Tommaso Dolfi, marketing manager at Gold Note states:
Gold Note started 5 years ago. It’s a brand that was introduced by Akamai, a brand that has been working in the industry for more then 20 years. We’re based in Italy. Our headquarters and production are located in Firenze. We have a full and complete line up of analogue products and electronics and now speakers. The core business of Gold Note has been analogue turntables from the start. So we were designing our turntables and cartridges in-house, with the help of the best supplier of the world, like for example with cartridges we get help from a Japanese company. Everything else we make in-house.
Our background in the design and development of turntables help us a lot in achieving the right knowledge to design and manufacture our electronics. Starting from the modern turntable, which requires harder and softer interaction, we made it possible to develop all the necessary knowledge and move into the electronics world: sources, amplifiers and a streamer.
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Analogue first, electronics second
Gold Note’s own account traces its core business back to analogue turntables, designed and built from its Florence-area headquarters. That analogue-first order matters for how the rest of the catalogue developed: the company states it designed its turntables and cartridges in-house — drawing on outside specialist help for some cartridge components, including a Japanese supplier — before the harder engineering discipline required for turntables carried over into building sources, amplifiers and a streamer.
What turntable engineering taught the rest of the line-up
Gold Note frames its move into electronics as a direct extension of what it learned building turntables — components that demand precise mechanical interaction between hard and soft materials. That background, the company says, gave it the technical grounding to move from a purely analogue product range into a fuller electronics line-up. It’s a lineage that’s less common in hi-fi, where turntable specialists and electronics makers are often separate companies rather than one continuous skill set.
Frequently asked questions
What was Gold Note’s original core business?
Gold Note turntable heritage begins with analogue turntables, which the company states have been its core business from the start, designed and built in-house at its headquarters near Florence, Italy.
Does Gold Note make its own cartridges?
Gold Note states it designs its turntables and cartridges in-house, drawing on outside specialist suppliers — including a Japanese company — for select cartridge components.
How did Gold Note expand from turntables into electronics?
The company says the mechanical discipline required for turntable design gave it the grounding to move into sources, amplifiers and a streamer, building out a full electronics range.
