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Description
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
The next step up is the MC Cadenza Bronze. The needle is an Ortofon Replicant 100 mounted on a tapered aluminum needle stem. The stereo separation of the sound and the impression of space are drawn wonderfully, bringing a new dimension to classical music in particular.
The Ortofon Cadenza Bronze boasts a Replicant 100 stylus and a conical Aluminum cantilever. The coil wire used is the famous Ortofon Aucurum wire, which is a gold-plated version of the popular 6NX copper wire. A Field Stabilizing Element, FSE, is used for optimal linearity especially during complex Crescendo passages, making this cartridge perfect for Classical genres.
The Cadenza Bronze is a true high-end reference cartridge, conveying music with Supreme precision, impact and dynamics. Its stereo imaging capabilities illuminate the farthest corners of the soundstage in all three dimensions, creating an uncompromising, involving performance.
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:
- Output voltage at 1000 Hz, 5 cm/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 to 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 is a conical aluminum 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)
- Tracking angle: 23°
- Internal impedance, DC resistance: 5 Ohm
- Recommended load impedance: 50-200 Ohm
- Cartridge body material: Stainless steel / Aluminium
- Cartridge color: Bronze/Black
- Cartridge weight: 10.7 g