ELP laser turntable - any comments?

I've got a question about worn records...I've both heard that actual groove wear (like distortion on an old disc played with a bad stylus) can be virtually eliminated sometimes, and yet both owners here say wear is worse on the ELP. I'm just curious, since there seem to be very different opinions out there about how it handles wear. I've heard that scratches can reproduce worse on the ELP, but not groove wear, so I'm just wondering what your experience is a little more specifically (if you don't mind sharing!)

Thanks!

Thanks so much for your response - it answers my questions perfectly.

I keep wondering about the fact that one person (somewhere, I can't recall where) said it measured flat to about 16k, and the original patent states essentially the same thing and then says "-4db at 20k"...which might account for the percieved lack of sparkle and dynamics some seem to experience. Could this be related to loading on a standard preamp since this is roughly in the range where the peak occurs? Why would the LT need to be loaded in the first place? I realize they say 47k but I keep wondering if that dip in the response is due to this...just curious!