Has anyone recently had any slow response with Sound-Smith repairs

Soundsmith received my phono cartridge for repair on Oct. 20 last year and it was finished on Jan. 29. This was not warranty work. The wait was about what I expected - they don't promise a rapid turnaround. I found them very pleasant and straightforward to work with.

There is another long thread on this topic. Turns out Peter Ledermann has been dealing with major illness in his family, and he is the one and only one who can sign off on a rebuild. This seems to have slowed them down a bit. Based on the testimony of some others, your wait so far is not unprecedented and may even be on the low end of the time frame. PL is doing the best he can, I am sure.

4 months isn't bad relatively. I heard from the thread mentioned by lewm quite a few people was waiting over a year... If not done in early 2017, bug them again.

4 months for warranty work does not sound right. In the other thread, Peter mentions that he will prioritize rebuilds of his own cartridges and shoots for a 2 - 6 week turn around. That's a rebuild, george99sa is talking about a warranty job. I would think those jobs would go right to the top of the queue.