Same, I had a Capresso grinder for about 11 years now and it works fine. Parts are available as well. I’m sure that there are better ones, but it makes me wonder if it’s like audiophile territory. I don’t think I would be able to tell the difference if I were to upgrade.

Some of it is audiophile in the very high end, but the Capresso is definitely not where I would consider the edge of diminishing returns. It uses pretty mediocre burrs with a considerable amount of plastic and a poor grind adjustment mechanism. I used to own one and upgrading got me substantially better coffee.

I had once a collegue at work who said, "I pity you that you need to drink expensive coffee, I can't taste the difference" My taste tops out at $600 grinders.

Funny, although I pity someone who can’t taste the difference between truly hugely different coffees. At some point it becomes like saying you can’t taste the difference between a Merlot and a Chardonnay wine. I can respect someone who says they just prefer “boring” cheap coffee, but they’re kidding themselves if they’d try to say there isn’t a clear difference. Even the smell is blatantly obvious.