+1 on Grace Ruby re-tip

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Topic - cartridge ?????? - xaudiomanx 14:00:19 09/30/20 (51)

RE: cartridge ?????? - Stale 21:34:30 10/3/20 (0)

also consider this - Story 04:19:00 10/2/20 (0)

RE: cartridge ?????? - suretyguy 05:30:05 10/1/20 (0)

RE: cartridge ?????? - xaudiomanx 16:45:15 09/30/20 (39)

A German hi-fi publication did a comparo. The 540 won. - ghost of olddude55 03:54:54 10/1/20 (36)

So you had to sell a Shelter 901 in order to pay for a... - Ivan303 10:04:34 10/1/20 (35)

Wow. 901 (first version) was a $1000 cartridge back in the day... - Ivan303 11:15:03 10/1/20 (33)

Yeah it was... - ghost of olddude55 11:23:33 10/1/20 (32)

RE: "didn't track nearly as well" - B. Scarpia 16:06:15 10/1/20 (31)

Sibilance. - ghost of olddude55 03:00:40 10/2/20 (30)

RE: Sibilance. - Dave Pogue 05:54:56 10/2/20 (29)

It's weird, Dave. - ghost of olddude55 13:29:02 10/2/20 (28)

RE: It's weird, Dave. - Dave Pogue 14:28:19 10/2/20 (27)

It's what attracted me to CDs. - ghost of olddude55 14:34:11 10/2/20 (26)

I wouldn't say sibilance is a necessary evil with vinyl - Lew 16:25:03 10/2/20 (20)

It doesn't have to be. - ghost of olddude55 16:35:06 10/2/20 (19)

Roulette - Lew 07:14:07 10/4/20 (0)

No release should ever have sibilance issues unless - Story 03:10:54 10/4/20 (13)

Gotta disagree. - ghost of olddude55 05:14:46 10/4/20 (12)

RE: Gotta disagree. - Story 05:47:04 10/4/20 (11)

Sounds like... - ghost of olddude55 06:22:23 10/4/20 (10)

yes same page - Story 07:07:23 10/4/20 (9)

Never had the first 440 but did have the 440MLa. - ghost of olddude55 07:20:06 10/4/20 (8)

It was ?? here a while ago that people were complaining about it - Story 07:50:08 10/4/20 (7)

Don't know about the 440ML. - ghost of olddude55 11:50:18 10/4/20 (6)

"get the capacitance down" - Story 12:33:40 10/4/20 (5)

Not a poor design but a carry-over from quad days. - ghost of olddude55 12:51:45 10/4/20 (4)

no, it was Shure I believe that was the leader in quad - Story 15:24:17 10/4/20 (3)

The Shibata stylus was developed for quad. I don't think Shure ever made a Shibata. - ghost of olddude55 15:49:08 10/4/20 (2)

nah, not me - Story 17:03:46 10/4/20 (1)

Last...nah, I can't. nt - ghost of olddude55 04:04:34 10/5/20 (0)

RE: It doesn't have to be. - Tre' 16:40:14 10/2/20 (3)

FWIW... - ghost of olddude55 04:08:56 10/3/20 (2)

RE: FWIW... - Tre' 07:18:54 10/3/20 (1)

My favorite Denon. - ghost of olddude55 07:56:48 10/3/20 (0)

RE: It's what attracted me to CDs. - Tre' 15:58:00 10/2/20 (4)

Yeah, I agree with you. - ghost of olddude55 16:39:00 10/2/20 (0)

RE: It's what attracted me to CDs. - rivervalley817 16:13:59 10/2/20 (2)

RE: It's what attracted me to CDs. - Tre' 16:35:26 10/2/20 (1)

RE: It's what attracted me to CDs. - rivervalley817 19:09:03 10/2/20 (0)

Yep. - ghost of olddude55 10:24:35 10/1/20 (0)

The 40mr stylus is high compliance, the 5 series plastic body is lighter... - viridian 17:41:22 09/30/20 (1)

RE: The 40mr stylus is probably moderate compliance - tketcham 07:42:09 10/1/20 (0)

The Grace..... - Story 14:51:48 09/30/20 (3)

+1 on Grace Ruby re-tip - Lew 10/1/2008:15:24 10/1/20 (1)

+2 on the retipped Grace. - Opus 33 1/3 13:58:38 10/1/20 (0)

RE: The Grace..... - Quadzilla 14:59:09 09/30/20 (0)

Same cart I always recommend. - ghost of olddude55 14:48:27 09/30/20 (3)

RE: Same cart I always recommend. - John Elison 16:22:09 09/30/20 (2)

RE: Same cart I always recommend. - xaudiomanx 07:07:32 10/1/20 (1)

RE: Same cart I always recommend. - John Elison 10:27:08 10/1/20 (0)

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+1 on Grace Ruby re-tip - Lew 10/1/2008:15:24 10/1/20 (1)

+2 on the retipped Grace. - Opus 33 1/3 13:58:38 10/1/20 (0)

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