Cadenza Blue Moving Coil Phono Cartridge By Ortofon

With the Cadenza Blue, Ortofon tightened up the coil winding of the armature, improving channel balance and signal flow, giving the Cadenza Blue has a shockingly wide and deep soundstage, rendered with amazing clarity and definition.

Blessed with a smooth, fluid treble, lightning-quick transient response, and eye-opening resolution, the Cadenza Blue is guaranteed to reveal new dimensions of every LP in your collection. The Blue possesses tremendous impact throughout the frequency range and effortlessly untangles complex musical passages. Simply put, phono cartridges don’t get much better than the Ortofon Cadenza Blue.

“The Cadenza Blue is a fantastic experience, think deep soundstaging, wonderfully wide timbral resolution and beautifully sonorous treble; the sound stage stretches wide, instruments and singers have vivid life. The Blue was challengingly fast and deeply detailed, drums had deliciously resonant impact as they roll across the soundstage.”
– Hi-Fi World

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