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Ortofon MC Cadenza Mono Cartridge

Ortofon MC Cadenza Mono Cartridge

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Find your old records as well as new micro groove mono records and experience the Cadenza Mono!

The Cadenza Mono model is made with a Nude Fine Line stylus and a cylindrical aluminium cantilever. The stylus radius is r/R 8/40 µm.
The coils are made from 6NX (99.9999 %) pure silver wire. An improved winding process on the armature allows a better channel balance.
For easy use the pins are connected so you get the same signal from both pairs of connecting pins.
Sharing internal build with the Cadenza Red and with optimized adjustments for mono playback the sound is relaxed, homogeneous and moderate.

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

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 develope 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.

Specifications

Specifications

Technical Data Mono
Output voltage at 1 kHz 5 cm/sec 140 μV
Channel balance
Channel separation at 1 kHz
Channel separation at 15 kHz
Frequency range at -3 dB 20 Hz - 580 kHz
Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz +3/-1
Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force *) 70 μm

Compliance, dynamic, lateral

12 μm/mN
Stylus type Nude fine line

Al. cantilever

Stylus tip radius r/R 8/40
Tracking force range 2,2-2,7 g (22-27 mN)
Tracking force recommended 2,5 g (25 mN)
Tracking angle 20º
Internal impedance, DC resistance 5 Ohm
Recommended load impedance 50-500 Ohm
Cartridge body material

Stainless steel

Aluminium

Cartridge colour Natural/Black
Cartridge weight 10,7 g

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Delivery & Returns

Delivery & Returns

We offer FREE delivery to the mainland UK (excluding Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Isle of White, Isles of Scilly, and some of the remote Scottish Isles).

For other areas please contact us for a quote. Select items can be delivered internationally by prior agreement. Again please contact us for a quote. We will always do our best to help.

Our aim is to dispatch goods within 2 working days of an order being placed. Please allow 5 working days from the time of your order to receipt of item. If an order is expected to take longer than this our order fulfillment department will contact you to inform you of this.

Where multiple items are ordered, we will dispatch them all in one package. If you have ordered any special or customized items, or items otherwise not immediately available, we will dispatch the order when all items are available. If you have any concerns regarding this, please contact us and we will do are very best to help you.