Received the most up-to-date Grado Red3. It was shipped relatively quickly even for the most cost-conscious shipping option. In-stock, picked and shipped quickly, and with timely (and accurate) automated tracking updates. Pretty darn good service! And as for Grado Red it's just such a great p-mount cart. For the money a fantastic cart, dead center, nice deep, rich soundstage that provides detailed separation of instruments without any veil. Really helps that it captures the real sound decay of sax and cymbals that paired with good speakers and capable pre/amp and robust amplification absolutely sings. It's silky and not sibilant, but exhibits all the emotion of the artists. And bass reproduction is fantastic to boot. I'm sure there are significant improvements in clarity available at much higher investments, but for the money this gets you pretty far up the listening experience. Enjoy!
