I can attest that Si does have a lot of experience of the Paradise, not just building them but hearing it in differing systems and different cartridges. Personally I’ve heard quite a few of his different phonostage builds but have only heard it with my own modded Linn Troika and his Benz LP. One thing you have to consider is that, unlike a lot of stages, it is extremely chameleon like. That is to say, one minute you are playing a couple of records and thinking ‘oh it could have a bit more weight in the bass’ (for example) and then you put on another record and suddenly you are pinned to the seat by the bass slam and extension!