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Description
Ortofon Cadenza Black
At the top of the range, the Cadenza Black offers the best sound. The boron in the needle shaft is a Nude Shibata needle: excellent tonal neutrality, dynamics and sound purity characterize its reproduction.
The Cadenza Black is the Flagship of the popular Cadenza range of Moving Coil cartridges. It employs a pristine-cut 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 aluminum, making it a real premium component choice.
The Black model also uses the WRD (Wide Range Damping-system), controlling the high and low frequency damping separately. The coil wire is the famous Ortofon Aucurum wire, which is a gold plated version of the popular 6NX copper wire.
Cadenza Black is optimized for an amazing tonal neutrality, dynamics and purity of sound. It is high performing in areas like detail, consistency and sound staging.
WRD System:
The Wide Range Damping (WRD) System is an impressive component devised previously only for the special edition cartridge models - such as MCA 90 or MC Windfeld. The way it works is that a small, heavy disc of exotic metal is clamped between two rubber absorbers with different properties. This makes sure that the tracking performance is maintained simultaneously with the perfect damping in the whole frequency range, with the effect that distortion and resonance are avoided.
The WRD system, which was originally introduced in the MC 20 Mk II in 1979 and was also used in the MC Jubilee and many of Ortofon's other top-class cartridges, is one contributory reason why the Cadenza Black can cover such a wide frequency range, and achieve an impressive 90µm tracking ability at the recommended tracking force.
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 Aluminum 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 an 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.
Technical data:
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Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5 cm/sec.: 0.33 mV
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Channel balance at 1 kHz: < 0.8 dB
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Channel separation at 1 kHz: > 27 dB
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Channel separation at 15 kHz: > 20 dB
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Frequency range at - 3dB: 20 - 60,000 Hz
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Frequency response 20 kHz to 20 kHz: +1.5/0
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Tracking ability at 315Hz at recommended tracking force *): 90 µm
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Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 16 µm/mN
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Stylus type: Nude Shibata is a Boron Cantilever
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Stylus tip radius: r/R 6/50 µm
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Tracking force range: 2.0-2.5 g (20-25 mN)
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Tracking force, recommended: 2.3 g (23 mN)
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Tracking angle: 20°
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Internal impedance, DC resistance: 5 Ohm
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Recommended load impedance: > 10 Ohm
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Cartridge body material: Stainless steel Aluminum
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Cartridge colour: Black/Black
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Cartridge weight: 10.7 g