Goldring Ethos Moving Coil Cartridge

Ethos is a truly high-end cartridge featuring a vital-shank, nude-diamond stylus. This polyhedral, line-contact profile was chosen because it has a very low tip-mass and a large contact area whilst being very narrow from front to back; even enabling the undistorted retrieval of ultrasonic frequencies in a recording. 

In order to properly process this information, at 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 aluminium chassis, each one is precision tuned by our expert craftsmen to achieve our best ever level of performance. 

The result is that one becomes simply immersed in the musical experience - and that's our whole Ethos.

To ensure a cartridge reproduces an accurate transcription of the record groove, the cartridge components must be rigidly mounted to the tonearm, whilst simultaneously allowing the tiniest movements of the diamond stylus to be transmitted, via the cantilever, to the sensing coils. The Legacy boasts an ultra-low resonance magnesium metal body which is both very light and extremely strong.

For convenience and rigidity, it has threaded inserts allowing the cartridge to be easily mounted and accurately aligned into the head-shell. The stylus is a very low mass 'Vital' fine line diamond, which is highly polished and gives extremely low distortion. To maintain rigidity, this is attached to a hard alloy cantilever which transfers the maximum level of detail from the diamond to the coils; the latter are hand wound using only the highest purity copper. 

To achieve the optimum compliance required to deliver a smooth, extended frequency response, the stylus damper is formed from a bespoke rubber mixture. Lastly, a precision, rare earth, Neodymium iron boron magnet helps deliver outstanding dynamics.

Aluminium Body Shell

The body is precision-milled from a low density, rigid, aircraft grade aluminium which helps to maintain a low effective mass and enables it to dissipate unwanted resonances into the tonearm where they are effectively ‘grounded’.

Alloy Cantilever

The stiff and lightweight alloy cantilever tube has been tuned to the ideal length for cartridge stability and ride height. Its length has been optimised to reduce inertia in the suspension system and improve trackability.

Cross-Shaped Armature

The coils are wound around a cross-shaped armature of pure, high-permeability, Swedish iron. The reduced unsprung mass improves the ability for the stylus to track the groove wall and minimises cross-talk, improving the stereo image.

Line Contact Stylus

The line-contact diamond profile provides a large contact area with the groove wall, improving the retrieval of high-frequency detail and reducing groove wear. Its vital-shaped shank has a low tip mass giving the design exceptionally good trackability.

Neodymium Magnet

A very light and powerful neodymium magnet is clamped between two pole shoes creating a perfectly uniform magnetic field gap, within which the cross armature is suspended. This gives Ethos its typically flat and extended frequency response.

Optimised Suspension

The new damper pad uses a bespoke butyl rubber compound to keep the system critically damped. Combined with an expertly tensioned tie-wire, the cartridge remains ultra-stable even during the loudest and most complex passages.

Specifications

Model DetailsName: Ethos

• Product code: GL0003M
• Colour: Silver
• Cartridge type: Moving coil

Electrical CharacteristicsLoad resistance: 100 Ω

• Load capacitance: 100 - 1000 pF
• Internal inductance: 7.5 μH typical
• Internal resistance: 4 Ω typical

ConstructionStylus profile: Vital line-contact

• Stylus radius: 8 x 35 μm (0.3 x 1.4 mil)
• Cantilever: Aluminium alloy
• Coil wire: Oxygen free copper
• Coil windings: 32 per channel
• Armature type: Low mass cross shape
• Magnet: Neodymium
• Generator model: GOL-1
• Body material: Aircraft aluminium
• Replacement stylus: Factory replaceable

Mechanical CharacteristicsCartridge mass: 7.7 g

• Total mass (incl. fixings): 8.5 g
• Fixing centres: 12.7 mm (0.5 in)
• Playing weight: 1.5 - 2.0 g (1.75 g)

Transducer Characteristics

Frequency range: 10 Hz - 32 kHz

• Frequency response: ± 2 dB (35 Hz - 20 kHz)
• Channel balance: <1 dB at 1 kHz
• 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°

K6Believes

We, here at K6Believes, try our best to ensure that our customers are completely satisfied and receive an excellent eBay experience. If you have any issues at all, please do not hesitate to contact us before opening a case.

We will always aim to do the best to resolve any issues. We will only pay the return delivery costs if the item was delivered wrong or it is faulty out of the box.

Any valid purchase made from us that carries a warranty, is ONLY valid in the UK.

Therefore, if you have any problem that is covered by your warranty, you will have to return the item to us in the UK, at your cost.

For Returns

The returns process must be started within 30 days of your initial order. We ask all items that are returned to us be wrapped in outer material (brown paper, plastic, clear wrap, black wrap or anything similar) complete with original packaging.

Any items that are damaged or have parts and accessories missing will be subject to a re-stocking fee or in some cases even rejected.

Please ensure you contact us before returning the item to obtain a returns reference. You must also ensure you include your name, eBay ID, and the reason for the return; it will speed up the refund process.

Refunds are processed with the same payment method as the original purchase.

Domestic Shipping

We provide delivery for Free, using Royal Mail Tracked 48, on all of our UK orders, as long as you complete your order before 2pm

(Monday - Friday, Excluding Bank holidays). 

International Shipping

We have started to use eBays Global Shipping Programme (GSP). This has been recommended for its costs and efficiency for both ourselves and you the Customer.

These items will be sent to a Global Shipping Programme (GSP) depot in the UK by ourselves, then the GSP will then take over the shipping process. 

Multiple items bought together, will be bundled into 1 Parcel (if Size or Weight allows, we will try our best to bundle items together if ordered in separate transactions)