Grado Aeon
  

  • Model: Aeon
  • Shipping Weight: 5lbs
  • Manufactured by: Grado
$6,000.00
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The Prince


Hand-Built in Brooklyn

Cocobolo Wooden Housing

Sapphire Cantilever

Diamond Tipped

Twin Magnet System

Patented Flux-Bridge™

Ultra High Purity Copper Coil

Four Coil Unison

Swiss Screw Machined

The younger sibling to the Epoch, the Aeon unites sapphire, diamond, and wood in a major step forward for phono cartridge design.

Inspired by the Best.

Worthy Sound

The Lineage Series brings a higher level of listening to your vinyl, and the Aeon was built for just that. Inspired by the Grado Epoch, the Aeon brings to life an exceptional reproduction of vocals and instruments, with superlative tonal balance, dynamics, imaging, and realism. The Aeon features a unique system that has the lowest effective moving mass of any cartridge, while our patented Flux-Bridger generator design creates a superior balance throughout the full frequency spectrum with superb resolution and clarity, which produces an overall truer picture of the music.
All of the internal magnetic circuit parts are Swiss screw machined or molded metal, which have tolerances on the order of the best Swiss-made watches. The specially designed diamond stylus, for the first time in a Grado, is mounted on a sapphire cantilever that connects to the stylus generating system. The Lineage series features a unique system that has the lowest effective moving mass of any cartridges, while Grado’s patented Flux-Bridger generator design creates a superior balance throughout the full frequency spectrum with superb resolution and clarity, which produces an overall truer picture of the music. This is all nestled inside a selected cocobolo wooden housing.

In 1953, the Grado family started building cartridges on their kitchen table. Every experience in the family’s history has led to the creation of the Lineage Series. The Aeon represents the craftsmanship and unwavering dedication to sound that has been Grados main focus for over 65 years. The Aeon is now available for $6,000.

“WOW!...Last night I played the Berlin Philharmonic's Direct to Disc Brahms 4th Symphony...was amazing.”

Michael Fremer / AnalogPlanet

Small Necessities.

The Materials

A major step forward in phono cartridge design, the sapphire, diamond, and cocobolo work in harmony to bring this cartridge to life. The specially designed diamond stylus, for the first time in a Grado, is mounted on a sapphire cantilever that connects to the stylus generating system. The Aeon features a unique system that has the lowest effective moving mass of any cartridge, staying steady on your turntable.

In the Details.

Extreme Precision

All of the internal magnetic circuit parts are Swiss screw machined or molded metal, which have tolerances on the order of the best Swiss-made watches. Grado’s coil winding techniques, honed throughout the decades, bring exact unison between the four coils in each phono cartridge. This creates precise balance between channels and accurate stereo imaging.

The Sound of Wood.

Built from Cocobolo

The flagship Grado cartridge is nestled inside a cocobolo housing, adding solid mass and a bold yet revealing signature sound. Cocobolo, known for fine instruments and those chess sets that look too nice to touch, is some of the most beautiful and tonally pleasing woods we have ever used. Its denseness and grain is a primary reason why it produces such a unique sound.

With Love.

Hand-Built in Brooklyn

Each Aeon built sees final assembly by John Grado himself on his workbench. Every experience in our history has led to the creation of the Lineage Series. The Aeon represents the craftsmanship and unwavering dedication to sound that has been Grado’s main focus for over half a century.