Proclaimed "The Best Moving Coil" by The Absolute Sound: Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement MC Cartridge Delivers Reference Performance Via RF Shielding and 12-Magnet Array
The first cartridge with integrated RF shielding, the Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement MC phono cartridge is designed to play on the world's finest analog systems and reproduce the music on the greatest recordings ever made with unstinting clarity, liveliness, dynamics, realism, and responsiveness. Featuring 12 perfectly matched and symmetrical magnets – an unprecedented achievement – surrounding its coils. The Product of the Year Award-winning Goldfinger Statement allows systems to reach the long-unattainable dynamic range of 100dB. And by using 30% thinner 24-karat gold wire for the coils than utilized in its predecessor for lower moving mass, precision-milled gold mounting for the magnet array, and solid 14-karat gold body, Goldfinger Statement accounts for the ultimate in fine-tuned analog luxury. Clearaudio's world-renowned Micro HD diamond stylus accounts for superlative detail retrieval while a flawless diamond facia rounds out an instrument that sounds as spectacular as it looks.
"Simply put, Goldfinger Statement is the best cartridge Clearaudio has yet made – and, in Jonathan Valin's view, the best moving coil (a lot of) money can currently buy."
– The Absolute Sound, Product of the Year and Editors' Choice Awards
Experience Unprecedented Detail, Openness, Naturalism, Presence, and Dynamics
Imagine Goldfinger Statement on your tonearm, and then dare to imagine how real, open, vast, natural, and emotionally engaging your vinyl LPs will become with it expertly tracking their grooves. Yes, Goldfinger Statement demands meticulous setup and and alignment. But nothing worthwhile is ever easy. Reference-setting, transfixing, and capable of wondrous delicacy as well as majestical insight, this is one experience you don't want to miss.
"Put simply, it has a big, bold, enveloping sound and dynamic abilities that absolutely take your breath away. It brings performers right to the fore, laps up complex bass lines, images with pinpoint perfection and yet can rustle up the most ethereal sense of delicacy when required."
– Hi-Fi News
Frequency response: 20 Hz - 100 kHz
Stylus shape: Micro HD
Cantilever: Boron
Coil assembly: Absolutely symmetrical design
Coil material: Gold 24 K
Compliance: 15/15 µ/mN
Recommended tracking force: 2.8 g
Crosstalk: > 45 dB
Channel balance: 0 dB
Output voltage: 0.9 mV (at 5 cm/sec)
Coil impedance: 35 Ohm
Body material: Gold 14 K