Mono cartridge classification

Jonathan, thank you so much for your clarifications and added information. I was guilty of using the term "narrow profile" but in my own defense, I was thinking front to back, not side to side for stylus dimensions.

Your information makes me wish even more that I could try one of your Lyra models. But that is not in the budget at the current time. Perhaps if the Denon pleases me enough once I have experience with it, I'll be able to save for one of yours.

Jonathan--the only thing I would quibble with is that it really is essential to clean the LPs thoroughly, both for sonics and to avoid extra stylus wear.

CG25 and CG65 are the only true mono models that Ortofon makes, and they have no vertical compliance whatsoever. In theory, a spin on a stereo record would not have positive consequences for the vinyl.

In the SPU Mono GM MKII, not only is it a high output moving coil with suggested loading of 47k (3mV output at 5cm/sec). The coil assembly is rotated 45 degrees so that only lateral motion is sensed.

Why they have done this rather than making a true mono design... Not sure. But for the true mono heads who want the cartridge to be made the same as it was back in 1948, the CG 25 and CG 65 should satisfy you. We even sell a dedicated trafo for them.

I work for Ortofon

Thanks a lot Ldorio.

So the Ortofon OM D25M puts our a stereo signal, right?

-Bob