Dear @neonknight : Thank's to your thread yesterday I was looking for Ortofon 000 manuals or something that can help on information and I found out one box of 2000 and one big box of the 5000 and this one with only the Ortofon usual VTF tool and that finding makes me to remember this:
due that no Ortofon distributor in my country they decided to sale for me directly and that's what I did it with my MC 2000's and latter on I look for the MC 3000 and bougth it from Ortofon.
Been accustomed to the 2000 the 3000 disapointed a little and when I changed ( time latter. ) from a headshell by accident I put so many torque in the crews that that ceramic just broken. Ortofon was so kidness that with out charge other than both ways shipping offered to me the MC5000 that latter on I sold and I can't remember why I still have the original double box.
Now, the 5000 was a good performer but I prefered the 2000, specially the one with boron cantilever.
After that I bougth a second hand ( low hours ) 3000 MK2 that I like it more.
There is no doubt that the 3000/5000 where builded with ceramic not what the Ortofon link said it.
Here two links that talks what is that ceramic:
https://www.stereophile.com/phonocartridges/188ortofon/index.html
http://korfaudio.com/hs-a01
Btw, I owned SAEC and Victor/JVC ceramic headshells: SAEC white color and JVC in near black.
Look for the 7500 and not so much for the 5000. Only an opinion.
R.
due that no Ortofon distributor in my country they decided to sale for me directly and that's what I did it with my MC 2000's and latter on I look for the MC 3000 and bougth it from Ortofon.
Been accustomed to the 2000 the 3000 disapointed a little and when I changed ( time latter. ) from a headshell by accident I put so many torque in the crews that that ceramic just broken. Ortofon was so kidness that with out charge other than both ways shipping offered to me the MC5000 that latter on I sold and I can't remember why I still have the original double box.
Now, the 5000 was a good performer but I prefered the 2000, specially the one with boron cantilever.
After that I bougth a second hand ( low hours ) 3000 MK2 that I like it more.
There is no doubt that the 3000/5000 where builded with ceramic not what the Ortofon link said it.
Here two links that talks what is that ceramic:
https://www.stereophile.com/phonocartridges/188ortofon/index.html
http://korfaudio.com/hs-a01
Btw, I owned SAEC and Victor/JVC ceramic headshells: SAEC white color and JVC in near black.
Look for the 7500 and not so much for the 5000. Only an opinion.
R.