Comments on: Grado Labs Prestige Red3 Phono Cartridge: Review

By: ORT

ORT — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 23:28:21 +0000

YES!!!!!!! Grado makes P-Mount cartridges! You know…The kind for lower life forms with more cranial capacity than IQ and that don’t possess opposable thumbs!

That would be me. I have a P-Mount on my Technics SL-QD33 Direct Drive ‘table. Yes it’s, it’s twue! It’s twue! I bought a new OEM-ish cartridge a while back but a Grado is much better looking and P-Mounts were made for my kind…

I have found a mission. My special purpose. And they come in Christmas Colours! Red and green are my favorite colours.

This is good news indeed. So hey. I own a pair of Grado SR225s (the original version) and I like their style.

And style is back in style. Besides that I fully expect a bit more playback improvement from any Grado cartridge, even one that I can afford. I am shallow.

Thank you for the review!

ORT

By: Ian White

Ian White — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:51:53 +0000

In reply to Spinblackcircle.

Spin,

Thank you for your kind words.

I once owned a Michell Orbe SE/Wilson-Benesch ACT combination with a $1300 Benz Micro cart. It sounded great but nothing that made me think I was getting a lot of value from it.

I sold it all and lost money.

I now have 3 restored Thorens and Yamaha tables, 1 NAD, 1 Andover Audio, and 1 Pro-Ject table. I listen to them all. The combined cost was less than what I paid for the Orbe SE. I have 6 affordable carts on all of the tables and couldn’t be happier.

The VPI HW-19 is a really nice deck.

Ian White

By: Spinblackcircle

Spinblackcircle — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:00:09 +0000

Some of the best cartridge advice I’ve seen on the ol’interwebs. I previously owned a 4K MSRP turntable with a 2K MSRP cartridge and just could not get past the per spin cost. Fortunately, I had bought it used and was able to cash out without taking a loss. I now have a 1980s VPI HW-19 with a Grado Silver, Black and Mono cartridges and have been just as happy. I will never spend more than $500 on a cartridge again. unless I start playing the lottery. I can afford more but I’ve been down the rabbit hole and was lucky to return.