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    Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 7:51pm
As I know so many of you have greater knowledge and experience, I wondered if anyone has (specifically) experience of Ortofon 2M cartridges.
I have a Technics SL-1210 mk2 with an Ortofon 2M blue and I am part way through the early stages of a deep and clearly meaningful love affair with my few-day-old Accession.
With the 1210, am I limited by the integrated cables as to the final output or would upgrading to a bronze or black make a significant improvement?
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I have an SL1210 MK2 and think it will work well with an upgraded cartridge. I don't have any of the Ortofon 2M series but they are well reviewed. I did replace the tonearm wiring on my 1210 but I have heard them sound very good with the original Technics cables.
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With Ortofon the original Tech captive cables should not be a limiting factor. The original cables were supposed to be fairly low capacitance (e.g. 120-125pf) though there are occasional issues where someone replaced them with something non-standard and a particular model year run where Tech used the wrong cables. 

If you have any doubts you can get a cheap capacitance meter and measure from the headshell socket to the RCA male end and see what is what.

I don't use the 2M carts myself but they are very popular generally, especially the models from the Blue and upward.

As long as your 1210 is in proper working order it should be able to "handle" carts that cost much more than the turntable.
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thank you all, you have convinced me that I should take one giant leap for vinyl-kind and I have ordered a 2M black… bit of a jump from the blue, with a ‘Shibata’ (dim-sum?) stylus… since receiving my Accession (Enigma powered) I am blown away as to what I have been missing… I just hope this is another step in the right direction, the path to the bright side of the road, inevitability of finding a unicorn, rocking horse ’stuff’ and that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow… what more could I ask?! If anyone is interested, I will post further information after bedding down with it next week (hopefully).
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Congratulations, having found the incredible improvement an Accession can give, I can see a record cleaner on the horizonSmile
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The Accession is certainly an ear-opener! You hear more of the music on your records but may notice scratches and dust as Mike has warned.
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yes, you are correct about the cleaner… I was looking earlier today… all recommendations accepted. I have just finished watching this item, by Ortofon, about stylus shapes - it is a bit long, feels a little dull in places, but he certainly opened my eyes to a little of the technology behind the various designs. 
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