Ortofon
Cadenza Black
Introduced 2009$3,200 MSRP
The Cadenza Black is the flagship moving-coil cartridge in Ortofon's Cadenza series, pairing a boron cantilever with a nude Shibata diamond stylus and gold-plated Aucurum coil wire to deliver the series' most refined tracking and tonal balance. Reviewers have praised its combination of detail retrieval and musicality, describing it as a significant step up from the rest of the Cadenza lineup.
MSRP
$3,200
Used market · Excellent
$1,700
-47% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $1,500 at launch to $1,700 today.
Specifications
- Price
- US$2,879 (Galibier Design, Jan 2025 price list); US$3,199 / €2,999 / £2,449 at other retailers
- Stylus
- Nude Shibata, boron cantilever
- Weight
- 10.7 g
- Output
- 0.33 mV
- Coil system
- Aucurum coil wire (gold-plated 6NX copper)
- Stylus type
- Nude Shibata Diamond, tip radius r/R 6/50
- Output voltage
- 0.33 mV
- Tracking force
- 2.3 g
- Channel separation
- >27 dB
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz–20 kHz, +1.5/0 dB
- Cantilever material
- Boron
- Tracking force range
- 2.0–2.5 g (recommended 2.3 g)
- Channel separation 1
- >27 dB kHz
- Compliance dynamic lateral
- 16 μm/mN
- Recommended load impedance
- >10 Ohm
- Output voltage 1 khz 5 cm sec
- 0.33 mV
- Internal impedance DC resistance
- 5 Ohm
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