Just received my new Grace f9 from Soundsmith

First time I sent a cart to Soundsmith..., posted on April 14, 2021 at 09:50:44
ghost of olddude55 Audiophile Posts: 32591 Joined: July 14, 2017	and, in fact, it was a Grace F9 Ruby, Peter Lederman told me to pack it like I wanted it to survive a nuclear holocaust. The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

RE: First time I sent a cart to Soundsmith..., posted on April 14, 2021 at 10:18:33
Story Audiophile Posts: 10458 Location: NJ Joined: December 11, 2000	yes, you probably remember the included instructions. Did you get your Abbey?

Still waiting., posted on April 14, 2021 at 11:32:17
ghost of olddude55 Audiophile Posts: 32591 Joined: July 14, 2017	No tracking number since it's coming from England. It was shipped 21 days ago. The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

RE: Just received my new Grace f9 from Soundsmith, posted on April 14, 2021 at 23:10:39
Todd Krieger Audiophile Posts: 37333 Location: SW United States Joined: November 2, 2000	Looks like a Star Wars "Tie Fighter"..........

RE: Still waiting., posted on April 15, 2021 at 01:56:28
Story Audiophile Posts: 10458 Location: NJ Joined: December 11, 2000	let me know if it never comes, my offer is still open

Thanks. Will do. , posted on April 15, 2021 at 03:14:14
ghost of olddude55 Audiophile Posts: 32591 Joined: July 14, 2017	Got an email from Discogs last night asking me to rate the purchase. Hah. The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

The F9E was my favourite MM cartridge for a long time., posted on April 15, 2021 at 14:40:32

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I had the Ruby version, and I loved it until I wore it out. I kept the body around for years until I sold it about a year ago to a guy on Canuck Audio Mart who was going to buy a Soundsmith replacement for it.

I have been using a Grace F10L MOMC cartridge on my Linn Sondek since I wore out the Ruby, and I really think that Grace made some of the finest cartridges ever.

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RE: The F9E was my favourite MM cartridge for a long time., posted on April 15, 2021 at 22:21:09
Todd Krieger Audiophile Posts: 37333 Location: SW United States Joined: November 2, 2000	I agree..... If I had to choose a high-output cartridge, it would be the Grace F-9E..... (Although I preferred the standard over the Ruby.)

me too, posted on April 16, 2021 at 04:00:06

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I had a Ruby and didn't like it as much as the aluminium. I've had a Grace for 20 years and when I saw a NOS stylus on ebay, I bit. The new SS is my last stylus purchase but one never knows for sure.

The SS is the best 200 bucks I ever spent so I could easily recommend to anyone if you ever find an F9 body buy it and order the SS, or order the SS now and look for a body before SS stops making it.

I gave a lot of thought to the Soundsmith stylus ..., posted on April 16, 2021 at 04:49:32
Quadzilla Audiophile Posts: 4163 Location: Southwestern Ontario Joined: July 31, 2003	But I have a few moving coils that I really enjoy. I just couldn't justify buying another stylus when I have several cartridges that are just sitting in waiting. I am really glad that SS has picked up the Grace torch though. I see that they are using the Grace logo on their replacement styli. I wonder if they bought the rights to the brand. I am not allowed to have a signature line.

RE: I gave a lot of thought to the Soundsmith stylus ..., posted on April 16, 2021 at 06:07:48

Story
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I have a few MC's also but I'm spinning the Grace now as it is quite addictive. There seems to be quite a few addictive qualities with vinyl that all of us know, and when I switch tables to the MC I end up listening to that one for a while.

For those of us who know vinyl and have collections - it's a long known lovable reference that digital only people don't understand which probably explains the updating ad nauseam.

Most digital people seem to be easily confused., posted on April 16, 2021 at 06:22:05

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There is a funny thread over at Canuck Audio Mart that was started by a guy who was trying to get hi-rez audio from his laptop and Chinese DAC. Since his first post, he has flipped between getting a different DAC to thinking about stand-alone digital players and back. In the mean time, we just listen to our LPs. Most of us do have several cartridges, and maybe a few turntables or phono preamps, but we usually enjoy them all.

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Just received my new Grace f9 from Soundsmith

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