Post by dt79 on Oct 7, 2023 14:03:58 GMT
My Cadenza Black has got ~543 hours on it* and my thoughts have turned to what I’ll do next - re-tip, exchange for a new one, or sell and switch to something else.
I’m seriously thinking about getting out of the expensive MC game as I can’t be dropping £thousands on a new cartridge every 2-3 years and the Cadenza Black is now £650 more than when I bought mine(!). I’ve got a 2M Black which is great and suffers only in direct comparison to the Cadenza and I’ve always fancied trying one of the better AT MMs so I thought I’d see if there was any interest in the Cadenza.
They’re £2,650 new now, and my one probably has 1/3 of the life left in its stylus, so how would £850 delivered sound? It’s had a easy life as all my records, new or s/h, have been cleaned, most with a Velvet Vortex ultrasonic record cleaning machine. The stylus itself is dry-brushed before every album and cleaned with either Rodico Bergeon putty or an AT ultrasonic stylus cleaner & drop of Clearaudio Elixir stylus cleaner, once per week.
This is just an interest check, so if anyone is interested then I will make up my mind.
*If anything I think 543 is an over-estimate as it’s really a count of how many albums I’ve played, which I’ve assumed will be ~1hr each on average.
Dan
I’m seriously thinking about getting out of the expensive MC game as I can’t be dropping £thousands on a new cartridge every 2-3 years and the Cadenza Black is now £650 more than when I bought mine(!). I’ve got a 2M Black which is great and suffers only in direct comparison to the Cadenza and I’ve always fancied trying one of the better AT MMs so I thought I’d see if there was any interest in the Cadenza.
They’re £2,650 new now, and my one probably has 1/3 of the life left in its stylus, so how would £850 delivered sound? It’s had a easy life as all my records, new or s/h, have been cleaned, most with a Velvet Vortex ultrasonic record cleaning machine. The stylus itself is dry-brushed before every album and cleaned with either Rodico Bergeon putty or an AT ultrasonic stylus cleaner & drop of Clearaudio Elixir stylus cleaner, once per week.
This is just an interest check, so if anyone is interested then I will make up my mind.
*If anything I think 543 is an over-estimate as it’s really a count of how many albums I’ve played, which I’ve assumed will be ~1hr each on average.
Dan
