SoundSmith cartridges how good?

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Read Shakti's Reports on all Three Pages, the broad range of experiences undertaken by this   Audio Enthusiast and HiFi Business Proprietor extend beyond any I know off. 

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Just buy one of the Hanas and be happy...Great cartridges for the money.

I own a Paua II and love it. Absolutely no complaints. I also think that Peter L. has his head on straight regarding cartridge design and calibration. That meant a lot to me. Being a low compliance cartridge, however, you will realize a significant improvement using it in a higher mass arm even though Sound-Smith recommends anything between 7-29 gms.

The Paua mkII is a wonderful cart and it’s what gave me the upgrade bug to the Hyperion.
Peter is 3 weeks into building it right now and I’m going to his place to pick it up - and then I will be selling my PAUA on Usam  if anyone is interested pm me. Purchased in Jan 2021 and a great entry point into his highest level designs with a very generous retipping program.

To the one guy who felt short changed by Peter in the course of a telephone conversation, it would help us to understand your angst if you would say what the subject was and what was your question. Because in general, there is absolutely no other cartridge manufacturer who so readily reaches out to customers and has also become a major guru in the industry, other than Peter.. The only other company that even comes close is Lyra, with Jonathan  carr as its spokesperson. You must have reached Peter on a very bad day or at a very bad moment, because I have found him to be unfailingly courteous and responsive. We are lucky to have him.