Grado Gold cartridge for sale....

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Wayner

Grado Gold cartridge for sale....
« on: 30 Jan 2008, 10:52 pm »
I have around a hundred hours on this cartridge and I just don't have a table for it anymore. It used to have the AVA Longhorn modification on it, but that has been removed. The metal body skirt has some tiny scratches, and there is a little bonding on the front where the Longhorn was. I'd like to get about $75 for it. I have the original box and instructions. I can ship by UPS or USPS. My location is in Minnesota.

Please PM me if you are interested. First paid offer gets it. Paypal is the only way for payment.

Wayner

TheChairGuy

Re: Grado Gold cartridge for sale....
« Reply #1 on: 31 Jan 2008, 07:20 pm »
SOLD!

I really am the foremost Grado pimp at AC now.

I can't help even reading the word 'Grado' without remorse for the fallen 'Weez' (Don).  We're thinking of you still, pal  :thumb:

John

Wayner

Re: Grado Gold cartridge for sale....
« Reply #2 on: 31 Jan 2008, 08:05 pm »
Thanks, John....

Of course, the Longhorn will be back on it.
There will be some resistors somewhere in the circuit.
The poor cartridge will have to be next to a pile of Plast-i-clay.
The cartridge will have a "hat" made of Plast-i-clay.
The stylus will be ripped out and replaced with a shibata.

and  :drums:........which table/arm will it end up on?

TheChairGuy

Re: Grado Gold cartridge for sale....
« Reply #3 on: 31 Jan 2008, 08:45 pm »
Yes, it will be much loved.....and mauled into a different 'creature' in the end.

I'll probably pair it with the AQ PT-6 (which means it must be fitted to the VPI HW-19) as it is fluid damped.

However, I actually like moving coils on the VPI....I think their inherent 'quickness' suits the slower timed belt driver well and (inherently better isolated) belt drivers don't have any rim-induced ringing issues...so as to not make much worse MC's rising top end.

It may also replace the Grado Green/shibata in the Technics/Origin Live bastard to see if 125' of very pure (LC-OFC) copper makes any crapload of difference over the 125' of simpler/cheaper OFC copper in the coils of the Green.  Cause, once you swap out the stylus assembly for the shibata...the two cartridges are identical right down to the hand-selecting baloney that Grado tells us the Green, Red and Gold go thru  :evil:

Oh well - such problems I have - may ALL your issues in your lives be as small as this  :thumb:

Thx Wayner - John