{"id":161160,"date":"2023-05-06T15:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=161160"},"modified":"2023-05-06T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T14:40:22","slug":"vpi-goldy-a-new-mc-cartridge-based-on-audio-technica-at-oc9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/vpi-goldy-a-new-mc-cartridge-based-on-audio-technica-at-oc9\/","title":{"rendered":"VPI Goldy: A new MC cartridge based on Audio Technica AT-OC9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0<b>VPI\u00a0<\/b><b>Industries introduced the\u00a0<\/b><b>VPI\u00a0<\/b><b>Goldy<\/b>\u00a0moving coil (MC) cartridge\u00a0, which was another result of a partnership with Audio Technica.\u00a0The <b>Goldy<\/b>\u00a0is based on the Audio Technica AT-OC9 model and uses a line contact stylus with a boron cantilever. The VPI Goldy cartridge is named after the second daughter of VPI Industries President Mat Weisfeld, Goldie.<b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/38_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Mat Weisfeld<\/b>\u00a0commented:\u00a0<i>\u201cThe goal is to create a more economical option that still delivers excellent value for money while being reasonably easy to set up.\u00a0When creating\u00a0<\/i><i>Goldy\u00a0<\/i><i>, as with\u00a0<\/i><i>Shyla\u00a0<\/i><i>, we focused on reproducing the midrange while maintaining dynamic lows and high detail at high frequencies<\/i>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/39_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The VPI\u00a0<\/b><b>Goldy<\/b>\u00a0moving coil cartridge\u00a0will be available for a suggested retail price of\u00a0<b>$1,300<\/b>\u00a0.<b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>VPI Goldy Cartridge Specifications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Body material:<\/b>\u00a0aluminum<\/li>\n<li><b>Needle sharpening:<\/b>\u00a0Special Line Contact<\/li>\n<li><b>Needle Curvature Radius:<\/b>\u00a01.5 x 0.28 mil<\/li>\n<li><b>Cantilever:<\/b>\u00a0bur, diameter 0.28 mm<\/li>\n<li><b>Frequency response:<\/b>\u00a020Hz &#8211; 50kHz<\/li>\n<li><b>Channel separation:<\/b>\u00a028 dB (1 kHz)<\/li>\n<li><b>Vertical tracking angle:<\/b>\u00a020\u00b0<\/li>\n<li><b>Downforce:<\/b>\u00a01.8 &#8211; 2.2g (recommended 2.0g)<\/li>\n<li><b>Recommended load resistance:<\/b>\u00a0Min.\u00a0100 ohm<\/li>\n<li><b>Coil resistance:<\/b>\u00a012 ohm (1 kHz)<\/li>\n<li><b>Coil Inductance:<\/b>\u00a025mH (1kHz)<\/li>\n<li><b>Output voltage:<\/b>\u00a00.4 mV (at 1 kHz, 5 cm\/sec)<\/li>\n<li><b>Weight:<\/b>\u00a07.6g<\/li>\n<li><b>Dimensions (H\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>W\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>D):<\/b>\u00a017.3 x 16.8 x 25.7 mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0VPI\u00a0Industries introduced the\u00a0VPI\u00a0Goldy\u00a0moving coil (MC) cartridge\u00a0, which was another result of a partnership with Audio Technica.\u00a0The Goldy\u00a0is based on the Audio Technica AT-OC9 model and uses a line contact stylus with a boron cantilever. The VPI Goldy cartridge is named after the second daughter of VPI Industries President Mat Weisfeld, Goldie. Mat Weisfeld\u00a0commented:\u00a0\u201cThe [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/vpi-goldy-a-new-mc-cartridge-based-on-audio-technica-at-oc9\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":161161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-161160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}