Ortofon Stereo Test Record

Ortofon Stereo Test Record

Ortofon’s new Test Record is designed to allow you to verify your HiFi system in the most natural audio surroundings at home. The Test Record contains special test signals developed for analyzing cartridge performance as well as its interaction with your tonearm and turntable. 
Before testing your cartridge, please verify the HiFi system’s functionality. The left speaker should be connected to the left amplifier channel and vice versa; both speakers should work in phase and be optimally positioned in the room.
The Test Record is designed to be played through your system with in-built RIAA equalization. Volume control is recommended to be set at a moderate signal level.

Please refer to your turntable and tonearm’s instructions for correct installation and alignment, adjust tonearm to be parallel to record surface, set Vertical Tracking Force and antiskating according to the cartridge’s recommended technical data, and adjust stylus overhang.

Tracling List

• 1. Frequency Sweep Left Channel 800 Hz – 50 kHz. Log. 28 sec. Linear cut* (800 – 20000 Hz ±1,5 dB)
• 2. Frequency Sweep Right Channel 800 Hz – 50 kHz. Log. 28 sec. Linear cut* (800 – 20000 Hz ±1,5 dB)
• 3. Frequency Sweep Left Channel 800 Hz – 50 kHz. Log. 28 sec. Linear cut* (800 – 20000 Hz ±1,5 dB)
• 4. Frequency Sweep Right Channel 800 Hz – 50 kHz. Log. 28 sec. Linear cut* (800 – 20000 Hz ±1,5 dB)
• 5. Reference tone 1000 Hz 5 cm/sec rms Left
• 6. Reference tone 1000 Hz 5 cm/sec rms Right
• 7. Reference tone 1000 Hz 5 cm/sec rms Left
• 8. Reference tone 1000 Hz 5 cm/sec rms Right
• 9. Tracking ability, lateral 50 μm peak
• 10. Tracking ability, lateral 60 μm peak
• 11. Tracking ability, lateral 70 μm peak
• 12. Tracking ability, lateral 80 μm peak
• 13. Tracking ability, lateral 90 μm peak
• 14. Tracking ability, lateral 100 μm peak
• 15. Square Wave Form 2.7 msec duty cycle 3:7

* The record has a constant velocity amplitude throughout the sweep.