Ortofon SH-4 Blue Headshell
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Paul Kunze DVM
> 24 hourI recently upgraded my beautiful vintage Yamaha YP-D71 turntable with a Ortofon 2M Bronze and wanted a matching Ortofon headshell. The cart came before the headshell so I temporarily installed in on my existing Technics headshell my Ortofon 2M Blue was installed on. That was a piece of cake. The problems started when I went to add the Ortofon headshell on the turntable. I have been in the 2 channel viny game for a very, very long time and I have never seen the simple addition of a new headshell throw every single setting of a turntable off. I knew the weight would be different but the VTA needed to be redone as well. It wasnt even close. When I first dropped the tonearm the stylus did touch the vinyl surface, it hovered above it. Apparently the cart rides much higher on the Ortofon cart than the Technics. After a few hours of tinkering with it I got it right and it looks and sounds fantastic. The extra large finger lift is a nice feature. Highly recommended.