What is the life of a Grado Wood cartridge?

If Mr.Chapis states his cartridge last that long I will take his word for it.I just wanted to hear it from the engineer's skillful hands.WHAT HE SAYS IS THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
Actually I was surprised to talk with him directly.He seems
like a very frank and candid man,and I'm happy he's still with the Grado company.

Mescabo, did you bother to read the referenced thread? If you did, you would have all of the answers that you need. 76doublebass, if "WHAT HE SAYS IS THE GOSPEL TRUTH", then why did you ask "What is the coorect (SIC) answer?" Is it that you need validation? If so, you won't be getting it here. Incidentally, no where do I read that John Chapis - who I have spoken to, having owned three of the Signature line, though not discussing sylus life with him - said that a cartridge would last 5000 hours. If you are quoting him directly, after dismissively offering you two minutes of his time, he threw out a question, "How does 5000 hours sound to you?" A question is not an answer. He does answer though with, "...a very long time." Sorry, two minutes does not constitute a serious discussion on the subject nor does your description of the conversation indicate that 5000 hours is the expected life of the cartridge.

Chill out, Have a beer and relax.iF i gave the impression I was attacking the honesty of Mr. Chapis I did not mean to infer that.I was just trying to bring out the differences of opiniion from what a dealer said to me and what was stated by Mr. Chapis ,thats all. Enjoy the music, I will too.

Domestic or imported?
Best,
Marty

Dopogue.A little off topic here but Holy Tamoli man! You still have an original sonus blue that didn't suffer from stylus fatique? That is truly a revelation to me sir. The sonus blue was my all time favorite mm cartridge with a high frequency reproduction that was the best I have ever heard period... bar none. Mounted in a black widow tonearm it tracked like a thoroughbred and was dead quiet to boot. Unfortunately... I went through 4 of them and none of them lasted more than a couple of hundred hours before the cantilever sagged and simply gave up the ghost. Prior to the sonus blue I also used the adc xlm and still have it in my collection although I have not listened to it in years. To my ears and many of my audio friends as well: the sonus blue outclassed the adc by a wide margin. Unfortunately,everyones sonus blues suffered the same stylus fatique fate in very short order. PS: Bet I can guess your age give or take 5%. Just teasing you a bit here sir.