Two years at full 65 and you never once backed it off? That's wild, you were just blasting everything at max the whole time. The dross thing makes me want to go mess with my settings tonight.

Did the guy actually show you the trick or just drop that line and walk off?

Man, I had a similar thing with coffee. Used the same busted drip machine for like nine years because my mom gave it to me when I moved out, and it made straight up swamp water. Finally grabbed a cheap pour over setup at a garage sale and it was night and day. Felt weird to ditch the old thing at first, like I was tossing out a memory, but drinking coffee that doesn't taste like burnt rubber won me over fast. Sometimes the hand me down gear sticks around way past the point where it's actually helping. Anyway enjoy the new pot, sounds like your books are better off for it lol