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Ortofon Cadenza Black MC-Cartridge

Cadenza Black is optimized for 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


MC Cadenza Black Technical data

  • 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 type - Nude Shibata on Boron cantilever
  • Stylus tip radius - r/R 6/50 µm
  • Tracking force range - 2,0-2,5 g (20-25 mN)
  • Tracking force, recommended - 2,3 g (23 mN)
  • *) Typical value
  • Tracking angle - 20°
  • Internal impedance, DC resistance - 5 Ohm
  • Recommended load impedance - > 10 Ohm
  • Cartridge body material - Stainless steel Aluminium
  • Cartridge colour - Black/Black
  • Cartridge weight - 10,7 gram



Review
Hi-Fi World April 2010
Reviewed by Noel Keywood
"...the Black uses many moving parts of the A90...sound is weighty and satisfyingly rhythmic...The Black offered a beautifully smooth, svelte and expansive sound stage. It has generous stage depth and always sounds relaxed and in control of proceedings...
...If you are looking for an ultimately smooth and sophisticated sonic delivery from LP, Ortofon's new Cadenza Black is as good as it gets at what is a 'reasonable' price...the Black is a lovely cartridge..." 


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 develop 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.


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