Pre-Owned Ortofon Cadenza Black MC Cartridge

The Cadenza Black is a flagship-status cartridge that boasts 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 aluminium, making it a real premium component choice. The coil wire is the famous Ortofon Aucurum wire, which is a gold plated version of the popular 6NX copper wire.

This cartridge has been optimised for an amazing tonal neutrality, dynamics and purity of sound. It performs better than any other cartridge at this level in detail, consistency and sound staging. Additionally, the Black model also uses Ortofon’s Wide Range Damping (WRD) system, effectively controlling the high- and low-frequency damping separately. This system works by clamping a small, heavy disc of exotic metal between two rubber absorbers with different properties. The result is superlative tracking ability (90µm with the Cadenza Black) with perfect damping across the whole frequency range and no distortion or resonance.

Specifications

• OUTPUT VOLTAGE (@ 1000HZ, 5CM/SEC.) – 0.33 mV
• CHANNEL BALANCE (@ 1000HZ) – < 0.8 dB
• CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 1000HZ) – > 27 dB
• CHANNEL SEPARATION (@ 15000HZ) – > 20 dB
• FREQUENCY RANGE (@ -3DB) – 20 – 60000 Hz
• TRACKING ABILITY (@ 315HZ AT RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE) – 90 μm
• COMPLIANCE, DYNAMIC, LATERAL – 16 μm
• STYLUS TYPE – Nude Shibata
• TRACKING FORCE RANGE – 2.0 – 2.5 g
• RECOMMENDED TRACKING FORCE – 2.3 g
• TRACKING ANGLE – 20 °
• INTERNAL IMPEDANCE – 5 Ω
• CANTILEVER MATERIAL – Boron
• RECOMMENDED LOAD IMPEDANCE – > 10 Ω
• CARTRIDGE WEIGHT – 10.7 g