Is this when you have "arrived??"

LOL, no it was completely audio driven.
I told him not to worry about it, it had happened before...but only during a very involved opera piece that the individual was very familiar with, and after a few glasses of wine.

This morning, there was no mind alterations of any kind. Being embarrassed, he even said to me that he had never been brought to that level of emotion by a piece of music.

He knows the music well.

It is the anadisq 200 gram repro they did about 10 years ago or so. I had to have it, being one of my A Parson fav's.

Waiting for the next process to run, I checked my voice mail and he had left a message. In calling him back, he made me an offer.
He asked if he and his wife could have supper with us. Also, they want to stay "the night" to have me spin some records for them.

I do not like to brag about my system or my sound.
I know there are fellows reading this who have spent more than my HOUSE cost...hence I do not want to look the fool.
That being said, this Benz MC in the Grace tonearm/LP12 has taken things to a whole new level.
The detail and left to right stage that has been revealed, is in a realm I did not even think my Sequerra's could approach. I knew they were good, but not THIS good.

I have been on a 6 day listening binge, but I can safely say in that short time that I will not be looking for a new cart for quite some time. I only wish I had known this was possible. I would have skipped the last Grado I bought and gone for one of these.

Tonight, I will have a box of kleenex handy. :)

Yes, from the 70's...as is my table.
Well, not the bearing.
...or the power supply
...or the trampolin
...or the interconnects
...or the...

Or the motor
or the dustcover
or the belt
or the suspension

Ghosthouse, you "object"

What is it you object to?

I find it funny that there are a number of posts to the negative on this. Are you trying to suck the life out of others? Do you get angry if others feel joy?

You think a painter from the 1800's, when optometry may not have been as advanced as it is today, who finally got a pair of spectacles that allowed him to see his work clearly for the first time never shed a tear?
Someone hiking the Appalachian Trail who saw their first cloud cover dissipate to uncover a flawless valley with a herd of whitetails running below with a roaring stream in the distance, never shed a tear from the simple beauty of the moment?

You do not think a passage of music, truly heard clearly for the first time cannot produce this kind of emotion?

If you cannot understand how this can happen to someone, stop coming to this site, by a Bose Waveradio and take up beer can collecting.

Okay, last shot at this point. I should have not even bothered, but since I am in this far...

The guy was not brought to tears by a spectral analysis report on my system. Understand? OF COURSE it was the music. The fact that the music had NEVER been heard with that level of clarity...causing him to realize the musicians were trying to convey something quite different than he thought for so long...the subtle little words he had never understood before...okay? Are we clear now?

If not, I give up.

Abucktwoeighty,
I have a Benz ACE, which replaced an old Grado XTZ. At the end, I was running a MCZ stylus in it though.
Honestly, I heard zero difference between the XTZ and the MCZ styli.

Huge soundstage, I will still give to the Grado. But that's all I'll give it.
The Benz has it all over the Grado in every other aspect. I am sure the cart you have is very different from my aged XTZ, but regardless, this Benz just gets the music right.
After hearing 2 and 3k MC's in front of 50k and higher systems, I was worried that a retail sub 700.00 MC would not be worth it.
WOW, was I wrong.
I am just blown away by it.
This has been one of the biggest sound improvements ever in my system. This has made more of a difference than going from planar3 to LP12.

was this person familiar with a sound of a hi-end audio system? or was it a revelation?

Sort of familiar with Best Buy mid-fi, but never heard anything like mine.

Are you able to disclose the exact track?

I would like to try and recreate this experience at home, with myself, friends and family.

It was about halfway through side one of the mfsl TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION... "ever more..."