Cartridge for an old GRACE 707?


Question for the analog gang. I receintly picked up an old Oracle Delphi I with a Grace 707 tonearm. When it arrived the stylus on the original Grace F9 cart was missing.

I see a Grace 704 uni-pivot in the classifieds for $295.00. I am having a hard time finding much out about the Grace tonearms. Is the 707 a "keeper"?

Any feedback on the arm or suggested carts. is appreciated.
dickens
doug s..
Not sure who is dumping on you. I started the thread and yours was one of posts that helped me learn about the need for matching a high compliance cart with my low mass arm. I thank you for that.
Bart
Thanks Captain. I have an old Oracle Delphi and the 707 came mounted on it. (Perhaps not the best way to ship) There does not appear to be much room for adjustment albiet there is some. Do you feel it would make sense for me to try and improve on the positioning or go with it the way it arrived? I'm obviously quite new at this and after breaking one Sumiko Blue Point Special a bit gun shy.

Thanks
Bart
HI BART, AS LONG AS YOU CAN ACHIEVE THE CORRECT OVERHANG FOR YOUR CARTRIDCE THE ARM IS IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.THE TEMPLATE IS NEEDED FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO INSTALL THIS ARM ON AN UNDRILLED ARMBOARD.ANOTHER PROBLEM CONCERNING OVERHANG IS THAT THE DISTANCE OF THE STYLUS TO THE CARTRIDGE MOUNTING HOLES IS NOT THE SAME ON ALL CARTRIDGES.THAT IS WHY HEADSHELLS HAVE SLOTTED HOLES AND THE SME STYLE MOUNT ALLOWS FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE ARM IN THE MOUNTING BASE,LIKE ON A GRAHAM 1.5 WITH THE SME MOUNTING BASE.THE GRACE 707,REGAS AND MANY MORE ARMS DO NOT HAVE THIS FLEXIBILITY IN THE BASE SO THE ARM LOCATION IN THE ARMBOARD IS SUPER CRITICAL.MY OLD TABLE WITH THE GRACE 707 WORKED GREAT WITH THE MICRO ACOUSTICS BUT WHEN I UPGRADED TO A G.A.S SLEEPING BEAUTY I COULD NOT GET THE CORRECT OVERHANG.THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN THE DEALER WAS DRILLING THE ARMBOARD FOR THE GRACE HE WAS PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE SANDWICH HE WAS EATING AT THE TIME!!I HAVE HAD THE SAME OVERHANG PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER TABLE AND ARM WHEN TRYING DIFFERENT BRAND CARTRIDGES WHICH HAD A FIXED MOUNTING BASE. REGARDS,RICH
My education continues! With everyones posts and reading and re-reading Robert Harley's "The Complete Guide to High End Audio" it is starting to make sense.

Good Listening to all!
Bart
Hi Captain,
is it safe to ass-u-me the micro acoustics 20 is a high-er compliance cart. I guess it must be if you were satified with it on your 707.
Bart