Soundsmith having Issues because of COVID

Hmmmm, nice story worth reading, but how is it related to Soundsmith story?

As an irrelevant side note, during one of the of the recent audio shows, I met Mr. Soundsmith. Exchanged a few words, casual conversation, and he did not bite or kick. He seemed just like a regular guy who obviously knew much more than I did. I did not like the music he put on the turntable, though. but I will let that one pass and not take it against him.

nandric,

You may really need to let this one go. You are getting deeper and deeper and further and further. Dmage control is in order. Yes, you are right, probably none of the designers have retipped some cartridge, but they are the face of the business and they get identified as that business. millercarbon nicely explained everything in one of the posts above.

Not to mention that there is a number of people on these threads who do not consider English their first language. Invoking that in an argument is really trying to hold on to a straw, man.

nandric,

Did you really think that any of the items available in multiples and relatively easily accessible are made by one person?

There is, or at least was, a long video on youtube about Soundsmith. It might have been promotional, but it was informative, too. It took you through the Soundsmith office and all that. You could see the person assembling a cartridge, bins with parts, basically eveything. Employees were not hidden at all although the person talking the most and doing the least in that video was Mr. Soundsmith (Peter). For all I know, a person currently building a certain cartridge may be even better at that task than Mr. Soundsmith himself. Nothing wrong with that. He is the man behind the business and the face and name in front of it, but I do not expect him to have built every cartridge on the market. I do suspect he was involved in discussion and design of each of them.

isochronism,

I clicked on a random cartridge (Irox Ultimate) just to check.

Once the page opens, scroll down below yellow highlighted area. You will see "location/shipping method" which, I guess, you should choose. Immediately under it is an orange button "add to cart". It should take you to PayPal, if I got it right.

I agree, it is a business worth supporting and I am glad I bought their cartridge. No regrets whatsoever.

https://www.sound-smith.com/cartridges/special-order/irox-ultimate

isochronism,

"It's too bad that Peter doesn't sell direct and we could all purchase a cartridge from his stock at list price."

I bought a cartridge from Soundsmith about a year, maybe a year and a half, ago. I bought it on their website. Has that changed?