I haven't heard it myself, but the reviews are very promising. Have you followed the review links on their site? Their moving iron cartridges also intrigue me.

Dave

panther,

Welcome to the forum! I have heard the Strain Gauge on several occasions as my local dealer is now using it as his reference and have been extremely impressed. I posted on it a couple of months ago, here, where there was some discussion of the slightly 'closed' nature of the architecture.

It certainly betters the Dynavector XV-1s, which is the only other cartridge I have heard in the exact same players, in several areas such as transient attack and sound-staging. I got my Dynavector, a demonstrator, at a deep discount, if I had been paying anywhere near list I would have stretched for the Strain Gauge instead. A friend of mine who has had a number of high-end cartridges prefers it to his previous reference, his Lyra Olympos.

There was a very positive review in Italian high-end journal Fedelt

Funny, I was just researching this yesterday myself.

I was watching a youtube clips of the Cart at the CES show (I think). Do a search out there for some more talk about it. I would provide a link, but my work blocks the site (for good reason).

I thought that the soundsmith website had some reviews (but it maybe just comments).

I found it interesting (but out of my price range).

Cheers,