I think you are spot on Ray.....

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In Reply to: I've had both flavors... posted by Ray-o-Stat on April 12, 2007 at 19:50:10:

The lower end Grado woodies just have too many compromises and end up sounding fatiguing. You really need to get to the Reference Master or Reference Statement level to get a correct balance.
My tribulations with my Grado were quite demanding on me. I think I tried about 6 different tonearms. It was Mosin's Magnepan Unitrac that finally locked in the sound for the Grado.
It needs a very light mass tonearm with resonance decoupling (carbon graphite) to get rid of the midrange bloom.
That said, the best thing about our hobby is that there are some really outstanding cartridges out in the marketplace for under a thousand that will work with nearly any tonearm on the market. It is simply a matter of getting the tonearm and cartridge optimized as a system.
There are some nice NOS ones too!

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Topic - BENZ CARTRIDGES - "Ron B" 18:20:37 04/12/07 (7)

Re: BENZ CARTRIDGES - AnalogJ 09:16:25 04/13/07 (1)

This is my experience as well..... - tubesforever 08:58:30 04/14/07 (0)

I've had both flavors... - Ray-o-Stat 19:50:10 04/12/07 (1)

I think you are spot on Ray..... - tubesforever 09:21:34 04/14/07 (0)

Re: BENZ CARTRIDGES - spindoctor 19:19:34 04/12/07 (0)

Re: BENZ CARTRIDGES - Square Peg 19:11:56 04/12/07 (0)

Re: BENZ CARTRIDGES - John Elison 19:00:11 04/12/07 (1)

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I think you are spot on Ray..... - tubesforever 09:21:34 04/14/07 (0)

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