Disclaimer: I am Wed to Ortofon Cartridges and have very little concerns about the MC's produced by the Company from the early 2000's and onwards.
The Flagship Models and the Trickle Down ranges with Flagship Technologies have satisfied my needs.
I can't see your money being wasted on the Cadenza Black.
Look after it very very well and when the Needle Replacement time arrives, seek out needlestein for a Gyger FG 'S' retip and I am sure the extended use of the Cart' with this New Part, will leave you feeling very very happy. You are welcome to search the Web, for reports from others that have selected this as a method on Ortofon Cart's, I am yet to see the method reported on as a wrong choice.
This FG 'S' has the Styli Form that the Ortofon Replicant Stylus mimics, so it is a back door into a Cart' Ortofon did not want their Customers to get access to.
Maybe the C'b sharing the Aucurum Coil Wire and the Replicant, was a bit too close to the heels of the Flagship Windfeld and would be a cheaper route into the race to experience the Ortofon Top Tier of Cart's, and the C'b acquiring this positioning was not so welcome. Speculation as it is, the C'b has tremendous potential and should prove to be very satisfying.
Bear in mind the Aucurum Coil Wire and Relicant 100 Stylus is also found on the latest Flagship Cart' being the Verismo.
If all goes tickety boo with the Cart', you could be getting 2000+ Hours of LP replays for about a $1 per hour, Bargain, Bargain, Bargain.
The Verismo will set you back approx' $7 Dollars per hour on a 1000 Hour Usage.
