sgh, where do you live? if you don't have a graham dealer in your area, email me and i'll give you someone to call. i agree with musikdok that the arm's most important, though you won't fully appreciate the many attibutes of the graham without a cartridge of equal quality that fits your system. before my graham, i had an airtangent 2b and sme 5. the graham blows these away. it will, BTW, mate with your oracle but sound even better on a basis.
Graham or the Frog: which is crucial?
I own an Oracle Delphi Mk V/SME 309/Goldring Eroica H combo running into an EAR 834P. As tragic as this is to admit, we are approaching the twlight of analogue replay which makes it excruciatingly difficult to audition equipment. I would like to upgrade both my tonearm and pick-up cartirdge, but I would like to spend some time listening to these thousands of dollars worth of gear before I commit! These are my three questions: 1.) Is the tonearm or the cartridge more important and why? Which should I spend more on? 2.) Is the Graham 2.0 a good match for this 'table? Mikey liked it, but I've never heard it. Any other suggestions? 3.) Is the Frog a good mate to either of these? Again, any suggestions? Thanks.