Ortofon T-2000 (1984)
Little is documented about the Ortofon T-2000 apart from a single thorough review (Audio, December 1984, p.83). What we know comes almost entirely from an Audio magazine equipment profile (December 1984, p.83). The T-2000 was a step-up transformer made specifically for the Ortofon MC 2000 moving-coil cartridge, and the review treated the pair as a system. Its input loading was rated at 3 ohms ±1 ohm, with a gain of 35 dB when feeding a 3-ohm source into a 47-kilohm load (Audio, December 1984, p.83). Channel balance was within 0.2 dB, and channel separation exceeded 80 dB from 5 Hz to 50 kHz. The transformer came with a low-capacitance cable made from pure silver with gold-plated plugs (Audio, December 1984, p.86).
The same review was unreservedly enthusiastic. It praised the combination's low-frequency tracking as the best the reviewer had ever measured, noting "trackability at low frequencies … truly unique for a moving-coil cartridge" (Audio, December 1984, p.84). The measured arm-cartridge resonance was 5.1 Hz, which would typically invite instability, but the reviewer reported no mistracking or distortion. The T-2000's gain and noise performance were evidently well-matched to the MC 2000, though standalone specifications for the transformer alone are sparse. Beyond this profile, almost nothing else is recorded. No separate service manual, advertising campaign, or production run numbers are known to survive.
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