Ortofon Cadenza Mono MC Cartridge 0.45mV

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Description

A true mono cartridge for playing mono microgroove vinyl records!

20% off trade-in price	$1183.20

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.

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. 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.

"...Tonal qualities of the instruments were nicely textured and displayed... found the Mono seemed unperturbed by musical genre, and tracked perfectly through the most worn and damaged records that I could find... If you have many monophonic records...then a dedicated mono cartridge is most definately the best way to play them... The results are tightly timed, awash with musical detail and colour...undisturbed by sonic nasties... An insightful, detailed and musical cartridge..." - Tony Bolton, Hi-Fi World, May 2011

Specifications:
Output voltage at 1 kHz 5 cm/sec: 0.45 mV
Frequency range at -3 dB: 20 Hz: 50 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 on Alu 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
1 Year Warranty

*Typical value