Cartridge Grado Prestige Blue Replacement stylus

How to replace the stylus?

I have been using Grado cartridges for some time with great pleasure. One of the advantages of this cartridge is the ability to replace the Styles.
Although it's not very cheap, I prefer this option in most cases. The cartridge Prestige Blue costs 179 euros. A stylus, red (blue isn't available any more), 129 euros. So still better than replacing the complete cartridge.

I have been testing this cartridge against the Ortofon 2M Red (99 euros) and the Nagaoka MP110 (159 euros). The sound of the GRado is a little more relaxed, deeper, and warmer than that of the Ortofon and Nagaoka. If you like more transparency, then the Nagaoka is my favourite. But the Grado is so easy to listen to. The sound is full, wide and detailed. It's really fun to listen to.

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Replacing the cartridge isn't a simple job.
It takes care and patience to do this job well. I have taken a series of photos to document the replacement process. It's best to have the cartridge out of the headshell, but in my Lenco L75, this was not so easy. At the end, I placed the new styles with the headshell mounted in the arm. But after about half an hour, the turntable was playing again as it was before.