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Grado Prestige Gold 3 Moving Magnet Cartridge

Description

The Gold3 uses a four piece OTL cantilever with a Grado specific elliptical diamond stylus mounted on a brass bushing. A machined turned generator is used to achieve a lower distortion and greater transparency.

What's the difference between Gold3 and Silver3?
Approximately 5% of the Silver3 production runs meet higher test specifications. The cartridges that exhibit these specs are hand-selected to become a Gold3.
Grado’s OTL, or optimized transmission line, technology provides an ideal transfer of signal from the surface of the LP to the generator of the system.

This technology rejects unwanted resonances and lowers distortion preserving the fundamental and harmonic frequencies of the music. This also helps keep noise generated by the motor system in the cartridge to a minimum.

Grado’s OTL stylus/cantilever design makes records sound quieter, improves the height, width, and depth of the soundstage, and present more detail than previously obtainable.

The Gold3 are all hand assembled by our team in Brooklyn, with some builders having over 25 years of experience. With the recent development of the highly received Lineage Series of cartridges, we were able to have a trickle down of technology and bring some new techniques to the Silver3.

This updated series of cartridges offers excellent tonal balance, dynamics, and realism, for a most rewarding reproduction of vocals and instruments. Our coil winding techniques, using ultra high purity copper wire which were honed during the development of the Lineage Series, have let the electrical circuits achieve unison between the four coils in each phono cartridge. This allows for a precise balance between channels and accurate stereo imaging.
 

As in all Grado phono cartridges the Gold3 is powered by a twin magnet system that optimizes the balance between stereo channels. All internal magnetic circuit parts are held to extremely high tolerances creating the desired stereo imaging. Grado’s patented Flux-Bridger design allows the Silver3 to have one of the lowest effective moving mass generating systems while creating an excellent balance throughout the full frequency range.

The development of the Epoch in the Lineage Series gave us an in-depth experience with using an outer housing as a damping device. This led to the creation of a process which de-stresses the chassis and dissipates unwanted energy & resonant frequencies, allowing the desired signal to travel freely.

Features

 

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Hand-Built in Brooklyn

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Diamond Tipped
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Twin Magnet System
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Patented Flux-Bridge™
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Ultra High Purity Copper Coil

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Four Coil Unison

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De-Stressed Chasis

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Swiss Screw Machined

Specifications

Frequency Response: 
10-60
Principal: MI
Channel Separation at 1KHz:  35
Input Load:  47K
Output at 1KHz 5CM/sec.:  5mV
Recommended Tracking Force:  1.5
Stylus Type:  E
Inductance:  45mH
Resistance: 475
Compliance CUs:  20
User replaceable stylus
Mounting:  S/P
Weight:  5.5

Grado Prestige Gold 3 Moving Magnet Cartridge

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£229.00 Incl. VAT

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      Description

      The Gold3 uses a four piece OTL cantilever with a Grado specific elliptical diamond stylus mounted on a brass bushing. A machined turned generator is used to achieve a lower distortion and greater transparency.

      What's the difference between Gold3 and Silver3?
      Approximately 5% of the Silver3 production runs meet higher test specifications. The cartridges that exhibit these specs are hand-selected to become a Gold3.
      Grado’s OTL, or optimized transmission line, technology provides an ideal transfer of signal from the surface of the LP to the generator of the system.

      This technology rejects unwanted resonances and lowers distortion preserving the fundamental and harmonic frequencies of the music. This also helps keep noise generated by the motor system in the cartridge to a minimum.

      Grado’s OTL stylus/cantilever design makes records sound quieter, improves the height, width, and depth of the soundstage, and present more detail than previously obtainable.

      The Gold3 are all hand assembled by our team in Brooklyn, with some builders having over 25 years of experience. With the recent development of the highly received Lineage Series of cartridges, we were able to have a trickle down of technology and bring some new techniques to the Silver3.

      This updated series of cartridges offers excellent tonal balance, dynamics, and realism, for a most rewarding reproduction of vocals and instruments. Our coil winding techniques, using ultra high purity copper wire which were honed during the development of the Lineage Series, have let the electrical circuits achieve unison between the four coils in each phono cartridge. This allows for a precise balance between channels and accurate stereo imaging.
       

      As in all Grado phono cartridges the Gold3 is powered by a twin magnet system that optimizes the balance between stereo channels. All internal magnetic circuit parts are held to extremely high tolerances creating the desired stereo imaging. Grado’s patented Flux-Bridger design allows the Silver3 to have one of the lowest effective moving mass generating systems while creating an excellent balance throughout the full frequency range.

      The development of the Epoch in the Lineage Series gave us an in-depth experience with using an outer housing as a damping device. This led to the creation of a process which de-stresses the chassis and dissipates unwanted energy & resonant frequencies, allowing the desired signal to travel freely.

      Features

       

      Image

      Hand-Built in Brooklyn

      Image
      Diamond Tipped
      Image
      Twin Magnet System
      Image
      Patented Flux-Bridge™
      Image

      Ultra High Purity Copper Coil

      Image

      Four Coil Unison

      Image

      De-Stressed Chasis

      Image

      Swiss Screw Machined

      Specifications

      Frequency Response: 
      10-60
      Principal: MI
      Channel Separation at 1KHz:  35
      Input Load:  47K
      Output at 1KHz 5CM/sec.:  5mV
      Recommended Tracking Force:  1.5
      Stylus Type:  E
      Inductance:  45mH
      Resistance: 475
      Compliance CUs:  20
      User replaceable stylus
      Mounting:  S/P
      Weight:  5.5

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