Cartridge for an old GRACE 707?

Hi, Dickens, your post takes me down memory lane (i.e. I've SEEN two Graces -- but can't quite remember one from the other). The wooden one (707?) worked well with the V den Hull MC10, MC20s; the Ortofon 10 & 30; Grado & Denon (but, model No??).
The Grace was playing (as I remember it), 1) on a Heybrook TT 2) on a Pink Triangle PTToo. I don't know about synergy with the Delphi so, can't comment. It was considered a good value arm at the time (early '80s).
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Cheers!

I had a 707 and really liked it. It was a great arm for the money. I used a ADC xlm that I liked the sound but it had very high complance and was touchy. I also used an Shure conical that was ok for the money.

I was and still am on a beer budget!

One of the reasons that the Grace 707 and the F9 series worked so well together is that the cartridge/stylus was high compliance. The Grace is a low mass arm and should not be used with low compliance carts. Look for a figure greater than 12X 10-to-the-minus6 cm/dyne (15 is better) So generally avoid Grado, Denon,Monster, most Supex, Dynavector. Go for Shure, Sumiko Blue Point, AudioTechnica,Ortofon, some Signet models. If in doubt, check with Sumiko in Berkeley,CA.
Best of luck,
Joe

Thanks for input folks, especially Joeabrams. I've been in contact with the good folks in Bezerkeley.

Good listening!
Bart

if i'm not mistaken, my grace 727, which came on my used oracle also, is wery similar to the 707. joe is rite - heavy cartridges don't mate too well w/these arms. my ~11-gram ortofon had me adjusting the counterweight past its end-stop to get it to track properly. while a good arm for lite caretridges, i ended up replacing mine w/an origin-live moddded rega rb250.

doug s.