It is more cost effective to buy a used Grado on Ebay for a few bucks and buy a new stylus. Why buy some vintage clunker?
Prestige Grado MI stylus replacement question
The question is about modern grado line of gartridges
Seems like Gold is the most advanced stylus in Grado Prestige series of MI cartridges.
But is that OK to use this stylus on cheaper grado generator like Green1, Black1 or GradoDJ or each one for their own generator only?
As i can see the specs are the same, except the higher compliance on GradoDJ (30cu instead of 20cu on all others)
http://www.gradolabs.com/cartridges/prestige-series-2
Seems like Gold is the most advanced stylus in Grado Prestige series of MI cartridges.
But is that OK to use this stylus on cheaper grado generator like Green1, Black1 or GradoDJ or each one for their own generator only?
As i can see the specs are the same, except the higher compliance on GradoDJ (30cu instead of 20cu on all others)
http://www.gradolabs.com/cartridges/prestige-series-2
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Chakster (and others) FWIW - Comments just received today from the place selling me analog gear indicate recent 8MZ styli might now be the same as the Gold1 stylus. A couple years ago the 8MZ stylus was a nude elliptical whereas the Gold1 was a bonded elliptical. More recently (perhaps as NOS 8MZ styli sold out) the 8MZ styli being supplied by Grado are reported to be bonded. Don't know anything about current stocks of MCZ or TLZ. |
There is evidently another Grado stylus above the ones mentioned, the XTZ at $450. |
That's good news Chakster. I was only passing along the info relayed to me from someone I consider a highly reputable source. I guess I'll have to get mine under some magnification to see what it actually looks like. Certainly hope new and old stock are the same! i.e., nude. Thanks. Let me know if you learn anything more. By the way, here's a link to that discussion I mentioned in an earlier post (on AudioKarma) http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=399203 |
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