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Interesting Steve Guttenberg interview on cartridge performance here with a young engineer from Soundsmith.

https://youtu.be/ylPDnZALvQQ

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millercarbon
... Usually people who aren't engineers and therefore don't know what they're talking about tell us ...
Whoa, that's quite a logical fallacy there! Not all engineers "know what they are talking about." Not all those who are not engineers fail to "know what they are talking about."

mijostyn
I can only half warm up to Mr Ledermann. I like a lot of his arguments but his office is a pig sty which makes me very suspicious of the quality of his work ... In the end none of his marketing has moved me to try one of his cartridges.
Appearances can be deceiving. I’ve been to Soundsmith and have seen the facility (including where they make phono cartridges, which is really "next door" to the rest of his business) and Peter and his team have done work for me. More than once. Their work is first class and his products - even if they might not be my style - sound fantastic. His background and experience is deep and varied, so while you’re free to be "suspicious," you might want to assess him on something other than your emotional reaction to his appearance. You're only cheating yourself when you judge people that way.