Soundsmith - Thank you to everyone.

I wrote this for Rose and Heather

The river

Isar

Polluted for all time

By Nazi ash

Can it ever be

Cleansed ?

Just go ask Heather

She can look directly upon the face of Jesus

For advice

Now

He said

Next time

Don’t play

In the street

Yet you must

Love 

those

Who killed you

For an evil idea

Killed you

Like a dog in the street

Yet you must Love them

As you love

Yourself

Leave cleansing of the river

To me

Wow.  Some of the best of Agon forums...Do I file this under  cartridge retipping? Or History? Amazing story, :-) @retipper Peter. I have an Einstein cartridge fixed/reworked by you. @fsonicsmith thanks for the reference about Ellis; interesting.  My maternal grandfather's family did the same.

Peter, I have read and enjoyed this chain of posts more than anything in Audiogon, ever. I am a longtime owner and lover of Soundsmith cartridges and feel fortunate to get to know you a bit from afar. Stay well.

"My father and family was from Breslau " Wrocław please @retipper

Peter, I can't find the words to express the joy you've brought into my life. I was easily in the digital audiophile camp. Some CDs, but hundreds of files. I still maintained a very modest vinyl rig, but mostly it sat idle. 
I realized that vinyl had something about it that kept drawing me in, but I still resisted the pull. 
I decided to upgrade my table to a VPI, and noticed a significant improvement. But still, I played more files than wax.
As (mis)fortune would have it, I damaged the stylus on my V15VxMR. The replacements are pricey, so I went looking for an upgrade.  One of my friends suggested the Zephyr MIMC☆. I thought to myself "self, are you stupid? Putting a $2k cartridge on a $1800 used table?" Well, I took the plunge and could not be happier! My music playback is now 80% vinyl. My streaming service is for discovering new music to buy on vinyl, and my files are neglected! I'm currently restoring an old Denon dp-35f table, and have both an Otello and another MIMC! I'm looking forward to seeing how much performance I can extract from this 35 year old table!
All because of you, Peter, and the beautiful, wonderful works of art that you produce! 
Thank you, so much!