Henry, what is your opinion on the Goldring Carts?

Posted by FrankieLuvsVinyl (A) on December 20, 2005 at 09:17:45

In Reply to: New turntables posted by sojourner80 on December 18, 2005 at 18:37:05:

Is there anything you feel strongly about one way or another? I have the Maestro on my MMF-7 and I really have a hard time finding any general opinions on this cart in particular and Goldrings in general. Personally I think it's a good sounding cart, if not the most refined n the world. It seems to do a decent job of spacial imaging and has a palpable, if not seriously deep soundstage. Some recordings such as Caverna Magica (Andraes Vollenwider) which opens with the sounds of two people walking in a cave, really gives you the sense that you can "see" them moving around in the space.

On the other hand, the other day I noticed a slight harshness in the treble that I'd not noticed before. Since I'd been experimenting with the VTF, I'd been dialing it down, and it seems once the table sits idle for a few days it doesn't sound as good. I generally leave my components on all the time. I put the setting back up to 1.8 on the dial and it seemed to come back to itself after a few albums.

I remember your saing that the dial was off by about 0.2g, but you never said which way it was off, so is the dial light or heavy on your table?

Over all, the midrange is really nice with vocals tending to project foward in the soundstage. I noticed the othe day when playing Joni Mitchells - Mingus that she seemed to be standing in the room and slightly to the right.

The bass and mid bass has a nice weight and in Steely Dans - Pixelene from Everything Must Go, the song has a nice heft to it that is just right. The drums on the opening of the title cut are totally dynamic and the cosmic sax solo puts you right on the rim of the bell. All the songs on this album sound great to me though.

I have no complaints, but it could be that I'm just missing something that I don't know about. But ignorance is bliss, eh?

Opinions welcome.

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Topic - New turntables - sojourner80 18:37:05 12/18/05 (24)

Henry, what is your opinion on the Goldring Carts? - FrankieLuvsVinyl 09:17:45 12/20/05 (0)

Re: New turntables - Bob Wortman 08:42:43 12/19/05 (5)

Re: New turntables - Fred J 05:21:08 12/20/05 (4)

Re: New turntables - Bob Wortman 05:38:47 12/20/05 (3)

mmf-2 improvements - tketcham 08:34:26 12/20/05 (0)

Re: New turntables - Fred J 05:43:08 12/20/05 (1)

Re: New turntables - Bob Wortman 07:31:23 12/20/05 (0)

Re: New turntables - mondoribo 08:16:11 12/19/05 (0)

This Pro-Ject 1 Xpression looks like a good bet... - tketcham 20:00:59 12/18/05 (0)

MMF5 - hifitommy 19:25:01 12/18/05 (14)

Second the MMF-5. Plug and play for $550./nt\ - HenryH 03:33:45 12/19/05 (0)

System - sojourner80 19:32:46 12/18/05 (12)

Two bits of advice - vinyl1 19:37:59 12/18/05 (11)

Re: Two bits of advice - sojourner80 19:49:46 12/18/05 (10)

Two bits of opinion... - tketcham 07:49:40 12/19/05 (3)

Re: Two bits of opinion... - sojourner80 08:09:04 12/19/05 (2)

Raskin is offering free shipping on the MMF-5. /nt\ - HenryH 09:06:19 12/19/05 (1)

Re: Raskin is offering free shipping on the MMF-5. /nt\ - sojourner80 09:35:38 12/19/05 (0)

bellari - hifitommy 06:33:16 12/19/05 (0)

Re: Two bits of advice - HenryH 04:02:50 12/19/05 (4)

Re: Two bits of advice - Fred J 04:20:42 12/19/05 (3)

Re: Two bits of advice - HenryH 05:57:25 12/19/05 (2)

Re: Two bits of advice - sojourner80 06:45:06 12/19/05 (1)

Re: Two bits of advice - HenryH 06:57:40 12/19/05 (0)

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Henry, what is your opinion on the Goldring Carts? - FrankieLuvsVinyl 09:17:45 12/20/05 (0)

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