Goldring Elite

Goldring Elite: MC cartridge with Gyger S stylus and silver coils

The Elite is a low-output moving coil cartridge that brings together Goldring's long-established solutions. The stylus is a Gyger S nude diamond line contact with a 5 µm radius: it reads the groove almost like the head that cut it, with a response extended to 30 kHz.

Generator and body

The armature, in Swedish iron, is wound by hand in pure silver wire, giving more definition than copper; the magnetic circuit uses a neodymium magnet. The body is in very rigid Pocan.

Fitting and matching

It has the standard half-inch mount and fits most tonearms with an effective mass from 5 to 20 g. It needs an MC phono input, or a step-up transformer, with a 100 Ω load. Tracking force should be kept between 1.5 and 2 grams (1.75 recommended). As with any cartridge, after fitting it you should set alignment, tracking force and anti-skating following the tonearm instructions.

• Type: moving coil (MC), low output
• Stylus: Gyger S nude diamond line-contact, 5 µm radius
• Frequency response: from 20 Hz to 30 kHz (± 3 dB)
• Output voltage: 0.6 mV (1 kHz, 5 cm/s)
• Cartridge mass: 5.5 g