Dear @joenies : My mistake. Your vintage Grado is not similar to the AEON but to the top of the line EPOCH 3 that's the one with a price tag over 10K: go figure .
R.
Fun with MM cartridge
Greetings,
I haven’t listened to a MM cartridge in over 35 years. Since I bought my first MC cartridge there was no need for me to listen to MM cartridges any longer. They just extract more music from records.
I have 3 turntables in my system, all with different MC cartridges. A few weeks ago I thought it would be fun to pull out one of my MM cartridges from my toy box and give it a listen. I installed a Grado XTZ on the TT. Gave it a listen, it sounded dull and lifeless. It’s a hard cartridge to drive, has a low output. I even move it to my MC input on my phono drive to get more gain. Same outcome. I was disappointed with the sound, since it has very few hours on it. Went to my toy box and installed a Grace F9E cartridge. Put on an album and gave it a listen. It put a big smile on my face. What a nice sounding cartridge. It had a good sound stage, bass was good, had good width, depth and height. Played a few more records, it is a fun cartridge to listen too.
I still prefer my MC cartridges but the F9E will stay on my TT for right now. Every once in a while I’ll listen to it, just to have fun.
Joe Nies
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Dear @joenies : Agree with @lewm , your Grado is truly excellent performer. Today top of the line Grado AEON 3 that @awise1961 mentioned comes with similar design and the AeON is a10K+ cartridge. Yes, 1.5mv " low " output. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |