Historical Product

Ortofon LH-8000 headshell

The LH-8000 is a high-quality handmade wood-based headshell with a polished brass finger lift. The highly attractive LH-8000 is perfect for a variety of cartridges, e.g.,

 MC Jubilee, MC Windfeld, MC Windfeld Ti, MC Anna, MC Anna Diamond, 2M Bronze and 2M Black.

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-8000 comes with leadwires

Easy and convenient connection

All Ortofon cartridges have a color 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, while Ortofon headshells' PINs diameter is only 1.0 mm.

A - Headshell length

B - Headshell width

C - Mounting distance max.

D - Mounting distance min.

E - Screw diameter max.

Technical details

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

Features and technical data

  • Universal mount
  • Japanese oaktree with Urushi lacquer finish
  • Weight without screws - 8.5 grams
  • Mounting distance min. - 33.0 mm
  • Mounting distance max. - 42.2 mm
  • Headshell length - 50.3 mm
  • Headshell width -  18.8 mm