This Moving-Coil Phono Cartridge Behaves Like a Moving-Magnet Model: Danish-Built Ortofon SPU GTX S Features an Integrated Step-Up Transformer, Plays with Natural Musicality and Tonal Richness
Equipped with an integrated step-up transformer designed by Lundahl that allows it to be connected to any phono preamplifier or integrated amplifier as if it was a moving-magnet cartridge, the Ortofon SPU GTX S (and sibling SPU GTX E) moving-coil cartridge plays with a terrific sense of natural musicality, tonal richness, and expressive character. Hand-built in Denmark, SPU GTX S outputs 4mV and weighs 38 grams. Molded in one piece from glass-fiber-reinforced copolymer – never before used for SPU Series models – its unibody housing functions as a stable, rigid container for the precision generating system.
Featuring a spherical diamond stylus, SPU GTX S also benefits from Ortofon’s exclusive suspension system, quad-coil system, and renowned tracking ability. SPU GTX E has the exact same build and specifications, but gets an enhancement in the form of an elliptical diamond stylus. Simply put, no matter which model you choose from our button menu above, you’re getting convenience, craftsmanship, and compelling sound.
Have any questions about the SPU Series or which phono cartridge would best mate with your system? Contact a Music Direct audio consultant at 312-433-0200.
- Model: SPU GTX E
- Output voltage: 4 mV
- Stylus type and radius: Elliptical / r/R 8/18 μm
- Stylus suspension: Ortofon Exclusive
- Coil system and material: Quad coils / OFC
- Channel balance and separation at 1 kHz: 1.5 dB / 20 dB
- Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz: ±3 dB
- Tracking ability at 315Hz: 60 μm
- Dynamic lateral compliance: 10 μm/mN
- Recommended tracking force: 4 g
- Recommended load resistance and capacitance: 47 kΩ / 150-600 pF
- Internal impedance, DC resistance: 610 Ω
- Cartridge weight: 38 grams
- Model: SPU GTX S
- Output voltage: 4 mV
- Stylus type and radius: Spherical / R 18 μm
- Stylus suspension: Ortofon Exclusive
- Coil system and material: Quad coils / OFC
- Channel balance and separation at 1 kHz: 1.5 dB / 20 dB
- Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz: ±3 dB
- Tracking ability at 315Hz: 60 μm
- Dynamic lateral compliance: 10 μm/mN
- Recommended tracking force: 4 g
- Recommended load resistance and capacitance: 47 kΩ / 150-600 pF
- Internal impedance, DC resistance: 610 Ω
- Cartridge weight: 38 grams
User Manual (PDF, 61 KB)