Stirling Trayle brought me into this business. I have spent numerous hours over the years setting up systems of all kinds be it mid-fi or ultra uber high end. One thing remains constant with this man. Its practice, dedication to this art, tools and techniques used in other industrial applications that he figures he can use, his tool kit and specialty products on hand. For instance he gave me screws to use on my new headshell on a cartridge that's only 1K. I did the switch and voila it improved the performance of my whole KIT. 2 freakin screws. Now I only use these in my installs. This man spends days at home practicing setup. It's an obsession leading to compulsive habits that keep you on track to achieve small goals that then snap in place. Every single step in the process has meaning, a reaction that will show up as an improvement in the end result. NO ONE is that screwed up in life that I have ever met that goes to these levels..and this is a compliment guys. The funny thing is that you cannot put a price to his services. There is no rational way to say that if he did not do these steps that I could be OK with it. There is simply no short cuts. He works sometimes 10-11 hours straight, totally focused, lost in this system, totally in control, completely happy with each step. If you have a 25K to 30K system and you want to improve it or if its 1.5 million, you will see a marked improvement with Stirling optimizing this system to your taste. Every single thought process is with you in mind. It's your system that's dialed in for you. Just genius...My personal system was optimized by Stirling.