Geopolitis, yes, indeed. My life unintentionally has been complicated by getting a new turntable, the Bergman and a new cartridge, the Ortofon A90 as well as getting a new version of my linestage. This is, of course, a no no for introducing new components. But everything is sounding just outstanding. I went to the trouble to go back to everything as it was with my old speakers, except for using those speakers. The sound had that wonderful extended and sweet top end, the soundstage was real and on live recording quite involving. The bass is still not up to what my Acapellas did but I expect that will come with additional breakin. I am now running the system from 7 am to 11 pm daily.
Each day I go to listen with confidence that I will better sound than the day before. Many of my digital sources sound so different than what I heard before that they could almost be different recordings.
Life is great!
