Ortofon LH-6000 headshell
The LH-6000 is a high quality headshell is recommended for the MC Windfeld Ti and the Cadenza Series. Its rounded front portion facilitates proper mounting and compliments each of these cartridges.
Knowing the fundamental headshell dimensions will in a lot of cases make it easier to mount and align cartridge and tonearm correctly. Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the headshells mounting dimensions chart.
The LH-6000 comes with leadwires for easy and convenient connection
All Ortofon cartridges have a colour coding of the terminals, indicating red and green for right channel respectively hot and ground terminal. White and blue for left channel respectively hot and ground terminal. Green terminal will always be used for grounding the cartridge housings or motor-system, whenever connected inside the cartridge.
We recommend to connect lead wires to the cartridge and headshell before mounting the cartridge on the headshell.
Please remember correct orientation of the leads. Ortofon cartridges' terminal PINs diameter is 1.2 mm, whilst Ortofon headshells' PINs diameter is only 1.0 mm.
Features and technical data
- Universal mount
- Magnesium
- Weight without screws - 13.5 grams
- Mounting distance min. - 36.6 mm
- Mounting distance max. - 42.4 mm
- Headshell length - 47.5 mm
- Headshell width - 19.1 mm
A - Headshell length
B - Headshell width
C - Mounting distance max.
D - Mounting distance min.
E - Screw diameter max.
| HEADSHELL MODEL | A Headshell length | B Headshell width | C Mounting distance max. | D Mounting distance min. | E Screw diameter max. |
| SH-4 | 51.5 mm | 20.0 mm | 45.4 mm | 36.4 mm | 3.0 mm |
| LH-2000 | 50.3 mm | 20.0 mm | 43.4 mm | 35.3 mm | N/S |
| LH-4000 | 51.9 mm | 19.1 mm | 45.6 mm | 39.5 mm | N/S |
| LH-6000 | 47.5 mm | 19.1 mm | 42.4 mm | 36.6 mm | N/S |
| LH-8000 | 50.3 mm | 18.8 mm | 42.2 mm | 33.0 mm | N/S |
| LH-9000 | 52.0 mm | 20.0 mm | 44.9 mm | 38.1 mm | N/S |
| LH-10000 | 50.0 mm | 19.4 mm | 42.4 mm | 42.4 mm | 2.7 mm |
