Having lived with the Ethos fir a few months now, installed on a new Rega P8, I have no hesitation in recommending it. Tons of detail but without being overly analytical, beautiful neutral tone, no tracking problems whatsoever and virtually no distortion. Great for all types of music but vocals in particular are astonishingly life-like

Over the last few years, I’ve always wondered about the quality of my Benz ACE L. So it showed me every fine change in my playback chain – in the positive as well as in the negative. I have been building my own speakers for almost 4o years and therefore need first-class equipment for the development. At the end of 2017, I allowed myself an Emitter II and an ASR phono stage, which is now battery operated. My turntable I built myself from Thorens components. The one or the other will now certainly nose out, but … with this Thorens … he got a 12 inch tonearm … the subchassis alone weighs a good 13 kg … its center of gravity, the center of the spring triangle and the bearing plate even “are” vertically exactly at this SAME point.

This results in a uniquely soft suspension or decoupling. Enough of the preface.

As far as pickups are concerned, a lot has changed in recent years. If you believe the trade press, the quality of new systems is significantly above average in terms of price. I have read about the Transrotor Figaro reports. Also from Linn Krystal you hear only good. Both are made of gold ring. Interesting (!) I thought.

At the end of 2018 Goldring presented its own MC system called Ethos. Significantly cheaper than the aforementioned … therefore worse?

I could not imagine that and so I bought it “good luck”.

The first hour of listening was awful – but it’s normal. It got better and better.

After 7 hours, it was comparable to my Benz Micro ACE. The Benz was even better in terms of space, but the timbres … middle … wooden in particular, were already more authentic with the ethos. I could keep listening to how things got better (and still will).

It now has a good 30 hours of groove time. It sounds gigantic!

No, it does not sound natural! It reproduces. And in such a high quality that I mean mine

Venyl must hear completely new * happy *.

This – for me a main reason of my joy – sounds soft! S-lutes now come over without a trace of hissing – as if sung from one mouth – as authentically as I could not hear them yet. Especially in the middle, I hear information that was previously hidden from me. Background voices are more clearly differentiated. Finest bells sound authentic, with correct reverberation in the room. Voices, from soft and full-bodied to clear and almost “bird-chirping”.

How many times have I thought it is the end of the possible. More often, I was wrong about this.

However, that the ethos (after only 30 hours) is already far above my expectations shows me clearly that I can rely on my feeling (the best gold ring you can buy good luck).

The same feeling now tells me that I no longer need to look for other pickups.

I reached the summit.

jos-audio@gmx.de

superb sound. couldent expect more.
works perfect with my MF mx vinyl