Goldring Ethos - MC Cartridge

Ethos is a high-end cartridge with a naked diamond stylus with Vital mount.

This polyhedral line contact profile was chosen because it has a very low tip mass and a large contact area while being very narrow from front to back; also allowing distortion-free recovery of ultrasonic frequencies in a recording.

To properly process this information, the heart of the Ethos cartridge is Goldring’s hand-built GOL-1 moving coil generator. Featuring a hand-wound cross-shaped soft iron armature and married to a low-resonance aircraft-grade aluminum chassis, each is precision-tuned by expert craftsmen to achieve the absolute best level of performance.

The result is that one simply immerses oneself in the musical experience... and that is the whole Goldring ethos.

Technical specifications
Stylus profile: Vital line contact
Cantilever: Aluminum alloy
Replacement stylus: Factory replaceable
Frequency range: 10 Hz - 32 kHz
Frequency response: ± 2 dB (35 Hz - 20 kHz)
Channel balance: <1dB at 1kHz
Channel separation: >30 dB at 1 kHz
Sensitivity: 0.5 mV ± 1 dB @ 1 kHz, 5 cm/s (rms)
Static compliance: 25 mm/N
Dynamic compliance: 15 mm/N
Vertical tracking angle: 20°
Load resistance: 100Ω
Load capacity: 100 - 1000 pF
Internal inductance: 7.5 µH
Internal resistance: 4 Ω
Cartridge mass: 7.7 g
Total mass (incl. fixings): 8.5 g
Fixing Centers: 12.7mm (0.5 inch)
Game Weight: 1.5 - 2.0g (1.75g)