Ortofon
Elevate Your Sound
Push your listening experience further with the MC X30. Featuring a nude fine line diamond stylus, it offers extraordinary accuracy and resolution, rendering your music and every track with breathtaking detail and dynamic range.
In the world of vinyl playback, the cartridge is where the journey begins. A pivotal point where music rises from the groove and transforms into immersive soundscapes. With the MC X Series, Ortofon sets a new benchmark in MC cartridge design, pushing premium Moving Coil technology to unprecedented levels of performance.
Exceptional Signal Clarity
All MC X cartridges feature coils wound with high-purity silver wire. The use of premium materials is to ensure exceptional signal clarity, delivering sound with unmatched precision and preserving every detail without interference.
Maximum Magnetic Efficiency
The MC X Series introduces a newly developed magnet system with a one-piece pole cylinder integrated into a rear magnet yoke. Engineered for maximum magnetic efficiency and paired with pure silver coils, this configuration ensures a clean, powerful signal path that elevates overall performance.
Precision Engineering for Unmatched Stability
In-house produced and developed rubber compounds form the core of the MC X Series’ mechanical damping system. Rubber dampers are essential for controlling the physical movement of the coils, maintaining stability, minimizing unwanted vibrations, and enabling precise coil motion. The result is superior tracking, reduced distortion, and musical accuracy.
MIM-Molded Honeycomb-Structured Core
At the core of the MC X Series is an advanced honeycomb-structured stainless-steel frame, created using Metal Injection Molding (MIM) technology. This refined construction ensures superior mechanical stability, providing an ideal foundation for precise and accurate sound reproduction.
After molding and sintering, a Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) surface treatment is applied to enhance surface appearance and maintain material integrity over time.
Modern Elegance with Distinctive Design
The MC X Series embodies modern elegance with a distinctive design that seamlessly complements the tonearm. From afar, its silhouette speaks of minimalist refinement; up close, its intricate detailing reveals craftsmanship at every level. True to Ortofon’s signature aesthetic, it’s a sophisticated fusion of form and function.
"With the X series, Ortofon is not simply building another round of affordable MC cartridges. With the four models, the Danes want to redefine what one can expect from MC cartridges in their respective price ranges. With the Ortofon MC X30 at 700 euros, this succeeds particularly well in our ears."
LowBeats, Aug 2025
"...the Ortofon Fineline, despite its very good resolution, always stays on the soft, silky side of the spectrum. Yet from this basic character it reveals an enormous versatility that repeatedly surprised me in the test."
LowBeats, Aug 2025
"With the MC X30, Hounds Of Love sounds like a brand-new record..."
LowBeats, Aug 2025
"With the X series, Ortofon shows that genuine progress and technical innovation are still possible even in affordable MC systems. At the same time, the X30 remains characteristically a true Ortofon, prioritizing neutrality and versatility over effects and spectacle."
LowBeats, Aug 2025
"A refined, effect-free system that is perfectly at home in medium or slightly heavier tonearms."
LowBeats, Aug 2025
