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Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2021

Expectations have been met. This cartridge has received rave reviews, and it has lived up to them. Superb definition, textural layering and a "naturalness" to the music.

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JB

Fussy High Performance MM Cartridge - Not For Everyone

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2019

Overall a very nice cart. Good tracker, excellent detail, neutral overall with spec'd loading. Works best with medium to med/high-mass arms, due to the compliance of the suspension. If you have a low-mass tonearm, I'd recommend looking at something else, maybe the Goldring 2000 series instead.

IME the 1042 has a long break in period and a fussy setup, but now that I've got things dialed in and the cartridge suspension has loosened up I'm enjoying it a lot. I'll just say that if you are unwilling to go the extra mile with setup, forget about this cartridge. I ended up having to adjust the azimuth a little bit and in order to get the VTA right, I had to switch headshells.

I found the cart tracked better at 2.0g rather than 1.7g. I had to experiment with anti-skate and ended up setting it with a CBS-STR 100 test record to get it right. Too much or too little and things will sound sibilant, especially during the run in period.

It's also a hot cart, with 6.5 MV output. That means you'll need to dial back phono preamp gain if you can, ideally to something around 34dB. If you can't do that, you'd better HOPE you phono preamp has a very generous overload margin. With one particular phono preamp I got excessively harsh sibilants and high frequencies along with a grainy overall sound, despite the fact that it sounded great with other cartridges. The 1042 led me to seek out a more robust phono preamp and I ended up with a Graham Slee Reflex M. This handles the 1042's high output with ease and the problems I had before went away.

Even though I like this cartridge a lot, I will admit the Gyger-S stylus on it doesn't track inner grooves *quite* as well a some of the Shibata and Microline/Microridge styli I've used. Whether that is due to the relatively stiff compliance of the 1042 or the Gyger-S stylus shape I cannot say.

One major downside is the U.S. pricing on this cartridge at the time of this writing. If you don't mind ordering it from Europe, you can get a much better price.

Bottom line, a very good cartridge but not for everyone.

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Putmeon

Perfekte Lösung für relativ wenig Geld.

Reviewed in Germany on June 10, 2021

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Ich habe einen neuen Tonabnehmer für meinen Rega P3 gebraucht, da mein (sehr solider) Elys 2 leider kaputtgegengen ist.
Viele die ich kenne und die sich mit HiFi auskennen haben mir folgende Tonabnehmer empfohlen: Rega Exact, Nagaoka MP200/300, Ortofon Bronze und schlussendlich den Goldring 1042. Am Ende fiel die Wahl auf den letzteren. Die Installation war ein bisschen knifflig, aber nicht so kompliziert wie einige schildern. Dazu kommt es dass ich mich vorerst entschieden habe, keine Spacer zu kaufen (und ich beziehe mich hier speziell auf Rega Planar!), Tonabnehmer zu monitieren und dann schauen! Goldring bietet hier eine super geile Feature bei der Montage, und zwar man kann man den vorderen Teil mit der Nadel einfach runtergeben, um die Nadel vor einer Beschädigung während der Montage zu schonen! So kann man bestimmt auch ganz leicht die Nadel austauschen, und nicht den ganzen Tonabnehmer wie bei Rega Elys oder Exact. Nach dem ich VTA adjustierst habe und mich vergewissert habe dass die Einstellung passt, habe ich natürlich gleich mal eine Platte aufgelegt und mich langsam an den neuen Klang angewöhnt und bin seither begeistert mit dem neuen Sound meines Plattenspielers. Ein riesiger Sprung von Elys – Separationen sind viel deutlicher, die Mediums sind wunderbar, alles ist so smooth aber gleichzeitig detailliert, ausgeglichen! Leider bin ich jetzt draufgekommen dass mein Rega io nicht ganz ausreicht und bin auf der Suche nach einem neuen stärkeren Amp… Alles in allem, wunderbar und für recht wenig Geld, ein genialer Tonabnehmer!

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Carles

Excelente

Reviewed in Spain on October 2, 2021

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Excepcional aguja. El montaje fue un poco complicado para mi thorens tp60 headshell, puesto que los tornillos que venian con el Goldring no encajaban con este portacapsulas. Al final utilizé los tornillos que ya tenia del antiguo cartucho y pude encajar-lo, eso si colocando antes un cartoncito entre el portacapsulas y el cartucho para que este no bailara. Mi antiguo cartucho era un ortofon OM10 y la verdad es que el cambio es espectacular ya desde los primeros discos pinchados, y parece que la cosa promete pues mejora en cada uso. En definitiva muy satisfecho.

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Giuseppe Vercelli

SPETTACOLARE

Reviewed in Italy on March 5, 2023

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Appena montata e tarata col braccio, noti la differenza sui media in particolare evidenziando molto bene i bassi ed enfatizzando gli alti. Non immagino, o forse si, appena avrà fatto il rodaggio

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F. Geremias

The best Cartridge I have owned

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2022

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Some said it was a tricky one to put on the arm and Align, I would say just a little fiddly maybe 10 mins to screw on arm and then align...so not too bad. The cartidge itseld once used digs out detail on tracks I've never heard before ...amazing really I'm listening to all my old records and yes all have an extra layer of detail and extra ambience. The needle so fine that even after a good clean it still digs out old crud that must have been deep in groove lol. So some records need a second wash dry and play for the amazing music they contain. A wonderful cartridge trully.

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S. Jacques

Excellente cellule à aimant mobile.

Reviewed in France on March 13, 2021

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En remplacement de mon Elys 2 sur ma platine Rega 3 de 1985. Un peu délicate à installer. Pour presque deux fois le prix de la précédente je ne regrette pas ce choix. D'autant plus que le stylet est remplaçable. C'est une cellule qui a fait ses preuves car elle est commercialisee par Goldring depuis les années 90. Un succès justifié ! Excellente dynamique, excellent équilibre entre les registres, profondeur de l'image stéréo, largeure maîtrisée, grande clarté. On ne peut rien reprocher car elle donne envie d'écouter ses vieux vinyles pendant des heures, les redécouvrir même, avec ce charme que seul l'analogique fournit au mélomane.

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Jose Anntonio

Parece una buena cápsula.

Reviewed in Spain on November 24, 2016

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En las primeras audiciones parece una buena compra.Provaremos con diferentes configuraciones para poder valorar con una mejor perspectiva.Dificultosa en el montaje.

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Francesco Celati

Altissima qualità, ma....

Reviewed in Italy on May 12, 2022

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La testina arriva in una bella confezione, dotata anche delle viti e dei dadini necessari per fissarla alla testina. La qualità sonora è veramente elevata, ma è da tenersi conto che ha realmente bisogno di qualche decina di ore di rodaggio per liberare poi un suono pieno, ricco, equilibrato con bassi profondi e controllati, medi naturalissimi e acuti brillanti ma mai metallici o troppo squillanti.
Ciò che invece è estremamente critico è il settaggio della testina, ed in particolare il VTA. Io l'ho presa per sostituire una Ortofon 2M bronze e, con il VTA calibrato per quest'ultima, la parte plastica piana nella parte inferiore sfiorava il disco. Dunque accertatevi, prima di acquistarla, di poter regolare il VTA del vostro giradischi, altrimenti potreste trovarvi nei pasticci.

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Old Man Allen

Amazing sound

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2020

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The Golding 1042 is a fabulous cartridge. I didn’t find it too difficult to fit to my Rega P8 despite the lack of threaded body. When the needle hits the groove, oh wow! Smooth, punchy, detailed, involving. If a better MM exists I have yet to hear it.

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