Ortofon MC Anna

Ortofon MC Anna – Moving Coil Element

The new Ortofon’s MC Anna represents the highest echelon of Moving Coil cartridges. This state of the art product, representative of numerous Ortofon design elements and ideals, is truly exemplary of the highest degree of performance possible in contemporary analogue playback technology.

The story behind the MC Anna cartridge
Historically Ortofon has a long tradition of paying tribute to persons who have been highly influential within the high-end audio culture and in music culture and history in general. In honor of these remarkable persons, Ortofon has introduced numerous products throughout the years, including the SPU Meister, MC Rohmann, Kontrapunkt BACH and Windfeld cartridges.Continuing this tradition with the MC Anna, Ortofon dedicates this new flagship cartridge to the opera singer Anna Netrebko, a virtuoso whose performance displays a formidable technical arsenal of endless versatility. With the dedication of the MC Anna, Ortofon once again emphasizes the company’s unchanging commitment and devotion to the music and to the purest 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 mere thought to reveal true inner emotion.

Flexibility and performance with a range of compatibility
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 new Ortofon ST-80 SE. Ortofon’s MC Anna focuses on providing music in its entirety without compromise, offering an ideal balance of precision and musicality to provide an engaging experience on a whole new level. With fine attention 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 unsurpassed and simply has to be experienced.

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-20.000 Hz +/- 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)
• Tracking angle 23°
• Internal impedance, DC resistance 6 Ohm
• Recommended load impedance > 10 Ohm
• Cartridge body material SLM Titanium
• Cartridge colour Black/Silver
• Cartridge weight 16 gram