- Lively, finely resolved sound
- Pleasant to install and handle
- Somewhat fiddly change of needle insertion
For a list price of 150 euros, there is hardly a cartridge that offers more listening pleasure than the Goldring E3. It is uncomplicated to mount, fits mechanically very well into many popular tonearms and also looks good. The only criticism is that you can't see the stylus quite so well under the wide housing when you put it on...