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Roscoe Verdin
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
Bought this to replace a Pioneer headshell that wouldn't mate to a Ortofon Blue cartridge.
Eric Cunningham
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2024
Works and looks great with my Otrofon 2M Mono cartridge!
ChrisLJ
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2024
It's functional and does the job, and looks nice enough. But it doesn't have a recess in the slots, which causes the screw heads to protrude above the top surface. My other headshells by Audio-Technica, Technics, TEAC and Dual do have this feature, and for fifty dollars I expect it.
bchambers
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
Pretty and solid but likely to be a downgrade in sound quality for most turntables.This headshell adds a LOT of weight to the tonearm compared to almost any stock headshell. Obviously this requires an adjustment of vertical tracking force, but it also totally changes your tonearm resonance. This means you are much more likely to hear traces of the mechanical noises of the turntable through your speakers.
青木 朋.
Reviewed in Japan on April 7, 2024
MCカートリッジとスムーズに接続出来ました。相性も抜群で、レコードのいい音質が聴けました。問題点は値段が高すぎる点です。発売当初の価格にして欲しいです。
Jose
Reviewed in Spain on April 12, 2021
Buen porta cápsulas y de alta calidad. Cumple su función.
Parttake
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2019
I have 2 Ortofon Sh-4 Silver Aluminum Cartridge Headshells used to effectively support Audio Technica VM95SH and one of my 2 Audio Technica AT-440MLB cartridges on my Reloop rp 7000 Mk2 turntable. I had been using Audio Technica HS24 headshells, but I find the Ortofon marginally superior, by being more tonally neutral and with better bass definition.
Piers
Reviewed in France on May 6, 2018
J'ai acheté ce porte-cellule original Ortofon en remplacement de l’original Sony installé sur ma PS-T20; que j'ai pu combiner avec une OM5E. L'installation est extrêmement facile, ce porte-cellule est très beau (on peut choisir différentes couleurs en prime) et très bien fini. La matière est agréable et il est solide.L'installation de la cellule est facilitée avec les vis fournies (ainsi que les 4 petits câbles de liaison), ainsi que les trous pour les passer qui sont larges et permettent d'aligner facilement le montage.Il apporte de plus une touche de modernité.A recommander vivement.
Mark dePersio
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015
I bought this headshell for my 1978 Yamaha turntable I purchased new. I found my original Ortofon OM 20 cartridge and thought I would buy a cartridge shell for it so I could swap out the OM 20 and my Ortofon 2M red which resides on the original Yamaha shell. Works great and I absolutely love the extended and curved finger grip. This makes it very easy to position the needle for precise drops. wires were strong and the connections are gold plated and fit perfectly. And as a bonus, the price makes this purchase a bargain. Highly recommended.
Chris
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2014
This is a nice headshell, it looks great with stainless/chrome tonearms.I recently purchased a used turntable which didn't include a headshell or cartridge and wanted a headshell to complement my tonearm, I liked the look of this one in particular because it has a more premium look than most of the others on Amazon.📦 UnboxingWell packaged in a premium looking plastic container, secured well within. Cartridge mounting bolts are included in the box.🔨 ConstructionMade from aluminum, matte appearance. It feels solid to me, and looks great. The larger finger lift is nice for big fingers. All terminals are gold plated, and fit the cartridge I got for it exactly.📐 SpecsWeight: 0.94gLength: 51.5mmFinger lift length: 27mm📎 I attached this to a Audio-Technica AT95E cartridge, it fits perfectly aside from the long wires on the headshell having to be pushed back a little. Pretty standard.PROS:+ Nice looking+ Solid feel+ Gold plated connectors+ Larger finger lift+ Well packagedCONS:- The larger finger lift on my table at least bumps into the top of the dust cover when the tonearm is returning, so with the dust over down the tonearm will not re-seat. Not a biggie for me, as I rarely play it with the dust cover down.OVERALL:Really nice headshell, there isn't that much to these things so appearance for me was the main deciding factor.Highly recommended!
Roadrunner Farts
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2013
Very simple and straightforward, yet elegant, design. Nice, long finger lift. Gold-plated leads and socket connectors supplied with headshell, and are of very high quality. I liked this headshell so much I bought another one for another cartridge setup. For reference, I have an Audio-Technica AT440MLa mounted to this headshell and a Grado Gold1 mounted to the other one. I run a vintage Japanese turntable with a medium mass S-shaped tonearm. Perfect headshell for this design.
Frank-Walter Schmidt
Reviewed in Germany on November 18, 2013
An diesem Tonkopfschlitten habe ich meine OM-Systeme befestigt.Ein schön langer Fingergriff, aus schickem und gebürstetem Aluminium gefertigt mit vergoldeten Elektrokontakten; es gibt an diesem Teil nichts zu bemängeln, es erfüllt seinen Zweck. Robust ist es allemal, da es eigentlich für DJs gedacht ist.Und was bei denen ausdauert, schafft es zu Hause allemal.Allerdings habe ich die Tonkopfkabel durch etwas hochwertigere ersetzt. Ob dies wirklich für besseren Klang sorgt, weiß und höre ich nicht, dazu müßte man wohl einen Highend-Audiophilen befragen, der den Sauerstoffgehalt der Käbelchen mal näher untersuchen könnte.
L. Leong
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2012
I wanted a nicer headshell than the stock Technics one for my SL-1200MD3. The stock one is just fine but felt it could be stiffer. This Ortofon SH-4 is very well built, milled out of one solid piece of aluminum. It's also much heaver than the stock headshell so you'll need to use the aux weight if you're using heavy cartridges with it. I'm using a rather light Grado Gold1 so I didn't need the aux weight, though the main weight is almost as far back as it can go.Another thing to note about this headshell is that you'll need to adjust your VTA pretty severely when compared to the stock Technics headhsell. I actually had to place the stock rubber mat underneath my Herbie's Audio mat to be able to adjust VTA.The leads that come with the headshell are nice enough, though the Audioquest HL-5 leads are much more flexible and sound better as well. Overall, this is a great upgrade from the stock headshell. Highly recommended.
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