Steve, no, my Aretha's Gold is not the MFSL. It's an Atlantic reissue. I would have bought the MFSL issue if I could have found it.
And yes, I am still listening to the "possibly still defective Delos". I have numerous SQ issues from my analog front end and I believe it's the Delos. Though, it could be the Chinook phono stage. I tend to believe it's the Delos. I'm just living with it until I make a change. I am likely to be replacing my turntable and cartridge so it's then that I will learn the answer. My shortest of short list is a Feickert Analog Blackbird table with a Kuzma 4-Point 11 tonearm and a Soundsmith Sussurro Mkii ES or possibly the Paua Mkii ES. It's a big budget change for me so I must plan very carefully. Decision within about 2 weeks.