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Grado Questions

I have an old XTZ stylus on silver body. Its probably at least 20 years old. It was given to me so thought I would mount it up and see what happens. Sound is nice, smooth, seems fairly detailed. The 20 years has probably taken its toll on the stylus ( looks good under the loop), the suspension is probably shot as compared to a new stylus or I would suspect it has deteriorated. I also have a Gold 1 body. The arm is a Rega 600 with Mitchell Techno Weight on an original Roksan XerXes table with a Origin Live motor and controller.

My question is: Would a new XTZ stylus on the silver cartridge body sound good? How would it sound on the Gold-1 body?

Thanks
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Hi Johnnyb53 its an original from 1976. Judging from the performance of the old stylus in the cartridge body its sounds fine in that nothing dropping out, or shorting out. I just feel the old XTZ stylus is not quite as revealing as a new one could be.

I am pretty sure any Grado stylus will fit on any cartridge body i.e. stereo with stereo. Do you think I would get good performance out of Gold-1 with a XTZ new stylus on it?

Thanks for the LP Gear link. I did call Grado but did not get a tech person.
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