One thing I like about Pimsleur is that even in the early lessons, the speed of the audio is close-to-normal conversational speed. I think they do slow it down a little, but it seems pretty similar to the “spoken at near-natural speed” rating of the N3, even if the complexity is low.

Though the content of the text, especially in the early lessons, is ridiculous. “Conversations” consisting of asking someone repeatedly if they’d like something to eat or drink and where they’d like to go. Not to mention it gets kind of creepy when you’re told to ask if they’d like to go to “your place” for a drink, and you haven’t even learned their name.