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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

Name:

Ethos

Product code:

GL0003M

Colour:

Silver

Cartridge type:

Moving coil

Stylus 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

Frequency range:

10 Hz - 32 kHz

Frequency response:

± 2 dB (35 Hz - 18 kHz)

Channel balance:

<1 dB at 1 kHz

Channel separation:

>30 dB at 1 kHz

Sensitivity:

0.5 mV ± 1 dB at 1 kHz, 5 cm/s (rms)

Static compliance:

25 mm/N

Dynamic compliance:

15 mm/N

Vertical tracking angle:

20°

Load resistance:

100 Ω

Load capacitance:

100 - 1000 pF

Internal inductance:

7.5 μH typical

Internal resistance:

4 Ω typical

Cartridge 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)