Has anybody tried the Reed 3P?


I own the Reed 2A and have the 'Magnetic Reed' on lone which I can buy. But I am also curious about the 3P as a possible next one.

Regards,
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Nandric, thanks for the suggestion. I will talk to my local Reed dealer regarding different counter weight. Actually both Air Tight and Koetsu weight quite a bit (12, 12.5g If I remember correctly) and the current counter weight supplied was barely enough so if anything, I probably could use a heavier weight.
I am using 3P at the moment and actually just installed FR64s in my system. My3P has 12 inch Cocobolo wand. When I bought Reed, I mentioned that I may be using it with Koetsu cartridge. My local dealer contacted Reed and was recommended that I go with Cocobolo. It works extremely well with Air Tight Pc-1 Supreme on my TW Acustic AC-1. However, I was rather disappointed when using it with Koetsu Coralstone.
However I can't tell how much was Reed's fault and how much was TW's fault. TW Acustic told me once via email that I would never hear TW at its full capability with Koetsu.
Anyhow, now I mount on my Koetsu on FR64s/Micro Seiki Bl-111
that could easily rival Reed/TW/Air Tight but has very different presentation whereas Reed/TW/Koetsu is nowhere near the same league. However, I would not rule out Reed with low compliance cartridge as I heard 2P (Cocobolo) with Miyajima Kansui with excellent result as well.
Oops, I mean 3Q, sorry. My local dealer is getting 3P in soon and I am waiting to hear it as well.
Nandric, there is a local Reed dealer here in Bangkok so Vetterone is not the local dealer I referred to. Actually, I was the first customer that ordered Reed from the local dealer here. As far as choice of wood is concered, I assume it was Vidmantas who made the recommendation through my local dealer. Or at least somebody from Reed did anyhow. My local dealer also has Miyajima and he suggested for both Koetsu and Miyajima, to use Cocobolo so both of us got Cocobolo.
anyhow, I am perfectly happy with Reed. Just because it does not work out as well with Koetsu as FR, it still works wonderfully with my Air Tight cartridge and I am not sure how many arms out there would mate Koetsu as well as FR does?

PS which earlier question did I ask? Are you talking about another Reed thread from awhile back?
I saw one at my local dealer. Looks great but have not had a chance to listen to it carefully yet. A friend has one on order as well. Recently I mounted Graham 12 inch on my TW Raven AC-1 and wondered if I should have order 3P instead. At least for my taste, I prefer my 3Q with Air Tight PC-1 Supreme over Graham/Air Tight by quite a bit but I only have Graham installed about 2 weeks ago and the phono cable is new as well so hopefully Graham will continue to improve over the next few months.