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In Reply to: Story, what would you do? posted by ghost of olddude55 on January 31, 2024 at 03:15:29:
I don't consider 325 a "whopper" of a price today. The Joe Grado sound is legendary for a reason.
I'm running a Grado cart on one deck right now, a Grado Gold with a years ago, lowest cost Grado stylus from (1970?), the Grey body and 2 white dots elliptical. A thick cantilever high Moving Mass also, the opposite of what everyone desires. Original cost? 17 bucks. Quality? I don't have a high enough magnifier to say. All the styli are interchangeable except for the wooden body ones.
I got that learned advice about the lowest cost stylus from George Bischoff who eventually started Melos amps and speakers back in the eighties. It sounds great at 2.2 grams and tracks very well. It's really stupid good when you think about it, 17 bucks original cost. Do you get 325 bucks worth of improvement? Most likely not. In the past I've owned a few different Grado's but this one is a keeper. I have one more stylus in the wings.
You might be right about the Red but I can't exactly say. I had a Nagaoka many years ago and I wasn't impressed with it, but I don't know what they are like today.
How much is the Nagaoka? Maybe he would be better off with an AT instead?
I will say I really like the Grado sound.
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Follow Ups
- how much is the Nagaoka cart? - Story 04:18:45 01/31/24 (17)
- $636 for the MP-300 from Amazon. Ooof. - ghost of olddude55 04:42:11 01/31/24 (15)
- RE: $636 for the MP-300 from Amazon. Ooof. - ecl876 05:52:47 01/31/24 (2)
- RE: $636 for the MP-300 from Amazon. Ooof. - Lew 06:34:00 02/01/24 (0)
- That's still kind of steep. - ghost of olddude55 05:55:48 01/31/24 (0)
- Inflation has taken a large toll on EVERTHING - Story 05:07:29 01/31/24 (11)
- It's not inflation. - ghost of olddude55 05:18:58 01/31/24 (10)
- right now it most certainly is - Story 05:34:15 01/31/24 (9)
- But it isn't inflation. - ghost of olddude55 05:54:19 01/31/24 (8)
- RE: But it isn't inflation. - ecl876 06:42:50 01/31/24 (7)
- IMO, there's a huge element of self-deception. - ghost of olddude55 07:07:26 01/31/24 (6)
- RE: IMO, there's a huge element of self-deception. - ecl876 07:30:04 01/31/24 (5)
- I'm not immune. - ghost of olddude55 07:34:52 01/31/24 (4)
- RE: I'm not immune. - ecl876 07:59:06 01/31/24 (3)
- Old grogans like me complaining about LP prices... - ghost of olddude55 08:04:27 01/31/24 (2)
- RE: Old grogans like me complaining about LP prices... - ecl876 09:59:10 01/31/24 (1)
- Meant something entirely different back in the Seventies. - ghost of olddude55 12:01:30 01/31/24 (0)
- RE: how much is the Nagaoka cart? - ecl876 04:31:31 01/31/24 (0)
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