The Gold Note Giotto is a premium moving coil (MC) cartridge engineered to deliver exceptional analogue performance. Featuring an Ultra Micro Elliptical diamond stylus paired with a lightweight boron cantilever, it offers an extended frequency response, outstanding dynamics, precise imaging, and remarkable musical detail from every vinyl record.
Representing one of Gold Note's most advanced cartridge designs, the Giotto has been developed for discerning audiophiles seeking uncompromising musical reproduction. Every component is the result of meticulous engineering and hand-crafted production, combining advanced technology with premium materials to reveal even the most subtle sonic nuances.
The cartridge body is precision-machined from a solid block of Duralumin 7000, a high-performance alloy selected for its exceptional rigidity and vibration-damping characteristics. Working in harmony with the boron cantilever, the Ultra Micro Elliptical diamond ensures highly accurate groove tracking while minimizing wear on both the stylus and vinyl. The result is a pure, dynamic presentation with outstanding clarity, natural tonal balance, and an expansive three-dimensional soundstage.
The Giotto is characterized by its neutrality, exceptionally low noise floor, excellent groove-tracing ability—even in the innermost grooves—and an impressive capacity to recreate the depth and perspective of the original recording. Its effortless musicality makes every listening session engaging and immersive.
Maximum Compatibility
With a wide and linear frequency response of 10Hz–40kHz, the Giotto delivers deep, controlled bass, natural midrange, and detailed, extended high frequencies. Its 0.35mV output and 8Ω internal impedance have been carefully optimized for compatibility with a broad range of high-end phono preamplifiers and analogue systems.
Whether paired with a dedicated analogue setup or integrated into a sophisticated reference audio system, the Gold Note Giotto is designed to reveal the full musical potential of both the recording and the playback system.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Moving Coil (MC) low-output phono cartridge
- Output voltage: 0.35 mV
- Frequency response: 10 Hz – 40 kHz
- Internal impedance: 8 Ω
- Recommended load impedance: 100 Ω
- Channel separation: >30 dB
- Channel balance: <0.5 dB
- Compliance: 12 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne
- Recommended tracking force: 2.0 g
- Boron cantilever
- Ultra Micro Elliptical diamond stylus (5 × 150 µm)
- Copper coil windings
- Duralumin 7000 alloy body
- Cartridge weight: 10 g
- Handmade in Florence, Italy
