The man loves his phono cartridges! To our benefit. Great information. Thanks!
Grace Level ll
has anyone had any experience with these cartridges? Seem to be compatible with the earlier F8 cartridges, but with better cantilvers and stylus.
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The man loves his phono cartridges! @frogman True, here is the one with Sapphire cantilever i’m currently using. Has anyone seen a sapphire cantilever from Grace for LEVEL II before? |
Has anyone seen a sapphire cantilever from Grace for LEVEL II before?LEVEL II Ruby LEVEL II Ruby LEVEL II Ruby LEVEL II Ruby PLAYING LEVEL II Ruby PLAYING LEVEL II Ruby PLAYING |
Don’t want to disappoint you @halcro , but none of the LEVEL II models have rounded plastic insert, your stylus has been replaced by the previous owner to the RS-8 (from previous F8, not LEVEL II), because this is the LEVEL II Ruby. As you can see the stylus replacement has rectangle shape, not rounded shape like your f8. Your box is from LEVEL II, your cartridge generator is also level II, but the stylus is not, i also have that rounder RS-8Ruby stylus and it’s from the previous generation to be correct. The original LEVEL II ruby stylus replacement is not red (and not rounded shape), it’s clear, the cantilever is red of course, but there is no "ruby" word in front. The stylus design you displayed belong to the F8 cartridge from the 70’s, but the LEVEL II Ruby invented in 1982. I know it’s too complicated, but this is how it is. Grace LEVEL II cartridges are all comes with rectangle insert just like this. But anyway, the question was about Sapphire cantilever, not Ruby. The Ruby is well known since the F8 and F9, but the Sapphire is only for LEVEL II LC-OFC and i think it’s one of the rarest, it has white rectangle plastic insert with white sapphire cantilever. Here is the one i’m talking about. I also have the same rectangle Ruby for LEVEl II. |
''Better than'' and ''other than'' relations. I bought F-9 because this one was considered to be better than F-8. But one can get this ''level 2'' stylus for F-8 but not for F-9. I feel cheated for about $150. ''The other than Raul expert reg. MM kinds''. Our ''new Raul '' comes from Russia. Not recognizable as such because of the name. Chakster is not an Russian name. Misha is. He remind me of my first experience with ''cart of the month''. But back then one could practise this MM hobby for free. If one was fast and well informed. Even make some profit. Not so anymore . With Misha we get similar prices as with MC's (grin). |
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