BERG (Swiss German) = mountain

In Switzerland, there is a centuries-old tradition in micro mechanics and watchmaking. Resting upon these skills, a small but excellent industry in manufacturing instruments for music reproduction has grown. With GOLDENBERG, this story is continued by creating the finest analogue audio products all made in Switzerland.

The manufacturing facility is located in a historic industrial building from 1833, built as a spinning mill driven by hydropower. The large rooms with traditional herringbone parquet flooring are flooded with light. A well-trained team assembles the Goldenberg cartridges piece by piece.

At a time when we are losing many of the old masters of cartridge design and the art of cartridge-building, we are delighted to find a brilliant, young, talented Swiss cartridge manufacturer in the person of Micha Huber. Micha, also the designer of the Thales turntable and tonearm line, has expanded his cartridge production from the venerable EMT products to a new venture, where he can express his more creative and innovative ideas: Goldenberg. The famous Swiss “Golden Berg,” or: Golden Mountain, which is nearby Micha’s Swiss manufacture, is the stuff of legends. We believe that this new line of ultra-precision phono cartridges will gain similar notoriety in the coming years. While “precision” is the watchword for Swiss watches and phono cartridges, it hardly encompasses the huge musical heart (and art) that these new audio jewels embrace. Here at profundo, the death of Transfiguration’s master designer Seiji Yoshioka and the subsequent demise of the company, seemed a loss which we could never replace. Meeting Micha Huber and hearing these new designs has caused hope to spring anew, that we can finally relax and settle back, deep into the music…