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Ortofon

Ortofon makes cartridges and analogue playback components in Denmark. The directory includes both current-style moving-magnet equipment and reported vintage SPU use.

Design & approach

Ortofon develops and manufactures phono cartridges in Denmark, combining acoustic engineering with small-scale precision assembly. Its company material explains production, quality assurance and specialist manufacturing equipment. The particular stylus and cartridge model remain important distinctions when documenting a venue’s vinyl front end.

Maker background & design sources ↗

Equipment index

Products in the rooms

Browse all Ortofon equipment

Venue equipment records, including their original model uncertainties. Shared-system entries retain the full recorded context.

From the maker’s world.

Products, process and directly attributed installations.

Product video / GRAMOPHONE

Ortofon 2M Black Moving Magnet Cartridge

A directly attributed product, design or installation film. The original publisher is credited below.

Maker film / Ortofon

Discovery Channel features Ortofon AS

Selected from the maker’s website: a closer look at its products, people or design approach.

Hear it in the rooms.

Equipment, commissions and collaborations.

Tokyo / Japan

Bar Martha ↗

Reported / tentative

A visitor reported Ortofon arms and SPU cartridges at Bar Martha. These details are not confirmed by the venue’s published equipment list.

Inside the system

Bar Martha’s Tannoy Autographs are paired with a rotating selection of McIntosh and custom valve amplifiers. Garrard and EMT decks feed mixing and preamplification stages, so the installation combines record handling, signal control and speaker drive as distinct functions.

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Oakland / United States

Bar Shiru ↗

Equipment in use

Bar Shiru lists Ortofon in its source / playback setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

  • Cartridge / stylus: 2M Black

Inside the system

Bar Shiru’s system combines several speaker types with valve and solid-state amplification rather than imposing one chain on every listening position. The custom Isonoe mixer provides the control point for the analogue programme, with SME and VPI sources and Line Magnetic phono stages upstream.

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Further reading