Michael Fremer "It is among the finest cartridges I've ever heard at any price", Stereophile
Jonathan Valin "I'm going to keep the Statement in my reference system" The Absolute Sound
It is beyond belief that this cartridge at only $3, 500 can compete with and even best cartridges that cost $10, 000 − $12, 000. Audiophilia
All Statement Series 2 cartridges offer a low mass generating system, and a diamond cut specially for Grado.. All this is hand-assembled within a machined, Australian Jarrah wood housing. The low frequency information and its portrayal of bass dynamics are solid, powerful and authoritative. The midrange is rich, complex and highly believable. Its top-end seems to extend forever with speed and remarkable delicacy. Imaging is detailed and precise with a sound stage that wraps its arms around you and draws you into the music.
Features:
• Coil size optimization, cutting back on the number of turns, for sonic quaility!
• New potting coil process which controls the resonance and noise even more than before!
• Lower effective mass of 17%, thus a quicker more accurate reproduction of music!
• Now made from Jarrah Wood, which is much harder and denser, adding greater stability!
Specifications:
Output: 1.0mV @ 5CMV
Controlled Frequency Response: 8-70 kHz
Channel Separation: Average 45db, 10-30kHz
Load: 47K ohms
Inductance: 30 mH
Resistance: 72 ohms
Non Sensitive to Capacitive Load
Chassis Mass: 10 grams
Tracking Force: 1.5-1.9 grams
20% Trade In - Just send your old Statement Cartridge for a New One - or a Higher Spec Wood Statement / Reference
All re-tipping on the Statement and Reference series will be done by Grado.
GRADO is one of the oldest family-owned companies in the audio industry and has for almost half a century been a leader in design engineering for the high-end audio and recording industries. Renowned for their remarkable headphones and phono cartridges, the company holds over 48 patents and company founder, Joseph Grado, is credited as the inventor of the stereo moving coil phono cartridge. All GRADO cartridges are hand made to GRADO's full performance specifications. Acclaimed by experts as virtually the finest pickups in the world at their price points, nothing leaves the factory unless it sounds pure GRADO In 1963 Grado was focusing everything into creating the worlds best phono cartridges. Grado Labs stopped the production of all the other products and, for just over 20 years, concentrated on cartridges. Phono cartridge design was improved dramatically in 1976 when truly top quality cartridges were first made with the supervision of Joseph Grado Signature Products. The newly created cartridges were well received and were given a price tag of $1,000 - the first to be sold for that amount. & recently we introduced the $12,000 Epoch Range
