Grado wood cartridge update


Grado has announced that their wood bodies cartridges (the Timbre and Lineage series) are being updated to a version 4. The Timbre have osage or olive wood bodies now, and the Lineage series is swapping to Brazilian ebony. The osage bodied Timbres now have a Shibata stylus, as do all the Lineage cartridges.

The body shape has changed as well, which is said to help getting the alignment right (?)

Best of all, the prices have not gone up!

dogberry

I hope the assembly quality improves.  My Ref 3 which I obtained through the trade-up program just isn't made as nicely as the old Ref I traded in.  The cutout in the wood body for the motor assembly is visibly (slightly) out of line and the stylus guard is cruder than the Ref.  Even the wooden box is not as nicely made.

Bill