the vinyl revival and my delicate swiss turntable
I went into the media room expecting to enjoy some high fidelity vinyl pleasure. we had purchased a 180 gram vinyl LP when we saw shearwater last May.
I was most UN-happy to find the stylus had been broken off from the Grado cartridge.
I had suspected the stylus was old and worn and I had intended to replace it at some future date, this event just caused that service to jump up the to-do list.
I found a great price on a shure M97xE from amazon. it came complete with tool kit for installation.
the delicate nature of this did make me a bit nervous. yes, that is a mirrored disco ball in the background, never mind that, for now.
the new cartridge has a brush/guard for the stylus.
the prongs at the back of the shure cartridge are color coded, but to be safe I made notes of where each wire had been on the back of the grado that was not color coded.
and it sounds great!
yes, that is a laser light show.... never mind about that, for now.