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MC Cadenza Black
Emotions in sound
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.
Cadenza Black is the best of everything, true to the groove with resolution and accurate insight into each recording.
Accuracy level
A benchmark performance
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. The Cadenza Black is high performing on areas like detail, consistency, and sound staging.
- Channel balance at 1 kHz: < 0,8 dB
- Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec: 330 μV
- Channel separation at 1 kHz: > 27 dB
- Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz: +1,5/0
- Tracking ability at 315 Hz: 90 μm
- Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 16 μm/mN
- Stylus type: Nude Shibata on Boron cantilever
- Stylus tip radius: r/R 6/50
- Tracking force range: 2,0-2,5 g
- Tracking force, recommended: 2,3 g
- 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 g
Ortofon-branded products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 2 years from the date of original retail purchase when used in accordance with Ortofon’s user manuals. If a defect arises during the warranty period, Ortofon, at its option will (1) repair the product at no charge or (2) exchange the product with one of equivalent functionality or one that is at least functionally equivalent to the product it replaces. This warranty excludes damage resulting from abuse, accident, modifications, unauthorized repairs, improper installation, or other causes that are not defects in materials and workmanship as well as normal depletion of consumable parts such as styli unless failure has occurred due to a defect in materials or workmanship.