The demanding nature of moving coil designs often prevents a clear upgrade path for vinyl enthusiasts. With the Eroica HX, turntable owners can enjoy the greatest gains in performance of an MC cartridge without the hassle of a system-wide upheaval – this cartridge delivers a stunning moving coil performance from a moving magnet input.
Arriving at a price comparable to that of a good moving magnet cartridge, Eroica HX is designed to work straight from the box, and to slot into an existing system with no fuss whatsoever. Simply installing it in place of an old moving magnet cartridge will enable users to enjoy improved dynamics, enhanced stereo imaging and controlled, distortion-free high frequencies immediately, with no additional equipment or any system adjustments required.
The Goldring Eroica HX comes equipped with a Gyger II diamond stylus that traces frequencies as high as 50kHz without distortion, housed in lightweight Pocan composite material, chosen for its anti-colouration properties. The Gyger II diamond stylus has a tiny five micron playing radius, which means it can trace frequencies as high as 50kHz without distortion, and thanks to the cross-armature’s low mass it can react to musical transients with absolute precision. This is, unsurprisingly, a delicate mechanism. So Goldring has ensured it’s fully protected by enclosing it in a light, rigid and attractive housing formed from Pocan, which has no input into the sound the cartridge makes.
This is a new pure-iron cross-armature design for low crosstalk and reduced effective mass, using ultra-fine, enamelled-copper windings for higher output and correct impedance matching. By using numerous these ultra-fine windings – so fine they literally float – Eroica HX has output sufficient to work with moving magnet phono inputs without compromising the low crosstalk that moving coil designs are prized for.
And by deploying a new pure-iron cross-armature, the copper windings have a permeable path for the parallel magnetic field in which to operate, resulting in greater output and correct impedance matching. In addition, the cross-shape design can separate left and right stereo channels far more effectively than the moving magnet alternative.
The Goldring Eroica HX is compatible with virtually all tonearms, no matter if they’re straight, S-shaped or J-shaped, and no matter if they’re made from aluminum or carbon-fibre. Its standard size fitment means it can be mounted using standard fixings, from above or below the headshell.
The Goldring Eroica HX moving coil cartridge is available in June 2022, priced at $899 USD or €699 EUR. Fidelity Imports now distributes Goldring in the US.
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