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product_id: 53937463
title: "Stylus pressure gauge"
brand: "ortofon"
price: "S/.189"
currency: PEN
in_stock: true
url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/53937463-stylus-pressure-gauge
store_origin: PE
region: Peru
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# Precision scale 1.25g-4g range User-friendly design Stylus pressure gauge

**Brand:** ortofon
**Price:** S/.189
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Tune in to perfection with every spin!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Stylus pressure gauge by ortofon
- **How much does it cost?** S/.189 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/53937463-stylus-pressure-gauge)

## Best For

- ortofon enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted ortofon brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Simple Setup:** User-friendly interface for hassle-free operation.
- • **Compact & Portable:** Lightweight design for easy storage and transport.
- • **Budget-Friendly Tool:** Achieve professional results without breaking the bank.
- • **Protect Your Records:** Reduce wear and tear with accurate measurements.
- • **Maximize Your Vinyl Experience:** Ensure optimal playback performance with precise tracking force.

## Overview

The Ortofon Stylus Pressure Gauge is a compact and budget-friendly tool designed to accurately measure the tracking force of your turntable's stylus. With a measurement range of 1.25g to 4g, this user-friendly gauge helps you optimize playback performance while protecting your vinyl records from excessive wear.

## Description

Stylus pressure gauge

## Features

- The Ortofon tracking force gauge is a simple budget tool for turntables that is used to determine the stylus tracking force.
- The tracking force is the downward pressure that is applied by the weight of the tonearm through the cartridge stylus and onto the vinyl record. It is important to set the proper tracking force in order to maximize the playback performance and to reduce the risk of mistracking or causing excessive record wear.
- Check for the manufacturers recommended settings for your stylus tracking force. The Ortofon tracking force gauge tool is a small plastic pivot type scale that will accurately measure tracking force between 1.25 g and 4 g.
- The Ortofon stylus force gauge is simple to use:

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Manufacturer | Ortofon |
| Brand | Ortofon |
| Item model number | 8541736742 |
| Manufacturer part number | 9999806 |
| Voltage | 0.01 Volts |
| Item Weight | 12 g |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Ortofon
- **Material:** Glass Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Polycarbonate (PC) Stainless Steel Aluminium
- **Item weight:** 12 Grams
- **Manufacturer:** Ortofon

## Images

![Stylus pressure gauge - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51QmVW4S6DL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Will this work on a shure cartridge**
A: Nope…don’t bother…hard to calibrate…not enough range to allow for most types of cartridges…better off getting a digital one…which I eventually did and it works great!

**Q: Does this gauge include instructions and ideal tracking forces?**
A: Minimal instructions, but sufficient; the process is very simple. There is no "ideal" tracking force in general. The tracking force is determined by the manufacturer of the cartridge you are using, and it varies depending on your brand of cartridge and the model. Even "ideal" is an approximation, and manufacturers call this "optimal" tracking force. Depending on your tonearm you might want to be just a little above or below the optimal tracking force.  To find out the optimal tracking force you have to go by what the manufacturer recommends. This should have come with your cartridge. But judging by the Ortofon  gauge I got  it will not be accurate at all. Likely it will be off by more than half a gram. I recommend you get something better. The Audio Additives brand sold by Music Direct in Chicago is the best gauge for the money, but it is expensive--about $75 dollars.

**Q: Is this as accurate as the Shure gauge?**
A: Hard to say if one is more accurate than the other. They are both accurate within reason for the majority of phono cartridges you might use. If you have a very sensitive high end cartridge I would recommend a digital guage.

**Q: Spirit level? The review written by ChatGPT was not well edited by Rob the human. This device has no spirit level. It is a lever and fulcrum device.**
A: This is a pretty simple but very effective stylus gauge. I have a couple of electronic gauges, the vintage precision stylus force gauge SFG-2 from Shure and Ortofon SPG. Cheap electronic gauges are troublemakers - depleted or leaked batteries, need to be calibrated every time, and finally - NOT SO PRECISE, because results highly depend on where you put the needle within the metering area. Ortofon and Shure use the same mechanical static balance design. Shure has an adjustable (using a counterweight slider) measuring range of 0~3g with 0.05g precision while Ortofon has a range of 0~4g but provides hi-precision results only when you place the stylus exactly on the printed mark (in this case precision is 0.05g too), but in between it is quite difficult to know the precise reading. Good news that Ortofon has marking for most standard pressure levels: 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 4 gramm. Unfortunately, Shure ceased SFG-2 production long ago and you can only source it from eBay. Since I have a number of cartridges with different pressure requirements, I used the Ortofon gauge very often until I purchased the Shure SFG-2 when I switched cartridges. I suppose that there are some super expensive, fancy uber-precise  electronic gaguges around but I never owned one, because $25 static balance scale from Ortofon or Shure does the job with the same result.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Ortofon Stylus pressure gauge
- Ortofon Alignment Tools (Standard)

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*Store origin: PE*
*Last updated: 2026-01-22*