Karma-AV has introduced Mobile Fidelity’s UltraGold moving coil phono cartridge to UK vinyl fans. Precision crafted in Japan and voiced by Spiral Groove founder Allen Perkins, the UltraGold MC (£1,499) offers analogue lovers “the exceptionally wide frequency response, tonal richness, lifelike separation, and true-to-the-source faithfulness of a class-leading audiophile MC design”.
The UltraGold MC has a nude Shibata diamond profile stylus and boron cantilever with a neodymium magnet and Permendur yoke, housed within an ultra-low resonance aluminium/brass extrusion. The UltraGold MC is “easy to set up in virtually any system”: the threaded cartridge body permits mounting to a head shell or integral tonearm with just two screws.
Specifications
Type – Dual Moving Coil Stereo
Weight – 7.3g
Tracking Force – 1.8-2.2g
Recommended Load – > or = 100 Ohm
Static Compliance – 40 x 10e-6/dyne
Dynamic Compliance – 10 x 10e-6/dyne
Frequency Response – 20 – 35,000Hz
Stylus – Shibata
Output Voltage – 0.4mV
Colour – Gold and Black