness Beyond That of Any Other Combination.
With Proper Care We Find That Up to 1000 hours is possible without degradation of performance. The Stylus Does Begin to Exhibit Changes After 1,000 hours, Purpose The Stylus Life As a Whole is Expected to Top 2,000 hours.
Proper Care included The Following:
- Cleaning of Record by Means of carbon fiber brush before and after Every use. Cleaning of Record by Using Record Cleaning Machine ounce in a while.
- Cleaning of Stylus by Means of a Fine Antistatic Brush. Please Remember to Remove Dust from the Diamond Tip Before and After Playback of Each Record.
- Proper Adjustment of Antiskating, Azimuth and Tracking Force.
MC Anna Set-up and maintenance
AS with Any Cartridge, Setup is Absolutely Crucial in Order to Ensure The Best Sound reproduction capabilities. Although there are malyy valid paradigms that exist with look at cartup setup, Ortofon does not endorse has specific methodology and encourages users to explore the options as suggested by their high end audio dealer, including professional setup.
In Addition to Alignment, Must Beed Made to Adjust Azimuth, Anti-skating and VTA in Order to Maximize The Potential Performance of Any High End Cartridge.
Please Correlate The Color Code for the Terminals on the Drawing with the Color Coding on the Cartridge.
The Terminals for Right and Left Channel Have The Same Position AS Normal for Ortofon cartridges. We recommend The Enclosed Leadwires to Be Mounted on Cartridge and Tonearm Before Aligning and Calibrating The Cartridge.
The Length of the Enclosed Lead Wires Will Fit Between Cartridge and Tonearm Terminals of 35mm, Which Will Work with Most Headshells.
Cartridge Break-in
Although The MC Anna Will Provide Top Reproduction Right Out of the Box, The Cartridge May Slightly Change Character During The First Tens of Hours of Use. This is Completely Normal and You May, In Fact, Find That This Adds Further refinement to your listening experience.
Stylus Care
Ortofon does Not recommends The Use of Solvents of Any Kind for Cleaning of Either The Record Surface Gold Stylus. IF NECESSARY, MAY BE WASHED IN LUKEWARM DEMINERALIZED WATER WATHD WASHED IN LUKEWARM SULPHONIC SOAP. Remove Dust Carefully from Record Surfaces by Using A Fine Antistatic Brush Gold Cloth Before Every Use.
The Use of Solvents on The Stylus and Cantilever May Damage Stylus Cement; INTERIOR PARTS OF THE CARTRIDGE CAN BE AFFECTED SERIOUSLY by the intrusion of solvents. The Ortofon warranty will not be valid in cases where such treatment has caused malfunction.
For Cleaning The Stylus, USE The Ensclosed fiber brush at FEW Times Along The Cantilever in the Direction of the Stylus, Whenever You Play a New Record Gold Change Sides. Record Care Should Also Be Performd Regularly and Is of Paramount Importance to Prolong The Life and Condition of the Stylus. Because of this, a record cleaning machine may be considered for ease and quality of record cleaning.
The Stylus Guard Provided for the MC Anna is Designed to Be Easily Replaced and Removed Without Risking Contact to The Fragile Stylus Assembly.
To The Stylus Gold Cantilever Please Mount The Enclosed Stylus Guard on The Cartridge Whenever The Cartridge is not in use. The Stylus Guard Should Also Be Attached During Mounting Or Removal of the Cartridge.
The Stylus Guard is Simply Removed by Holding The Sides Between The Thumb and Forefinger and Pullring Straight Along The Orientation of the Cartridge. Affixing the stylus guard is of course accomplished by The Reverse Movement Yet Still Using a Straight Movement.
MC Anna is Delivered in An Exclusive Box Made of Famous Japanese Oak Wood. A LID is Close-fitted by Means of Two Hinges Carved Out of Japanese Maple Wood.
For the exclusive surface treatment the 6000 Years Old Japanese Urushi Lacquer Method was chosen in order to achieving hardcore, resistant and beautiful multilayer surface in dark maroon color.
MC Anna User Guide and a MAINTENANCE SET in a purse velvet included the package.
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