What Makes a Cartridge Good? | Moving Magnet vs. Moving Coil

Get down to the details as Leif Johannsen, Ortofon's Chief Officer Acoustics and Research, takes you through cartridge design in this four-part video series.

Chapter 1: How does a phono cartridge work?
In this video, Leif Johannsen introduces you to two main cartridge principles: Moving Magnet and Moving Coil. You will learn how the two systems work differently, how the music is conducted from the groove and travels true the cartridge, and how each principle benefits differently.

Both principles have advantages and open up different possibilities for the design of the cartridge, including the use of material, implementation of technologies, and the choice of styli. All this is discussed by Leif Johannsen in the following chapters.

CHAPTER OVERVIEW:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Moving Magnet Cartridges
03:37 Moving Coil Cartridges
05:51 MM vs. MC - Comparing Parts
08:31 MM vs. MC - Performance
11:13 Conclusion

Chapter 2 will be about Cartridge Technologies.

Product used in the video:
Ortofon 2M Red https://www.ortofon.com/ortofon-2m-re... Ortofon MC Quintet Bronze https://www.ortofon.com/mc-quintet-br...