Gold Note DA VINCI – MC Low Output Phono Cartridge

Richer detail, cleaner tracking and a beautifully natural tonal balance. The Gold Note DA VINCI is a low-output moving-coil cartridge designed to bring genuine high-end refinement to your vinyl setup. With a Micro Elliptical diamond, aluminium cantilever and rigid Duralumin 7000 body, it retrieves more information from the groove while keeping the presentation smooth, spacious and musically compelling.

• Low-output MC cartridge (0.4mV) for dedicated MC phono stages
• Micro Elliptical stylus for precise groove tracing and strong inner-groove clarity
• Duralumin 7000 body for rigidity, lower coloration and sharper focus
• Wide bandwidth (10Hz–35kHz) and very high channel separation (>30dB)

Product Overview

The Gold Note DA VINCI is engineered for listeners who want to unlock more realism and nuance from their records without losing musical flow. Its Micro Elliptical diamond improves contact with the groove walls compared to basic elliptical tips, helping it track complex passages more cleanly and reducing distortion as the stylus approaches the inner grooves.

The cartridge body is made from Duralumin 7000, chosen for its excellent stiffness-to-weight characteristics. This contributes to lower resonance and better control, allowing the cantilever and generator to work with greater precision. The result is a cartridge that sounds composed, detailed and balanced—an ideal upgrade for serious turntables and tonearms.

Listening Experience

The DA VINCI delivers a fast, textured and highly immersive presentation. Bass is tight and articulate, with clear pitch definition and confident impact—excellent for jazz, rock and electronic music where timing matters. The midrange is open and expressive, giving vocals and acoustic instruments realistic body and tonal colour.

Treble is extended and refined, bringing air and micro-detail without turning sharp. With >30dB channel separation, imaging is stable and spacious, helping soundstages feel wider and more layered. The Micro Elliptical stylus also helps maintain clarity on demanding recordings, with cleaner sibilants and improved inner-groove performance.

Phono Stage & System Matching

As a low-output MC cartridge (0.4mV), the DA VINCI is designed to be used with a phono stage that offers MC gain and adjustable loading. For best results:

• Use an MC phono preamp or an integrated amplifier phono stage that supports MC
• Start with the recommended load of 47Ω and fine-tune to taste
• Set tracking force accurately to the recommended value to maximise tracking stability

It’s a natural fit for high-resolution vinyl systems where the turntable, tonearm and phono stage can reveal the benefits of improved groove tracing and lower distortion.

Ideal Applications

• Upgrading from MM or entry-level MC cartridges to a more refined, spacious sound
• Improving tracking and clarity on complex passages and inner grooves
• Systems focused on soundstage depth, instrumental separation and natural timbre
• Serious vinyl listening with an MC-capable phono stage

Technical Specifications

• Type: MC Low Output phono cartridge
• Output level: 0.4mV
• Frequency response: 10Hz – 35,000Hz
• Impedance: 4Ω
• Suggested load: 47Ω
• Compliance: 12 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne
• Channel separation: > 30dB
• Suggested tracking weight: 2g
• Cantilever: Aluminium
• Diamond: Micro Elliptical
• Weight: 10g
• Body: Duralumin 7000

Why Choose the Gold Note DA VINCI?

The Gold Note DA VINCI is an exceptional choice if you want a low-output MC cartridge that combines precision, musicality and stable tracking. Its Micro Elliptical stylus and rigid Duralumin 7000 body deliver greater detail and cleaner inner-groove performance, while preserving a natural tonal balance and a wide, believable soundstage—exactly what makes vinyl so rewarding.