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Opinions on a Grace F8c for a freshy

Hello all!
 

Freshy to all all this so bare with me please!

So i am purchasing a PD441 and potentially a seac WE 308SX (in a another post i have going) to get me up and running. 

 

I was wondering what opinions were on the Grace overall as a cartridge. I have been offered an excellent condition one (by the looks of it) for pretty much nothing. 

 

Are they worth getting in 2025?

My listening habits tend to range from instrumentals to ambient.

 

Thank youo!

 

chridabs
newbee
4,821 posts
 

I used an F8 and an F9 back in the day. I found them quite good but I replaced them with an MC at not too much extra money and, in comparison, the F series was relatively 'flat' sounding. Never went back. But if you can get the F8 cheap and it works it would be a good deal I think.

chridabs OP
21 posts
 

@newbee 

Its so hard to tell from watching youtube videos etc as its a compressed file to start with and of course my setup wont be anything like what the person is using. 

 

But reading stuff on the net suggests its a decent cartridge. 

This one comes on a headshell so thats a bonus for me as i have already spent more than I initially wanted to hahah

How much did you pay for you replacement MC? What was it?

 

 

lewm
13,765 posts
 

Buy an F8 or F9 cheap and then send it to Sound Smith for their Ruby upgrade.  The resulting cartridge will outperform many low to medium priced LOMC cartridges, which of course is a matter of my opinion.  But my opinion is based on owning an SS upgraded F9Ruby and also owning several LOMC cartridges.

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