farflungstar
Active Member
Thanks heyraz - you've cleared some of the mist for me. Today I'm going to experiment - first I'll take out the jolida and put back the vsps (a pain to do as I had it hardwired and even then the 5mv output might be too much for vsps and affect quality) if the grado improves then I'll change the jolida. If there's no real change in character then I'll put the jolida back and try my old empire cart. This should help identify the weak link.
My deck is a lenco and is fantastic - the arm is a low mass ADC carbon fibre and I think is a good match based on what other people have said - namely that the grado likes either a very light arm or a slightly heavy medium mass arm.
Upgrading is a pain - someone is offering me a grace f9 ruby for a very good price as well as a very nice all valve longdog phono stage which they say can easily handle the grados output -so I have options - just need to pin down which is the best solution - I'd like to keep the grado and hope it isn't the problem.
Adrian - Spain
My deck is a lenco and is fantastic - the arm is a low mass ADC carbon fibre and I think is a good match based on what other people have said - namely that the grado likes either a very light arm or a slightly heavy medium mass arm.
Upgrading is a pain - someone is offering me a grace f9 ruby for a very good price as well as a very nice all valve longdog phono stage which they say can easily handle the grados output -so I have options - just need to pin down which is the best solution - I'd like to keep the grado and hope it isn't the problem.
Adrian - Spain