Ortofon Cadenza Mono äänirasia

The Ortofon Cadenza Mono is the last addition to the Cadenza range, and it brings high-quality pick-up technology back to the now often over-looked world of mono recordings. The Cadenza Mono is made with a nude fine line stylus and a cylindrical aluminium cantilever. For easy use the pins are connected, so you get the same signal from both pairs of connecting pins. The stylus radius is r/R 8/40 µm. 

Sharing internal build with the stereo Cadenza Red, and with optimized adjustments for mono playback, the sound is relaxed, homogeneous and moderate.

Dig out your old records, as well as new micro-groove mono records and experience the Cadenza Mono in all its glory.

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.

Output Voltage (at 1kHz, 5cm/sec): 450 mikroV

Frequency Range (at -3dB): 20 Hz - 50 kHz

Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz: -3

Tracking Ability at 315Hz: Typically 70 mikrometri

Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral: 12mikrometri / mN

Stylus Type: Nude Fine Line

Cantilever: Aluminium

Stylus Tip Radius r / R: 8 / 40

Tracking Force Range: 2.2 - 2.7g (22 - 27mN)

Recommended Tracking Force: 2.5g (25mN)

Tracking Angle: 20º

Internal Impedance / DC Resistance: 5ohm

Recommended Load Impedance: 50 - 500ohm

Cartridge Body Material: Stainless Steel Aluminium

Cartridge Colour: Natural / Black

Cartridge Weight: 10.7g