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Ortofon MC Cadenza Black

Ortofon Shibata Diamond Phono Cartridge - MC Cadenza Black

Ortofon MC Cadenza Blue

Ortofon Moving coil with a very Thin Ruby Cantilever - MC Cadenza Blue

Ortofon MC Cadenza Mono

Ortofon Fine Line Diamond for Mono Cartridges - MC Cadenza Mono

Ortofon MC Cadenza Black

Ortofon Shibata Diamond Phono Cartridge - MC Cadenza Black

Ortofon MC Cadenza Bronze

Ortofon Replicant 100 Diamond Phono Cartridge - MC Cadenza Bronze

Ortofon MC Cadenza Red

Ortofon High-End Moving Coil Cartridge - MC Cadenza Red



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Cadenza Black is optimized for an amazing tonal neutrality, dynamics and purity of sound.

The Cadenza Black model is using a Nude Shibata stylus with a boron cantilever. The effective mass of the stylus/cantilever system is extremely low due to the use of a very thin boron rod. This material is extremely stiff and even more lightweight than aluminium.

It also uses the WRD/Wide Range Damping-system applied for MC Windfeld, MC A90, MC Anna, Xpression and MC A95 cartridges, controlling the high and low frequency damping separately.

The coil wire is the famous Ortofon Aucurum wire, which is a gold plated 6NX copper wire.

Cadenza Black is high performing on areas like detail, consistency and sound staging.

MC Cadenza Series' accessories included the package

  • 1 x Stylus brush, fibre
  • 1 x Screwdriver
  • Leadwires, pair LW-6N
  • Screws, pair M2,5 x 3
  • Screws, pair M2,5 x 5
  • Screws, pair M2,5 x 6

The Cadenza series

At Ortofon we constantly look for new technology to be used in our products and push the performance of existing technology. Thus we assure the highest level of performance and quality. The Kontrapunkt models and MC Jubilee became market standards and are among our most popular cartridges. Nevertheless Ortofon decided to develope a new cartridge series that is even more ambitious.

By carefully implementing cobalt-iron pole pieces, new improved winding process on the armature, using extruded aluminium housing in the models as well as other changes, we have been able to reveal new possibilities in performing the analogue information. It was also decided to make a more complete range of cartridges, which meant an introduction of a moving coil Cadenza Mono model to support our customers, who have an extended interest in micro groove mono records.

Each of the five Cadenza Series cartridges has its own individual sonic expression, and all five models together represent the ensemble of five classic variations:

  • MC Cadenza Mono is a true mono cartridge for playing mono microgroove vinyl records
  • MC Cadenza Red delivers open, dynamic sound with a touch of warmth
  • MC Cadenza Blue adds more dynamics and resolution, sounds more open and reproduces more details
  • MC Cadenza Bronze adds even more details and resolution but in a very evenhanded way that pays respect to all elements
  • MC Cadenza Black is the best of everything, true to the groove with resolution and accurate insight into each recording

The story about Cadenza

Cadenza (from Italian: meaning cadence) refers to a portion of a concert in which the orchestra stops playing, leaving the soloist to play alone in free time, without a strict, regular pulse. A cadenza can be written or improvised. It’s usually the most elaborate and virtuosic part the solo instrument plays during the whole piece. At the end of the cadenza, the orchestra re-enters, and generally finishes off the movement.

During the 19th century, composers began to write cadenzas out in full. Others wrote cadenzas for works, where the composer had intended for the solo to be improvised, in order for the soloist to have a well formed solo that they could practice in advance. Some of these have become so widely played and sung that they are effectively a part of the standard repertoire.

Specifications
Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec.0,33 mV
Channel balance at 1 kHz < 0,8 dB
Channel separation at 1 kHz> 27 dB
Channel separation at 15 kHz> 20 dB
Frequency range at - 3dB 20 - 60.000 Hz
Frequency response 20 kHz - 20 kHz +1,5/0
Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force *)90 µm
Compliance, dynamic, lateral 16 µm/mN
Stylus typeNude Shibata on Boron cantilever
Stylus tip radius r/R 6/50 µm
Tracking force range2,0-2,5 g (20-25 mN)
Tracking force, recommended 2,3 g (23 mN)
Tracking angle20°
Internal impedance, DC resistance 5 Ohm
Recommended load impedance> 10 Ohm
Cartridge body material Stainless steel Aluminium
Cartridge colourBlack/Black
Cartridge weight 10,7 gram



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