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Where to go from Grado Gold?

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I need advice choosing a new MM cartridge. Yes, MM, not MC. My Grado Gold 2 has served me for aboiut two years, since I took up vinyl again, but now I want to get more from my records. I really like Grado Gold 2 but I feel that I want more of...everything. What is important to me is that the cartridge is good at tracking and sibilance and distorted sound is the worst I can think of. What I've heard from Ortofon is not the type of sound I'm looking for. I think Ortofon sounds cold and analytic. Someone described the sound as CD like and I agree with that. So, any ideas what cartridges I should check out? Budget up to $600. Tonearm Pro-Ject 9cc.
simna
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fuzztone
5,498 posts
 
My Grace can’t touch a new AT.
VM 740 ML is a best buy.
Grace dull on"air", channel balance 1.1
AT balance 0.1
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chakster
6,144 posts
 
What stylus tip do you have on your Grace ?
If it’s not an advanced profile then MicroLine from AT is better, but Grace made cartridges with Shibata type and Line Contact type styli too. Also SoundSmith new styli (maybe you should try) have Contact Line (CL) and Optimized Contact Line (OCL) styli - those are great, you can upgrade your elliptical Grace with any of them.
dover
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@simma

Since you like your Grado, why not stay with Grado and go up the range.

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simna OP
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Garrott and Grace are brands that I haven’t seen here in Sweden.

Audio Technica VM750SH and VM740ML are two of the cartridges that has cought my intrest but a friend of mine says that AT has always been sounding bright and thin. But he hadn’t heard the newer series.
Does all AT have the same type of sound, from the cheapest to the expensive?

Nagoka; they gets mixed feelings about quality it seems. What is this "Nagoka sound"?

Mayby I should just try to change the original Grado Gold stylus with 8MZ or XTZ? But what will the difference be?
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