Red3
Red3
The Red3 uses a four piece OTL cantilever that has a Grado specific diamond mounted on a brass bushing. Grado’s OTL, or optimized transmission line, technology provides an ideal transfer...
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The Red3 uses a four piece OTL cantilever that has a Grado specific diamond mounted on a brass bushing.
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 Red3 is hand assembled by Grado's team in Brooklyn, with some builders having over 25 years of experience. This updated series of cartridges offers excellent tonal balance, dynamics, and realism, for a most rewarding reproduction of vocals and instruments. The 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 Red3 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 Red3 to have one of the lowest effective moving mass generating systems while creating an excellent balance throughout the full frequency range.
- Output - 4 mV @ 5 CMV (45 degrees)
- Frequency Response - 10-55,000 Hz
- Channel Separation - Average 25 DB, 10-30,000 Hz
- Stylus - Diamond- Elliptical
- Input Load - 10k - 47k ohms
- Induction - 50 mH
- DC Resistance - 660 ohms
- Cartridge Weight - 6 grams
- Tracking Force - 1.6 -1.9 grams
- Compliance - 20 um/mN
- Mounting - P-mount or 1/2’’ Screw Mount
Customer Reviews
Another outstanding cart for my PL530 time machine. What that Red pushed out my Polks was a lucious surprise. Very satisfied.
My niece wanted a turntable for her dorm set up. I happened to find an older Technics missing its cables. Once I found what I needed and got it running - no sound. I didn’t realize the cartridge was missing! I’ve bought several Grados in the past and had a Grado Gold laying around, but it wasn’t a P-mount. I bought a Grado Red P-mount, it arrived in a couple of days though USPS and was a super easy install. Her amp is an old HK20 running through so JBL bookshelf speakers I bought her. I did not expect to hear such good sound. She is now happily enjoying her new hobby and this great sound did not break my bank!
Sound is impressive , warm and very detailed .
I have never used a grado cartridge before. I have head many posirive and negative things over the years. I decided i wanted to try a different cartridge on my JVC QL-7 turntable. That is when i started looking at Grado seriously. The Red3 fit my budget, with an impulse purchese I ordered.
Within a week the new cartridge arrived. I opened the well packed package with enthusiasm. I had the cartridge installed and setup after an hour or so, it was a very careful setup.
At first I wasnt hearing anything especially different, not bad but not really a wow.
I fought off making changes to the setup as I knew I did it very well, so i kept listening.
Im very happy to say that after about 15 hours the cartridge just seem to blossom! It was sounding wide with great depth. The cartridge doesnt really do everything perfect but for me and my setup and ears it does many thing really well.
Im very happy with my purchase and many found for me, the negative things i'd about were never an issue for me. Great cartridge.
Product description was accurate. Works well and what was needed.