Okay, I broke down and responded to an add for a Yamaha P-07 TT on CL locally, and when I get there it has seen better days, so I pick it up for $5 figuring I can tinker with it - which is another story all itself. (I've always wanted to try out the three point floating chassis - so I figure what the heck.) As I am pointing out the issues with the unit, the guy ends up pulling out a Philips AF-677 with a Grado cartridge. He ended up throwing it in for NOTHING!!! I had to throw some new RCA's on the end of the output wires, and viola, I now have a pretty freaking good sounding TT for nothing!
This doesn't usaully happen to me, as I usually end up with the short straw whenever it comes to finding of getting the deals. All I can say, is this thing sounds better than my Dual CS-530 w/Ortofon Super OM-10. (I do need a new stylus for the Ortofon, and plan on jumping up to at least a 20 if not 30 stylus - just have to put together some scratch!). I did email Grado because I couldn't find any information or pictures of any Grado cartridges that look like this, but per my description, they emailed me back and said it sounded like and FTE+1 (but apparently they private labeled some for distributors back in the day according to the email). I was surprised since I emailed them last night, and I got a response today! Pretty cool for service. I did send them a picture finally so they could verify if what I described is accurate, so well see if I get another response. If any of you have any experience with Grado cartridges, feel free to chime in.
I am having trouble posting Pics. I will try to add them separately, if not I may add them to the gallery!
