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This is an excellent entry level cartridge suitable for many modest turntables. It costs only a little more than a replacement stylus for many cartridges but has an elliptical stylus and Ortofon engineering experience.

TECHNICAL DATA	OM 5 E
Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec.	4 mV
Channel balance at 1 kHz	2 dB
Channel separation at 1 kHz	22 dB
Channel separation at 15 kHz	15 dB
Frequency range at - 3dB	20-25.000 Hz
Frequency response	20-20.000 Hz ± 2 dB
FIM distortion at recommended tracking force, DIN 45.542	< 1%
Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force	65 µm
Compliance, dynamic, lateral	20 µm/mN
Stylus type	Elliptical
Stylus tip radius	r/R 8/18 µm
Equivalent stylus tip mass	0,5 mg
Tracking force range	1,5-2,0 g (15-20 mN)
Tracking force, recommended	1,75 g (17,5 mN)
Tracking angle	20°
Internal impedance, DC resistance	750 Ohm
Internal inductance	450 mH
Recommended load resistance	47 kOhm
Recommended load capacitance	200-600 pF
Cartridge colour, body/stylus	Black/Black
Cartridge weight	5 g
Replacement stylus unit	Stylus 5 E