Is this when you have "arrived??"

All the big, bad ,strong and mean men really don't cry now do they? No to show emotion is weak and frail and one with emotional issues. Real men don't CRY DAMMIT!!!!!!!!

Some of you Srong men have not creid in your whole life accept when you were little BOYS so you see little boys are the only one's who cry. When you feel that little boy emotion you fight it back and hold that tear in because, DAMMIT Im a MAN yes I am....... and I don't want to be seen with emotional problems.

Anyway I bet a CDP with a SS amp would have made him want to leave early and not come back so your on the right track. =8^)

I don't consider myself a big, bad, strong, mean man, but I don't cry. I can't say why. I would not say that I fight back tears or bottle anything up inside. I guess I just don't understand it. I have felt very, very sad, and very, very happy without tears.

I have a sister who used to say when we were young, that everyone should cry at least once a day. Maybe for some this is a way to relieve stress, I don't know. I do know that when I see someone crying over what I consider small potatoes, it perplexes me. I can certainly understand it at funerals though.

My wife does accuse me of being too detached, maybe that is a character flaw. She seems to enjoy watching movies that make her cry. I prefer ones that make me laugh.

The last time I did cry was in 1989 when my father died. I'm not really a stone face, as I tend to laugh quite a bit, though not while listening to music (smile maybe).

Maybe I will cry again one day, but I doubt it will be over entertainment, work, relationships or such. Possibly when I lose someone else who is very close to me.

Cheers,
John

Okay, last shot at this point. I should have not even bothered, but since I am in this far...

The guy was not brought to tears by a spectral analysis report on my system. Understand? OF COURSE it was the music. The fact that the music had NEVER been heard with that level of clarity...causing him to realize the musicians were trying to convey something quite different than he thought for so long...the subtle little words he had never understood before...okay? Are we clear now?

If not, I give up.

Abucktwoeighty,
I have a Benz ACE, which replaced an old Grado XTZ. At the end, I was running a MCZ stylus in it though.
Honestly, I heard zero difference between the XTZ and the MCZ styli.

Huge soundstage, I will still give to the Grado. But that's all I'll give it.
The Benz has it all over the Grado in every other aspect. I am sure the cart you have is very different from my aged XTZ, but regardless, this Benz just gets the music right.
After hearing 2 and 3k MC's in front of 50k and higher systems, I was worried that a retail sub 700.00 MC would not be worth it.
WOW, was I wrong.
I am just blown away by it.
This has been one of the biggest sound improvements ever in my system. This has made more of a difference than going from planar3 to LP12.

I got it. Thanks, Gumby.
JOHN