Soundsmith Strain Gage Cartridge system

So, there is no need to keep a second cartridge and traditional phonostage?

I had read the posts on AA and I appreciate seeing the information here as well.

"Provided everything is set-up to the nth degree"
Does this mean that one will want to use a standard cartridge when the physical quality of the record is less than perfect?

John,
What cartridge and phonostage were you using before you got the SG?
Do you run the SG system directly to your amps or into a linestage?
If you do go straight to the amps, what linestage had you been using?
Thank you.

That helps; thanks.

I hope to have one in my system in January.

I talked to two people that heard the system at CES. They were not overly impressed. Then again, they were unfamiliar with some of the other components in the system.