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RE: Ditto on the Grace F9 body with SS OCL re-tip

Posted by Lew (A) on February 3, 2016 at 13:26:54

In Reply to: RE: Ditto on the Grace F9 body with SS OCL re-tip posted by blake on February 3, 2016 at 11:08:03:

Please understand that I am not complaining about the OCL re-tip on the Grace; I like it quite a bit. However, I would agree with the characterization that it favors detail over warmth. On the other hand, after the first hour or two, it has not been at all irritating. In fact, it yields such a "big" sound that this compensates a bit for the respect in which it may be said to be lean and detailed. If it were irritating, I wouldn't be listening to it every night for the past week and a half. Your thesis that the sapphire/ruby cantilever may contribute to this quality of its sound does not hold up based on how the re-tip sounds compared to the original Grace Ruby, which of course also has/had a sapphire cantilever. The original Ruby (I still have one other Ruby with its original cantilever/stylus) is anything but lean, but who knows? Over the weekend, I auditioned another system that was decidedly too warm and bass heavy. When I got home, the re-tipped Grace sounded really thin by comparison. After a second night (Tuesday), I heard it as being well balanced by comparison to the other system. The brain conditions itself. (What made the other system so colored in the low midrange and bass frequencies was not its cartridge but probably a combo of speakers and amplification.)

Prior to listening last night, I also discovered that my cartridge was a bit askew in the headshell, which could certainly create problems with the OCL stylus. Re-aligning the cartridge body with the long axis of the headshell seemed to make a noticeable difference for the better, as you might expect.

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