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[Mather]

Tell me about it.

 

[folsom_lives]

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Tell me about it.

It’s giving Star Wars bounty hunter vibes.

 

[Mather]

It’s giving Star Wars bounty hunter vibes.

I like it even more now.

 

[Nee Lewman]

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Tell me about it.

Look at the fun museum display the Sabre has:

There was a real cool front shot of it in one of the reviews I read, but I’ll be damned if I can find it right now.

 

[Mather]

Look at the fun museum display the Sabre has:

That's awesome. This is the Paua case...

Comical really.

 

[Mather]

That's awesome. This is the Paua case...
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Comical really.

Looks like a guy that got his first condo and doesn't own any furniture.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Looks like a guy that got his first condo and doesn't own any furniture.

Isn’t that the target demo for theses four figure plus carts?

 

[Mather]

Isn’t that the target demo for theses four figure plus carts?

Replace condo with mansion and probably yes.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

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Tell me about it.

That's a really unique design. I've never seen one where the record goes in the center and you can play both sides at the same time.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Replace condo with mansion and probably yes.

I said four figures, not five.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

I'm done...........really, no lie

Love everything about it out of the box and I can't wait until it opens up a bit, great detail and clarity, soundstage, tracks fantastic and has the warmth I wanted. A thanks to Rich for some helpful conversations.

Grado Sonata3 LO
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What’s the difference between the Lo and High versions?

 

[Nee Lewman]

What’s the difference between the Lo and High versions?

I believe it is a mc so it would be output level.

 

[Rowan]

I'm telling you, when you stop looking at gear, you breath a sigh of relief

Unless you transition straight into looking at media storage furniture and room arrangements.

 

[Joe Mac]

I believe it is a mc so it would be output level.

Moving Iron same as all Grados. Both run off fhe MM bit of a phono.

But yeah output. Low is 1mV, high is 5mV.

 

[kvetcha]

That's awesome. This is the Paua case...
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Comical really.

sooo did you actually buy a Paua?

 

[AnthonyI]

What’s the difference between the Lo and High versions?

What @Joe Mac said

 

[dansomeone]

What’s the difference between the Lo and High versions?

The Reference has higher output due to more windings in the coil. It’s around a mile of copper in the Reference vs 7 feet of thicker wire in the Statement.

I read this as meaning low output has a thicker, shorter wire inside. So less distance to travel means less chance of sound degradation?

 

[Joe Mac]

I read this as meaning low output has a thicker, shorter wire inside. So less distance to travel means less chance of sound degradation?

From Grado:

It comes in both high- and low-output versions, 4mV and 1mV respectively, and also in a mono iteration. John Grado says “the high-output cartridges have 6000 turns of wire on the bobbins while the low outputs have 380 turns. The length of wire in the high outputs is 125 feet compared to 7 feet in the low outputs. Because we have fewer turns on the low outputs, we can use a much larger size wire, close to 16 times the diameter. So, the signal has a shorter distance to travel (7 feet from 125 feet), and the signal can flow more easily due to the larger wire. We feel this adds some speed to the signal and gives tighter detail at the extremities of the frequency range.”

 

[folsom_lives]

From Grado:

It comes in both high- and low-output versions, 4mV and 1mV respectively, and also in a mono iteration. John Grado says “the high-output cartridges have 6000 turns of wire on the bobbins while the low outputs have 380 turns. The length of wire in the high outputs is 125 feet compared to 7 feet in the low outputs. Because we have fewer turns on the low outputs, we can use a much larger size wire, close to 16 times the diameter. So, the signal has a shorter distance to travel (7 feet from 125 feet), and the signal can flow more easily due to the larger wire. We feel this adds some speed to the signal and gives tighter detail at the extremities of the frequency range.”

Cartridge making still seems like voodoo to me. How the hell do you coil anything 6000 times inside that small of a housing?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Cartridge making still seems like voodoo to me. How the hell do you coil anything 6000 times inside that small of a housing?

Honestly the whole medium seems like voodoo to me.