Ortofon SME 30H

1 9 7 9 1979
1 9 8 3 1983

Custom version of the Ortofon Concorde engineered by SME and Ortofon for the SME IIIS tonearm, aka "the snake", the latter becoming the snakiest when endin with a Concorde.

Said SME :
"Since their first presentation to the public, only one year ago, the new Ortofon Low Mass pick-up cartridges have set new standards for the reproduction of records.
We could not have said it more clearly than Hi-Fi for Pleasure (UK, Vol. 7, N° 6) :


"For years we've been campaigning for a really low mass cartridge. Manufacturers often claim significant reductions, but usually they are just juggling a gram or two.
At last Ortofon have come up trumps. Their latest cartridges weigh only 1 1/2 grams apiece.
"

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Ortofon SME 30H specifications
Title Value
Effective mass of cartridge tube : 4,5g
Type of stylus : nude fine-line
Equivalent tip mass : 0,35mg
Frequency response : 20Hz...20Khz
Output voltage : > 3mV (5cm/s, peak)
Channel separation : > 25dB (1Khz)
Channel balance : < 1,5dB (1Khz)
10Hz dynamic compliance : 35µm / mN
Recommended tracking force : 10mN (1g)
VTA : 20°
300Hz (10mN) tracking ability : > 80µm
FIM distortion : < 1%
DC resistance : 600Ohm
Inductance : 500mH
Recommended load resistance : 47kOhm
Recommended load capacitance : 400pF
Hum sensitivity : < 0,2µV / A / m
Tonearm fo : 13Hz
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