@dover - what I feel like I'm missing is 'roundness' of the overall sound presentation. It presents well and is highly detailed. It just doesn't feel 'musical' to me, I guess. It's hard to explain really.
@solypsa - I have the most recent version, with the 15VDC wall wart power supply. I think it sounds good - dead quiet, no over-coloration. Again, I wish I could have pulled the trigger on a Herron, but I haven't been able to do that. At least, not yet.
I do have designs on a Schroeder or Kuzma arm in the future. I had forgotten that the Audiomods arm comes with a larger mass cartridge mounting plate, so I'm going to try that, for the moment, to see if there's any audible difference.