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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: My damn (new) cartridge don`t work! (Grado carts)
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Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 14:30:18 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 14:30:18 1985
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>I agree about the Grado.  If a cartridge is over-priced for what you get its
>the Grado.  (although the Grado is good if you like lots of "highs" but at
>what I think is a sacrifice of the midrange). I own one anyway.  (Its the
>cheap model on a second table).

Overpriced!?!?  I have heard alot of criticism hurled at the Grado,
but you are the first one to call it overpriced.  At a list price of
$18, it is cheaper than many record albums I've seen!  Even their
best cartridge is under $200 list (and available far cheaper), but
let's stick to discussing the cheapie.

I have listened to the $18 Grado, and was favorably impressed.
True, the sound was noticibly colored, but, it was colored in a way
that most Americans prefer, with the bass and treble emphasised.  Kind
of like the "U" shaped eq curves that masses seem to love.  And
distortion and tracking, while probably not exemplary, were not
audible problems on the system I auditioned.

Look, the inexpensive Grados are not audiophile cartridges.  They were
not intended to be.  But they sound a heck of a lot better (to my
ears, at least) than the bottom of the line Audio Technica, Pickering
or Stanton models.  Given that the price of the Grado is half that of
its competitors, I think it deserves a serious listen by anyone
shopping for an inexpensive cartridge.  (Particularly if their musical
taste is rock or jazz).

Ben Broder
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