Dual CS 618Q
DualCS 618Q quartz-stabilized direct-drive turntable: automatic tonearm lift and stop, dual-gimbal tonearm, Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge, and heavy cast-aluminum platter. Tracking error within ±0.07%.
MC Cadenza Red Delivers Open, Dynamic Sound with a Touch of Warmth

Output Voltage at 1 kHz 5 cm / sec - 0.45 mV
Channel Balance - 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 - + 3 / -1
Tracking Ability at 315 Hz at Recommended Tracking Force *) - 80 μm
Compliance, Dynamic, Lateral - 12 μm / mn
Stylus Type - Nude Fine Line On Alu Cantilever
Stylus Tip Radius - R / R 8/40
Tracking Strong Strength - 2.2-2.7 g (22-27 mn)
Tracking Force recommended - 2.5 g (25 mn)
*) Typical Value
Angle Tracking - 20º
Internal Impedance, DC Resistance - 5 Ohm
Recommended Load Impedance - 50-500 Ohm
Cartridge Body Materia - Stainless Steel Aluminum
Cartridge Color - Red / Black
Cartridge Weight - 10.7 g
MC Cadenza Series' Accessories Included The Package
The Cadenza Red Model is using a nude fine line Stylus with a cylindrical aluminum cantilever. The Stylus Tip 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.
At Ortofon WE Constantly look for new technology to be used in our Products and Push The Performance of Existection Technology. Thus WE assures the highst level of performance and quality. The Kontrapunkt Models and MC Jubilee Beckame Market Standards and ARE Among Our Most Popular Cartridge. Nevertheless Ortofon DECIDED TO DEVELOPE A NEW CARTRIDGE SERIES THAT IS EVEN MORE AMBITIOUS.
By caarefully Implementing Cobalt-Iron Pole Pieces, New Improved Winding Process On The Armature, Using Extreded Aluminum 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 COMPLETE RANGE OF CARTRIDGES, WHICH MANT AN INTRODUCTION OF MOVING COIL CADENZA MONO MODEL TO BUSINESS OUR CUSTOMERS, WHO Have An Extended Interest in Micro Groove Mono Records.
Cadenza (From Italian: Meaning Cadence) Reverses 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 Share The Solo Instrument Plays During The Whole Piece. At the end of the cadenza, The Orchestra Re-enters, and GeneryLly 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 Intezed for the solo to be improvised, in Order for the Solo That They Cond Practice in Advance. Some of These Have Become So Widely Played and Sung That they are Effectively A part of the Standard Directory.
Specific References
DualCS 618Q quartz-stabilized direct-drive turntable: automatic tonearm lift and stop, dual-gimbal tonearm, Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge, and heavy cast-aluminum platter. Tracking error within ±0.07%.