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Ortofon Cadenza Bronze MC-Cartridge

Cadenza Bronze is a true high-end reference cartridge, conveying music with supreme precision, impact and dynamics.
The Cadenza Bronze model is using a Replicant 100 stylus and a conical aluminium cantilever.
The coil wire is the famous Ortofon Aucurum wire, which is a gold plated 6NX copper wire.
Field Stabilizing Element/FSE, is used for optimal linearity especially during complex crescendo passages.

Cadenza Bronze stereo imaging capabilities illuminate the farthest corners of the soundstage in all three dimensions.


STYLUS RAKE ANGLE (SRA)
With a complex stylus shape like the Replicant 100, there must be special attention paid to positioning the diamond in the groove.

The Stylus Rake Angle (SRA - see figure) is very important to the performance of the Replicant 100 stylus, and the long contact surface (the sharp edge) of the diamond should be almost perpendicular to the record surface when viewed from the side.  The angle between the record surface and the cantilever is close to 23 degrees when SRA is 90 degrees.

A perfect starting point is to set the tonearm parallel to the record surface and to use the recommended tracking force. The contact surface will be close to perpendicular to the record surface with this setting. The SRA can now gradually and carefully be changed be adjusting VTF and, if necessary, the tonearm height. The target should be an SRA around 92 degrees, determined by the listening experience. In other words, the point of the stylus should point slightly towards the tonearm base.


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 Bronze Technical data

    • Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5cm/sec. - 0,4 mV
    • Channel balance at 1 kHz - < 1 dB
    • Channel separation at 1 kHz - > 24 dB
    • Channel separation at 15 kHz - > 20 dB
    • Frequency range at - 3dB - 20 - 55 kHz
    • Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz - +/-1,5
    • Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force *) - 80 µm
    • Compliance, dynamic, lateral - 12 µm/mN
    • Stylus type - Nude Ortofon Replicant on conical alu cantilever
    • Stylus tip radius - r/R 5/100 µm
    • Tracking force range - 2,2-2,7 g (22-27 mN)
    • Tracking force, recommended - 2,5 g (25 mN)
    • *) Typical value
    • Tracking angle - 23°
    • Internal impedance, DC resistance - 5 Ohm
    • Recommended load impedance - 50-200 Ohm
    • Cartridge body material - Stainless steel / Aluminium
    • Cartridge colour - Bronze/Black
    • Cartridge weight - 10,7 gram



    Review

    Positive Feedback ISSUE 51 September/October 2010

    Reviewed by John Hoffman

    "...The Cadenza Bronze is certainly a top flight cartridge, and its performance reflects Ortofons substantial engineering resources and manufacturing experience...

    ...Cadenza Bronze is an excellent tracking cartridge, and its ability to minimize surface noise will be an attribute that can be appreciated by any perspective owner...

    ...The Bronze certainly has the ability to extract all the fine detail contained in a recording and excels at all the audiophile approved tasks. Performers are clearly defined, tonal balance is evenly reproduced, and dynamic contrasts are faithfully recreated. The touch of warmth that Ortofon has infused into the design, results in a cartridge with an easy-going nature, which invites a person to listen for hours on end... "


    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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