Tonearm ...... Acos Lustre GST-801 ..... Yea/Nay

Buyer accepted my offer, my dual arm project is coming together very nicely.

Now, which MONO Cartridge for that arm?

I prefer the higher output of Grado ME+. elliptical
5.0mV, weighs 5.5g, compliance ______ ???

https://gradolabs.com/cartridges/prestige-series-specialty-cartridges/item/79-mono-phono

Compliance for this Lustre 801 arm?

Joe Grado confirmed ME+’s compliance (he didn’t specify) would be ok with JVC 9-5/8" arm UA-7045. I just wrote and asked him if ME+ compatible with the Lustre 801.

other choice

Ortofon 2 Mono SE, shibata
3.5mv, weighs 7.2g, Compliance, dynamic, lateral - 22 µm/mN

https://www.ortofon.com/2m-mono-se-p-597-n-1579


IF I buy that Ortofon, probably have to send the preamp to McIntosh sooner than later.
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I need to find some more money hiding under a rock. Maybe I will put a note to myself: "Only entitled to 1 pair of socks when I turn 75 in a few years"!

BTW here is a picture of Lustre counterweight and ringweigh for you. I sold them last year to another a’gon member when i discovered NOS tonearm with same set to keep.

P.S. All grado cartridges are high-ish compliance like 30cu @10Hz

A true mono MM cartridge must have only 2 pins (not 4), the best i've heard so far was Grace F14 MONO. 

I have never bought on usaudiomart or ukaudiomart etc.etc. because I have no way of having protection as on ebay; I would like to know if they are reliable sites with reliable sellers or are there always risks of sellers' cheating?

I have never bought on usaudiomart or ukaudiomart etc.etc. because I have no way of having protection as on ebay; I would like to know if they are reliable sites with reliable sellers or are there always risks of sellers’ cheating?

@best-groove when we have to sell something then the us or uk audiomart is the best source simply because it’s free (no sales charge or listing charge), there are many honest sellers and normally you can see their ebay feedback linked on uk audiomart page + uk audiomart feedbacks too. Normally you can find same stuff listed on ebay just for much higher price than same items from the same sellers on UKAM for example. Normally i’m losing 15% when the item sold on ebay for example (their sales fee is high + paypal fee). I wish they gonna die somehow with such high fees, there must be a better places to list our items. Ebay for the sellers is a rip-off, but good for the buyers. But each buyer can think about 15% off the price if they could only buy direct from the seller (without paypal in between). So each time you’re buying from ebay the price is higher for you, because the seller will add ebay fees in the price.

More important:
The protection you’re talking about if from paypal, not from ebay.
So when you pay invoice via paypal you will automatically get your buyer’s protection, no matter where the stuff is listed.

@chakster

It is correct what you write, but not everyone uses paypal, there are many especially German sellers who have taken the bad habit of using ebay and only accept bank transfers for payment ... I would never buy anything from them; so why should i buy items on Ukmart or usamart to pay exclusively by bank transfer?

when the purchase is important and a lot of money is required which is honestly earned and very hard-earned, we would all like to be protected on the purchases at least a little.