Soundsmith's turnaround time?

Sent in a cartridge this past Wednesday and it should arrive I'm Peekskill by Monday. From that point, I was told the turn-around should be ten to twelve weeks. This sounded reasonable to me; I have other cartridges, and I'm willing to wait for craftsmanship.

For some reason, my computer still won't let me get onto their website. I remeber they had a $250 option and a $350 option, but I can't remember what the differences are between the two.

Does anyone know what the differences are and if it would be worth going for the $350 option?

Thank you for your help and sharing any experiences that you might have.

Dear No_regrets: I have this email from the boss it self:

Peter@sound-smith.com and this other one:
craig@sound-smith.com

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

They took eight months to retip an Technics MC 310. After waiting all those months I emailed them and requested my cartridge be returned. The very next day I received a phone call telling me it was done. During the time the cartridge was gone I bought an Audio Technica AT-150MLX. I love the thing and it has a user replaceable stylus and I am current thinking about a Ortofon M2 Black which has the same feature.

Dear Vegasears: Nice to read that you are enjoying the MM/MI analog source alternative. Normally MM/MI cartridges are stylus removable, a good advantage between other things.

Other that the 2m Bkack you can try too the Nagaoka MP-50 and the Ortofon M20E Super that you can find NOS over the net.

regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.