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Ortofon Hi-Fi MC X20 Moving Coil Cartridge
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Description
MC X20
Go deeper into your music with the MC X20. Featuring a nude elliptical diamond stylus, it reveals greater depth and definition, uncovering the full character of each track. Rediscover your favorite records with fresh excitement and vivid precision.
Voted “Product of the Year 2025/26” by LP Magazine
A New Benchmark in Analog Perfection
In the world of vinyl playback, the cartridge is where the journey begins. A pivotal point where music rises from the groove and transforms into immersive soundscapes. With the MC X Series, Ortofon sets a new benchmark in MC cartridge design, pushing premium Moving Coil technology to unprecedented levels of performance.
Exceptional Signal Clarity
Pure Silver Coil System
All MC X cartridges feature coils wound with high-purity silver wire. The use of premium materials is to ensure exceptional signal clarity, delivering sound with unmatched precision and preserving every detail without interference.
Maximum Magnetic Efficiency
Magnet system
The MC X Series introduces a newly developed magnet system with a one-piece pole cylinder integrated into a rear magnet yoke. Engineered for maximum magnetic efficiency and paired with pure silver coils, this configuration ensures a clean, powerful signal path that elevates overall performance.
Precision Engineering for Unmatched Stability
Custom-Developed Rubber Dampers
In-house produced and developed rubber compounds form the core of the MC X Series’ mechanical damping system. Rubber dampers are essential for controlling the physical movement of the coils, maintaining stability, minimizing unwanted vibrations, and enabling precise coil motion. The result is superior tracking, reduced distortion, and musical accuracy.
MIM-Molded Honeycomb-Structured Core
Experience the depth.Hear every detail.
At the core of the MC X Series is an advanced honeycomb-structured stainless-steel frame, created using Metal Injection Molding (MIM) technology. This refined construction ensures superior mechanical stability, providing an ideal foundation for precise and accurate sound reproduction.
After molding and sintering, a Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) surface treatment is applied to enhance surface appearance and maintain material integrity over time.
Modern Elegance with Distinctive Design
The Shape of Sound
The MC X Series embodies modern elegance with a distinctive design that seamlessly complements the tonearm. From afar, its silhouette speaks of minimalist refinement; up close, its intricate detailing reveals craftsmanship at every level. True to Ortofon’s signature aesthetic, it’s a sophisticated fusion of form and function.
Awards
Reviews
“Every year, the cartridge market still holds the potential for a real surprise. Just when we thought Ortofon had settled comfortably into its niche, the new X Series arrived. Conceived entirely from the ground up and built accordingly, it sets multiple new benchmarks in the class up to €1,000. The X20 may well be the best all-rounder of the series and is, without question, a cartridge that leaves very little to be desired.“
-LP Magazine
“This is a breathtakingly sophisticated cartridge and a serious alternative to moving magnet rivals anywhere near the price point.
Sounds astonishing for the money - Well made and easy to set up“
-Ed Selley, AVForums, July 2025
“In this specific regard, the MC X20 is pretty much the defined state of the art.
What the Ortofon (MC X20 - red.) does with exceptional effectiveness is deliver on the immediacy and slightly ‘lush’ quality of moving coil carts but it does so while maintaining the potency of a good moving magnet.“
-Ed Selley,AVForums, July 2025
“Detail levels are also really impressive, helped by a low noise floor that didn’t show up when listening … this isn’t going to raise the noise floor. Detail levels are also extremely good.
You just lean back and revel in a performance that is absolutely on the nose from start to finish.“
-Ed Selley,AVForums, July 2025
“This is the first time I have listened to a sub £500 cartridge that offers some areas of meaningfully better performance over the superb Rega Nd7.
That performance requires a more specialist phono stage … but the moment that many people hear it, they simply won’t care.“
-Ed Selley, AVForums, July 2025
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Tech Specs
| Channel balance at 1 kHz | 0.5 dB |
| Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec | 0.4 mV |
| Channel separation at 1 kHz | 25 dB |
| Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz | ±1 dB |
| Compliance, dynamic, lateral | 15 μm/mN |
| Cantilever material | Aluminium |
| Stylus type | Nude Elliptical |
| Stylus tip radius | r/R 8/18 μm |
| Stylus suspensions | Ortofon exclusive |
| Coil system | High-purity silver Coil wire |
| Tracking force, recommended | 2.0 grams |
| Internal impedance, DC resistance | 6 Ω |
| Coil wire material | High-purity silver |
| Cartridge body material | MIM Stainless Steel & Honeycomb Core Structure |
| Cartridge colour | Black |
| Cartridge weight | 8.6 grams |
| Recommended load resistance | >50 Ω |
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