Ortofon Cadenza Black Moving Coil Cartridge
The Cadenza Series of high-end Moving Coil (MC) cartridges was born out of the success of Ortofon's Kontrapunkt and MC Jubilee models. Though those models are amongst the most popular Ortofon has ever produced, the Danish cartridge masters still decided to develop a new range that was even more ambitious.
- Sound optimised for tonal neutrality, amazing dynamics and true-to-the-groove information retrieval
- Overhead mounting cartridge for installing into a headshell
- Moving Coil cartridge design
- Stainless steel and aluminium body construction
- Nude Shibata diamond stylus
- Superior boron cantilever
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), controlling the high and low frequency damping separately.
Cadenza Black is optimized for an amazing tonal neutrality, dynamics and purity of sound. It is high performing on areas like detail, consistency and sound staging.