CES 2006

Clearaudio's Goldfinger

Larry Greenhill  |  Jan 8, 2006

The German Clearaudio company, ever-reverent of James Bond's lineage of luxury philosophy, introduced the $17,000 Goldfinger cartridge. Magnets have been doubled up to eight pieces, and a dynamic range of an extraordinary 100dB is claimed. Eric Clapton's "Layla" on vinyl (Reprise 9362-4502-1) never sounded better, I thought.

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Submitted by Jim Tavegia (not verified) on January 7, 2006 - 9:00pm

I guess Mickey just found the new cartridge for the Continuum.

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Submitted by Simon (not verified) on January 7, 2006 - 9:00pm

Broke the stylus clean off mine last night :-( Best sounding cartridge out there, compared it to the Dynavector DR-XV1s & Insider Reference Wood, huge dynamic range & clarity.

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Submitted by Monty (not verified) on January 8, 2006 - 9:00pm

I hear that is the cartridge the SE version of the Continuum is going to come standard with. Just kidding! Just kidding! Jeez...

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Submitted by addict44 (not verified) on January 8, 2006 - 9:00pm

That has got to be one of the best pics in this blog.

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Submitted by Naz (not verified) on February 9, 2010 - 11:14pm

Also just broke the the cantilever clean off mine and for a while I thought I could live with my Insider Ref Wood ... I couldn't!

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