Origin Live - manufacturer of the finest Hi Fi The Tom Tom Club ML - AudiogoN Reviews: Grado Prestige Black Cartridge Everybody likes Grado’s SR60 headphones which, at less than $70, are a tremendous bargain. I’ve often heard it said by high-end Grado headphone purchasers that, if they’d known how good the SR60 was, they’d never have sprung for the more exotic models. But for some reason, you rarely hear about the lowly Grado Prestige Black, part of the company’s entry-level line Prestige line. Every step up through the Prestige line of cartridges yields minor (but significant) improvements in detail and frequency extension. The Grado Green was my first high-end cartridge. Then, two years ago, I bought an old Yamaha belt-drive for a friend. Fast forward to the present. In the $50 price range, there are some surprisingly good choices. Given the choice, I prefer the improved tracing and detail retrieval of an elliptical tip (or, better yet, a microline or Van den Hul). Mounting the Black on my Rega RB250 tonearm was a little harder than I’d anticipated. It is not a myth. Can you live with the hum?
Tiger-Paw - Home ML - Grado Green & Black Cartridges Reviews Product Description Green & Black moving magnet cartridges from Grado's Prestige Series User Reviews Submitted by abcxyz a Audio Enthusiast Date Reviewed: October 5, 2010 Bottom Line: I picked up this Grado to use on my Rega P3 turntable but it hummed too much due to the internal grounding that the RB250 tonearm has did not match at all with this Grado. Purchased this cartridge for $40 at Audio Systems in Austin, Texas. Strengths: For $40, it sounds about as good as those $300 MC cartridges that I tried. Weaknesses: Audible humming with Rega turntables that are grounded internally. Expand full review >> Used product for: More than 1 year Duration Product Used: Audio Enthusiast Product model year: 2006 Submitted by ARJohn a Audio Enthusiast Date Reviewed: February 21, 2009 This is for the Green , picked it up in the spring on a whim at a local retail store . Used product for: 3 Months to 1 year Product model year: 2008 Submitted by brendonla a Audio Enthusiast Date Reviewed: February 8, 2009 Magic.