Soundsmith having Issues because of COVID

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.

I wrote to ''Durob Audio'' an exclusive hifi shop in Holland owned
by Van den Dungen. Van den Dungen was the inventor of the
''Kiseki story''. I asked  advice for my Kiseki Agaat which had
some coils issue. To my surprise I got an answer from the master
him self. He told me that he is searching for someone whom he
can trust because he also had ''some Kisekis'' for repair. He is
in China the most of the time because he owns ''Prima Luna''
factory there .That , a.o. was the reason for my surprise. 
So I posted my Agaat to Durob. But after 3 or 4 months I asked
very polite about my Agaat and his answer was that he lacked
the time for this ''adventure''. So I asked my Agaat back because
I found someone else for the job. This job was done in Hungary.
Now is it not curious that he deed not ask Van den Hul for his
Kiseki's or some other known re-tipper? He made it clear that
he needed to know whom exactly he should trust his carts.

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.

You guys and gals are killing me here. Peer pressure to get another Soundsmith (Hyperion this time), while I was contemplating a Koetsu Onyx Platinum. I feel that Soundsmith is being awful generous to allow all of his distributors to reduce cost for sales. For some, this is a great opportunity, while others will have to sit and wait for the next opportunity, sadly. Based on my readings, I want to just pull the trigger for a Hyperion, but I always try and do mission analysis before such purchases. But, this is a great opportunity for anyone who can take advantage of it. I own the Sussaro MKII and love it. Is the Hyperion that much better? I am conflicted!! 

AQ4L, there is a fantastic in depth comparison/trial thread on Soundsmiths, esp Hyperion and Straingauge carts
Go to Whats Best Forum, and on the Vinyl Forum/Carts look for:-
Next Step On Soundsmith Fixed Coil Carts
...to cut a long story short, the Hyperion and LPSd Straingauge come out very highly rated indeed. 
More evidence as to how underrated Peter's creations are.