Ortofon Cadenza Blue MC Cartridge 0.5mV

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Description

The MC Cadenza Blue adds more dynamics and resolution, sounds more open and reproduces more details!

20% off trade-in price	$1631.20

Cadenza Blue is true to the music with a tremendous clarity!

The Cadenza Blue model is using a Nude FG 70 stylus with a very thin ruby cantilever. The coils are made from 6NX (99.9999 %) pure silver wire. An improved winding process on the armature allows a better channel balance.

The soundstage of Cadenza Blue is wide open and grandiose straight out of the box. Micro dynamic and ambience will be evident when listening to complex compositions. It reaches a very high degree of definition in the perspective, which is very present.

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. Its 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.

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.

"...if you want a cartridge to give you detail, space, integrity and vitality and fresh insights into every old-favourite LP you put on, the Cadenza Blue will do just fine... " - Steve Harris, Hi-Fi News, March 2010

Specifications:
Output voltage at 1 kHz 5 cm/sec: 0,5 mV
Channel balance: < 1,2 dB
Channel separation at 1 kHz: > 23 dB
Channel separation at 15 kHz: > 15 dB
Frequency range at -3 dB: 20 Hz: 50 kHz
Frequency response 20 Hz: 20 kHz: +2/-1
Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force *): 80 µm
Compliance, dynamic, lateral: 12 µm/mN
Stylus type: Nude FG 70 on Ruby cantilever
Stylus tip radius: r/R 6/70
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: 50-200 Ohm
Cartridge body material: Stainless steel Aluminium
Cartridge colour: Blue/Black
Cartridge weight: 10,7 g
1 Year Warranty

*Typical value