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I have a 1987 vintage Dual CS5000 turntable that came with a Grado MF 1 cartridge. If anyone could enlighten me about this cartridge I would appreciate it. I have been thinking about changing the cartridge but I would like to know more about what I have before I do.
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I have one too, it came on a used deck I picked up a couple of months ago.
The MF1 must have been a fairly high end cartridge in its day, as Grado's stylus chart lists the replacement as a prestige silver, second from the top of the prestige line.
I only tried mine once and it didn't sound too bad but with any stylus in unknown condition I am not going to risk using it on records I care about.
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Alan Gallacher
Born to Tinker!
Thanks anumber1 for the chart. I've had this turntable new since '87 but have put very little time on it. I have recently started playing a lot of vinyl again and I was curious as to what I had. Why did I ever believe what the 'powers that be' said about cd's?
It has been my experience with several Grado cartridges that the suspension just doesn't age well. 2 to 5 years tops before there is audible degradation of the sound.
Even if yours has very few actual hours of playtime on it, the suspension bushing of a Grado ages and hardens with exposure to the atmosphere and well, yours is approaching 20 years old.I put a new gold stylus on a Signature TLZ that I purchased new 10 years ago recently and it sounded as good as I ever remember it sounding.
I suppose I should try it on my MF1 sometime...
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Alan Gallacher
Born to Tinker!
I am not sure about your MF1, but I have a tan bodied Grado RS1 that I have been trying to find more info on. Not much luck so far, except Mosin gave me some info on it.
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