Technical details
| Tracking force range |
3 - 5 g |
| Channel separation (1 kHz) |
25 dB |
| Load capacitance |
400 pF |
| Channel separation (15 kHz) |
18 dB |
| Stylus type |
Spherical |
| Tracking angle |
20 ° |
| Frequency range |
20 - 20000 Hz |
| Channel balance (1kHz) |
1.5 dB |
| Tracking force recommended |
4 g |
| Load resistance |
47000 Ω |
| Impedance |
1000 Ω |
| Stylus tip radius |
18 µm |
| Internal inductance |
580 mH |
| Voltage |
8 mV |
| Type |
DJ replacement stylus |
8 mV, 20-20.000 Hz, 80 μm, R 18 μm, 20, 1000 Ohm, 580 mH, 200-400 pF
GT Replacement stylus for tough handling - extremely sturdy for scratching DJs
GT was developed by Ortofon in close co-operation with SWS Audio GmbH. The cartridge was named "Great and Tough" and was based on the construction of the well-known Ortofon Series 500 design - mend for standard half inch mounting - in a black housing with white printing.
The vital parts in the GT are based on a very robust and reliable parts used in Scratch. Further, during development of GT, efforts were also concentrated on supplying a very high output of 8 mV and improvement of frequency response to give higher resolution and sound image.
Tracking avility is decisive for the DJs especially when scratching and back-cuing. In this situation raise of tracking force could be an immediate, but in many cases not very effective solution. The reason is that the antiskating adjustment, if not at a very moderate level, will double the skating effect when back-cuing.
<b>As a rule, never use more than half of normal antiskating related to the tracking force!</b> To make GT even more resistant against violent handling, such as drop or touch of fingers, we have made a rubber suspension of the cantilever even more rigid against axial pull.
