Goldring unveils E4 moving-magnet cartridge
The E4’s new super-elliptical nude diamond stylus features what Goldring says is: “lower effective tip mass, improved rigidity and better high-frequency detail retrieval than ‘bonded’ elliptical alternatives”. It measures 7.6 x 18 microns and is cut and polished from a single homogeneous piece of diamond.
To complement its low tip-mass stylus, the E4 features a hollow aluminium cantilever tube. Goldring says: “the light weight and superior stiffness of the material allows the stylus to trace medium-to-high frequencies with greater accuracy, while simultaneously reducing distortion and mis-tracking”.
It also features Magnetic Duplex Technology, which means stereo information is contained in a single ‘V’-shaped groove that has perpendicular sidewalls angled at 45°. The company claims that: “conventional cartridges, which use a single large magnet interacting with two vertically mounted coils (one for left-channel information, one for right) to extract a stereo signal from the groove, can permit high levels of crosstalk – and consequently only a modest amount of left and right-channel separation. E4 uses Goldring’s Magnetic Duplex Technology that positions two low-mass magnets at the same angles as the coils – so each magnet interacts only with its partnering coil. This allows the E4 to transcribe the information in the groove more accurately and results in greater stereo separation and a more accurate soundstage.”
The E4 moving-magnet cartridge is priced at £200, the E4 stylus at £145.
Available to buy now, you can find out more about the E4 here.
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