Ortofon D 20 E MK II Jico

The Ortofon D 20 E MK II from Jico is a replacement needle that is comparable in sound to the original needle.

For a long time Jico is known by the passionate audiophile for analog systems as the synonym for brilliant stylus replicas for turntables such as Shure, Elac, Philips, Sony, Pioneer, Audio Technica and Stanton – just to mention a few. The company Jico founded in 1873, with its headquarter in Hamasaka, Japan, looks back on a long history full of tradition. Originally founded as a manufacturer of needles to sew kimonos, Jico started the manufacturing of stylus for turntables in 1949. The secret of the worldwide success is not only the outstanding quality of the stylus and the excellent reproduction of sound but also its technical strength. By tradition only little technology is purchased and everything, except raw materials, is designed, calculated and produced in house. With this know-how 2,200 different types are produced and each stylus is handcrafted – tradition and technology in perfection