Which Cartrudge For My Upcoming Technics 1200 GR 2 Turnable - Looking at Ortofon 2m Black


Note: Sorry about the misspelled Cartridge in title. Wish I could update that. 

 

I have a  Luxman 595 Class A amplifier with Focal N1 speakers. Depending on the recording, it can be on the bright side.  I own about 20 records. 80% of them are electronic mixes from the 90s. The rest are dinosaur jr, mazzy star, and so on. 

I have found memories of playing my grandfathers fisher turntable (with Mitsubushi stereo system) which looked similar to the Technics 1200GR2, so that is the turntable I am going to get. I also have found memories of going to the record store in the 90s (sound warehouse) and they had a Bose 901 VI system (I think... they were very large hung from the cieling) with a turtable that sounded so good. 

The sound I am looking for is *not a audiophile high resolving sound. Instead, I am looking for a energetic sound with power. I do want good audio quality though. 

What I am looking at is the Ortofon 2m Black LVB 250 or the 2m black. I never hear them in person. What is everyones thoughts?

dman777

Quiet frankly, I would blame either the set up of the cartridge or you inadvertently changing VTF or VTA when you were hooking it all up. Distortion can be caused by tracking errors. 
There should be no distortion. Hiss at high volume is normal. 
You need to check your setup

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@audphile1 I didn't realize that my Yamaha RN 2000a as a preamp (with Moon amp 861) had a MM phono. I put the turtable on it and it took away that loud issue I had. 
 

It's also not as bright which is great. But it's still a bit on the bright side for what I am looking for. 

There still can have a hiss in the singers voice when I turn it up loud. When you say "Hiss at high volume is normal. " ... that with vinyls in particular? 

 

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About a hour of play time so far...

I put the VTA from 1 to .5 and it helped alot with the brightness.