Grado Statement 3--any experience?

Do not retip, upgrade with Grado or buy another cartridge from different manufacturer. 

Stylus tip mounted with press-fit method, retippers can only glue a new tip.

Thank you, but the stylus on the Statement 1 is boron -- does Grado press-fit a stylus in a boron cantilever? That seems implausible. I had thought that the form of boron used in cantilevers is extremely hard and not amenable to press-fitting. Is this incorrect?

You’re right, I just checked online and here is a picture from another member on vinyl engine. I’m surprised about Boron cantilever.

I was a bit confused about it because of the LP Gear, on their picture it’s definitely not Boron and definitely a press-fit. But when it comes to LP Gear site there are always so much misinformation about everything.

Anyway, do not retip it, stay with the manufacturer and get their warranty and support, upgrade to the next model.

I have a Statement3 on an SME 12A turntable. Long story short, everyone that has heard it so far is reconsidering their fixation with MC cartridges. Interesting since, I believe, Grado received the original MC patent.

I guess the real news is how much of what I love about the Statement3 is also found in their new, $275 entry level wood body cartridge (Opus3).

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