Stock on Fluance RT84/RT85, Dual CS 618Q, Music Hall MMF-5.3, Rekkord M500, base choice on U-Turn Orbit Theory. Same body as 2M Red — the Blue stylus is the classic Red upgrade. ~1,000 h per Ortofon. Stylus price approximate US street (typically priced at or near the full cartridge).
Ortofon cites approximately 1,000 hours of stylus life. Actual service life varies with tracking force, record condition, cleaning and use.
| Type | MM |
|---|---|
| Mount | half-inch |
| Stylus shape | nude elliptical |
| Output | 5.5 mV |
| Tracking force | 1.6–2.0 g |
| Cartridge reference price | $219 |
| Cited stylus life | ~1,000 hours |
Exact manufacturer product
Stylus 2M BlueDated reference price: $219.00 checked July 17, 2026
Normalized from the exact replacement product identity in the cartridge research dataset.
Same drop-in mount within Ortofon's own cartridge family — a tier structure the manufacturer defines, not a claim about how each one sounds.
This model is the upgrade step from: