The new Ortofon Reference tonearms feature over 130 redesigned components the Reference tonearms are crafted with unparalleled mechanical precision and advanced engineering. Skilled artisans meticulously hand assemble, adjust, and review every component of each tonearm, ensuring unmatched quality and performance. This attention to detail optimizes every aspect of the tonearm, capturing the subtle nuances of your music in it truest possible form.
Every individual component of the tonearms has been upgraded with materials painstakingly chosen to minimize unwanted vibration and distortion, ensuring the best possible interface with your cartridge. Careful attention to precision and quality of every part and assembly ensures maintained reliability for years to come.
• Both the AS-212R (9-inch) and AS-309R (12-inch) models conform with Baerwald alignment for optimal tracking performance and accurate playback.
• Equipped with a universal connector, and supplied with two counterweight sizes, the tonearms allow the use of nearly all cartridges ever produced, ranging from SPU to headshell mounted cartridges.
• Well-known to most HiFi and high-end enthusiasts: The Ortofon 6NX-TSW1010 tonearm cable is included as part of the accessories supplied together with each tonearm.
• Japanese custom made high-precision bearings together with ultra-thin oxygen free copper inner wires ensure effortless movement of the tonearms and flawless signal transmission resulting, resulting in an ultra-high resolution.
• A luxurious and sophisticated visual design in black matt and silver chrome adorns the more than 130 high-precision machined part.
Specifications AS-309R:
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Cartridge weight
18 to 26 g./26 to 38 g. (standard weight, including shell/heavy weight, including shell)
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Mounting distance
311 mm
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Effective length
323,5 mm
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Overhang
12.5mm
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Offset angle
16.75
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Arm shaft diameter
18 mm
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Recommended arm shaft hole diameter
22mm
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Tonearm weight
680g/730 g. standard weight/heavy weight
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Height above mounting surface
59 – 79 mm (up to top of the tonearm)
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Counterweight radial clearance
85 mm for standard weight; 93mm for heavy weight (measured from pivot point)
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Distance from the mounting surface to the top of the platter
20 – 48 mm.
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Effective arm mass
11 g.
Specifications AS-212R:
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Cartridge weight
18 to 26 g./26 to 38 g. (standard weight, including headshell/heavy weight, including headshell))
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Mounting distance
214 mm
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Effective length
= 232mm
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Overhang
18mm
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Offset angle
23.75
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Arm shaft diameter
18 mm
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Recommended arm shaft hole diameter
22mm
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Tonearm weight
600g/630 g. standard weight/heavy weight
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Height above mounting surface
59 – 79 mm (up to top of the tonearm)
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Counterweight radial clearance
80 mm for standard weight; 89 mm for heavy weight (measured from pivot point)
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Distance from the mounting surface to the top of the platter
20 – 48 mm.
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Effective arm mass 7 g
