$3200!!! Seems very high to me, but maybe that proves I am a troglodyte. Especially in light of the added $1600 cost to upgrade it further. Mine is about that old. I was actually at Herb Papier's house having mine upgraded to Mk7, or whatever was the final version made by Herb, when Tri was visiting with Herb to learn how to manufacture the tonearm. (Herb was the designer and inventor of the tonearm, and he made the whole thing himself in his basement workshop in Wheaton, MD. By that time he was farming out the manufacture of some of the individual parts, but he alone did the quality control and assembly.) Since taking over, Tri has made some nice further upgrades to the arm in terms of parts quality and function. Maybe if you can be patient, a later version will show up on the market for similar cost.