Yup, my ear just gravitates to the VPI sound. I wanted a set and forget deck - my partner enjoys spinning, and going the next rung up the VPI ladder means unipivot, which I don't want to subject her to! Haha. I do wish I had further adjustability, and both the SD and UD are stellar trackers, the UD incredibly so. I've got the Cliffwood about as dialed as it can be, and I think if I were buying at full retail today, I would potentially go a different route, but seeing as I got it for less than half of what they retail for now, hard to argue with how great this thing continues to sound.