{"id":5083,"date":"2026-03-20T14:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:24:20","slug":"etsuro-introduces-the-gin-nezu-cartridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/en\/news\/etsuro-introduces-the-gin-nezu-cartridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Etsuro introduces the Gin-nezu cartridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small revolution at Etsuro, a brand of the Excel Sound group, which is releasing its first non \u2018Urushi\u2019 cartridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Named Gin-nezu (literally \u201csilver-gray\u201d), this cartridge largely retains the same specifications as the Urushi Cobalt (nearly twice as expensive), but features a boron cantilever with a diameter of 0.28 mm. Although already considered high-end, this material had not yet been used by the brand, which had opted for sapphire on the Cobalt and Bordeaux models and pure diamond on the Gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chassis, made of A7075 super-duralumin, remains unchanged from the three existing models, but it is no longer coated with Urushi lacquer, as the Gin-nezu features a matte silver-gray finish. The 80-\u03bcm microline shaped diamond stylus remains the same as that found on the two higher-end series, with a tracking force still rated at 70 \u03bcm at 2 g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the connectors are also in rhodium-plated, the coils in this MC (Moving Coil) cartridge have been redesigned, as the internal impedance rises to 5 \u03a9\u2014a value that remains very low, but 1 \u03a9 higher than the Gold (4 \u03a9) and 2 \u03a9 higher than the Cobalt and Bordeaux (3 \u03a9!), while the channel separation boasts an excellent value of 30 dB (compared to 33 dB for the others).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having already passed through our hands, this Etsuro Gin-nezu cartridge manages to retain the musicality and soundstage depth of the Etsuro Urushi, while offering a reduced price of 2 490 \u20ac. We\u2019ll tell you more about it in detail very soon in a review!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-id=\"5085\" src=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gin-nezu3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gin-nezu3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gin-nezu3-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-id=\"5084\" src=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gin-nezu4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gin-nezu4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gin-nezu4-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small revolution at Etsuro, a brand of the Excel Sound group, which is releasing its first non \u2018Urushi\u2019 cartridge. Named Gin-nezu (literally \u201csilver-gray\u201d), this cartridge largely retains the same specifications as the Urushi Cobalt (nearly twice as expensive), but features a boron cantilever with a diameter of 0.28 mm. Although already considered high-end, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":5089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5087,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions\/5087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}