Description
The Goldring E Series cartridges feature a dual magnet arrangement. Magnetic Duplex Technology uses two low mass magnets which interact only with their partnering pickup coil, angled at 45 ̊ to match the cutting head arrangement. This enables the cartridges to more accurately trace the record groove because they precisely emulate the geometry of the cutting head, “making for better stereo separation and a more accurate, involving and musical soundstage”.
The E3 cartridge features the same aluminium cantilever as the E2, but benefits from a superior, bonded, super-elliptical (0.3 x 0.7 mil) stylus. This gives it better high frequency detail retrieval over ordinary elliptical (0.4 x 0.7 mil) or spherical (0.6 mil) types due to its smaller front-to-back radius. The main effect is the reduction of sibilance, especially in high level vocal recordings.
Technical Specifications
| Colour | Violet |
| Cantilever | Aluminium |
| Stylus profile | Elliptical |
| Stylus radius | 0.3 x 0.7 mil |
| Transducer Characteristics | |
| Frequency range | 20 Hz – 20 kHz |
| Channel balance | 1.5 dB at 1 kHz |
| Channel separation | >20 dB at 1 kHz |
| Sensitivity | 3.5 mV (1 kHz @ 5 cm/sec) |
| Static compliance | 20 mm/N |
| Vertical tracking angle | 208 |
| Electrical Characteristics | |
| Load resistance | 47 kOhm |
| Load capacitance | 100 – 200 pF |
| Internal inductance | 400 mH |
| Internal resistance | 410 Ohm |
| Mechanical Characteristics | |
| Cartridge mass | 6.9 g |
| Fixing centres | 12.7 mm (0.5 in) |
| Playing weight | 1.5 g – 2.5 g (2.0 g recommended) |
