Grado rules

For a long while there, we were a one phonograph household. I had destroyed the Grado cartridge with my noodling, and wasn't ready to drop $80 to replace it. I emailed Grado Labs in Brooklyn to see if there were other options. They suggested sending the cartridge in so that they could check it out.

Well, a few days later, a package arrives from sender John Grado, and they've replaced the cartridge AT NO CHARGE.

That made my week. I popped in the Grado Gold stylus, and was up and running in maybe 15 minutes. It sounded great, even before any burn in.

I'll certainly keep Grado top of mind for cartridges as I explore mono and 78RPM cartridge options.