Prestige Grado MI stylus replacement question

There is evidently another Grado stylus above the ones mentioned, the XTZ at $450.

Gosthouse, i just asked Grado Support today and this is the answer:
"the 8MZ is a nude elliptical"

I assumed there is no different old or new stock.

That's good news Chakster. I was only passing along the info relayed to me from
someone I consider a highly reputable source. I guess I'll have to get mine under
some magnification to see what it actually looks like. Certainly hope new and
old stock are the same! i.e., nude. Thanks. Let me know if you learn anything
more.

By the way, here's a link to that discussion I mentioned in an earlier post (on
AudioKarma)
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=399203

Cheers Ghosthouse

For everyone who would like to walk in the Grado Lab watch this short documentary: https://youtu.be/L2ZpJHGYMC8

Chakster - Thanks very much for that link. I knew they were in Brooklyn but great to see the actual facility and get a better sense of how much a "family run" business their operation really is. To me Grado is a throwback to a time of successful American entrepreneurship that stands in strong contrast to the publicly traded corporate business model where product is subordinate to stock price. Thanks again. I enjoyed it.