help for Grace F9E
well,
I have a Grace F8 and i cant find replacement styli anywhere!!!!
I did have it retipped with a Garrot micro scanner about 20years ago was well worth it. It sounded lush, warm with great detail and traced like a leach.(sounded a bit like a moving coil!!)
I would have the F9E retipped with a nothing less than a Micro scanner ie nothing less than a parabolic tip and a boron catilever
this will give you a great sounding cartridge, much cheaper than a
moving coil, it the hundereds of dollars not thousands!!!!!
Tivolihifi in melbourne australia are agents
Regards Glenn stewart (Fantasia)
well,
I have a Grace F8 and i cant find replacement styli anywhere!!!!
I did have it retipped with a Garrot micro scanner about 20years ago was well worth it. It sounded lush, warm with great detail and traced like a leach.(sounded a bit like a moving coil!!)
I would have the F9E retipped with a nothing less than a Micro scanner ie nothing less than a parabolic tip and a boron catilever
this will give you a great sounding cartridge, much cheaper than a
moving coil, it the hundereds of dollars not thousands!!!!!
Tivolihifi in melbourne australia are agents
Regards Glenn stewart (Fantasia)
I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest a good modern
cartridge will be better than the F9E, and performance is
very dependent on what arm / catridge it goes in.
for the cost of a NOS stylus (expensive if you can find one,
~ $200US I believe) I'd look at the Ortofon 530 or the
Goldring 1012GX as a replacement / upgrade.
Both have advanced tip shapes better than an elliptical,
and will last ~ twice as long as an elliptical tipped stylus.
Retipping is very expensive and not cost effective IMO.
sreten.
cartridge will be better than the F9E, and performance is
very dependent on what arm / catridge it goes in.
for the cost of a NOS stylus (expensive if you can find one,
~ $200US I believe) I'd look at the Ortofon 530 or the
Goldring 1012GX as a replacement / upgrade.
Both have advanced tip shapes better than an elliptical,
and will last ~ twice as long as an elliptical tipped stylus.
Retipping is very expensive and not cost effective IMO.
sreten.Hello folks,
Thanks very much to those who replied. For information, the arm is a
Grace G707 and the turntable a Thorens TD160S. (Can't get belts for the Thorens (darn)!).
I'm going to leave the Grace and follow some of the recommendations to look for a new cartridge.
cheers and thsnks,
Keith
Thanks very much to those who replied. For information, the arm is a
Grace G707 and the turntable a Thorens TD160S. (Can't get belts for the Thorens (darn)!).
I'm going to leave the Grace and follow some of the recommendations to look for a new cartridge.
cheers and thsnks,
Keith
the grace f-9 and help
well keith
very nice turntable with nice goodies, for a belt try
www.lpgear.com they have a lot of belts( they have thorens belts) you could also see belts
on other sites but you might have to measure it against your existing belt. Do you want to part with the grace F-9!!!!!
send me an email milwatos@yahoo.com.au
well keith
very nice turntable with nice goodies, for a belt try
www.lpgear.com they have a lot of belts( they have thorens belts) you could also see belts
on other sites but you might have to measure it against your existing belt. Do you want to part with the grace F-9!!!!!
send me an email milwatos@yahoo.com.au
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