Goldring E4

Goldring E4 (New 2023 Stock)

"…one of the best sounding entry-level phono cartridges available below $500."

The E4 joins the E1, E2 and E3 models in the award-winning E Series.

Goldring introduces its flagship E Series moving magnet cartridge: E4. Designed as the ultimate upgrade for any modern budget or midrange turntable, E4 represents the pinnacle of E Series engineering and performance.

E4 is designed to be compatible with all medium-to-high-mass tonearms of the type found on the majority of budget to midrange turntables. And because it’s constructed using the same high-quality core as the other E Series cartridges in the range, E4 is ideal both for those who wish to upgrade an obsolete cartridge in its entirety or those who want to boost the performance of their existing E Series cartridge by replacing the stylus.

Key features at a glance:

• New super-elliptical nude diamond stylus features lower effective tip mass, improved rigidity and better high frequency detail retrieval than ‘bonded’ elliptical alternatives.
• The lightweight and superior stiffness of the hollow aluminium cantilever allows the stylus to trace medium-to-high frequencies with greater accuracy.
• Magnetic Duplex Technology™ allows a more accurate transcription of the stereo groove which results in a more accurate soundstage
• Expert adjustment facility: Unlike most designs, E4 allows micro-adjustments to be made during the production process, ensuring each cartridge leaves the Goldring factory with optimised channel balance and crosstalk settings

New super-elliptical nude diamond stylus

The E4 features a ‘nude’ super-elliptical stylus of just 7.6 x 18 microns (0.3 x 0.7 mil), cut and polished from a single homogeneous piece of diamond. This makes for a lower effective tip mass of improved rigidity, which in turn means its ability to retrieve high-frequency detail is dramatically improved when compared to the ‘bonded’ elliptical stylus alternative.

SPECS

• Frequency Range: 20 Hz – 20 kHz
• Channel Balance: < 1.5 dB @ 1 kHz
• Channel Separation: > 20 dB @ 1 kHz
• Sensitivity: 3.5 mV (1 kHz @ 5 cm/s)
• Static Compliance: 20 mm/N
• Vertical Tracking Angle: 20°
• Stylus Radius: 7.6 micron (0.3 x 0.7 mil)
• Stylus Type: Nude eliptical
• Load Resistance: 47 kΩ
• Load Capacitance: 100 – 200 pF
• Internal Inductance: 400 mH
• Internal Resistance: 410 Ω
• Cartridge Mass: 6.9 g
• Fixing Centre: 12.7 mm (0.5 in)
• Playing Weight: 1.5 – 2.5 g (1.75 g recommended)

Stereo information is contained in a single ‘V’-shaped groove that has perpendicular sidewalls angled at 45 degrees. 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.

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