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If you cannot adjust them you might well say c&c are a pain in every way. However you can service them with just a pair of cone spanners, grease and a few ball bearings if required. They are angular contact bearings with preload which deal better with the lateral loads a rear hub sees in use. They have larger balls such can take a higher load. They can be well sealed, although they're not in all cases. You can routinely service them to extend the life. You can use different greases or even oil depending on your needs. You can also use higher grade balls than fitted as stock.
On the other hand cartridges are a straight swap with no fine, potentially tricky and slow adjustment required. They might require other tools to replace, although you can generally manage without these. They're not designed to be serviced, rather to be replaced, although again, people do pop off the seals, flush and relube. Replacement cost is pounds rather than pence for loose balls.
I've had both. Got fancy cartridge bearings on my skateboard. Find them both OK. Slightly prefer C&C on balance for bike hubs as per the above. I happily use a cartridge bearing bottom bracket, partly because the angular contact in a cup cone BB is the wrong way round.
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what's the matter with cartridge? only asking, because i found cup and cone to be a royal pain in the arse in every way.. with cartridge you just ride the hell out of the factory ones and then install some high end stuff and forget them..