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@@ -24,17 +24,16 @@ The 208 training/holdout packages themselves are already embedded inside
 
 ### 1. Get the model file
 
-Download `Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep3-Q8_0.gguf` (~31GB) from
-Google Drive — **this is the current production checkpoint**, switched from
-ep2 on 2026-08-30 based on separability and length-calibration evidence
-(see `JOINT_TRAINING_CLOSEOUT_REPORT.md`):
+Two candidate checkpoints are available. Separability and length-calibration
+metrics lean slightly toward epoch 3 (see `JOINT_TRAINING_CLOSEOUT_REPORT.md`
+for the numbers), but not decisively enough to settle it on metrics alone —
+**live testing through `voice-bench.html` is what should decide between
+them.** Download both, run one at a time (or both at once on different
+ports — see step 3), and compare generations on real held-out packages
+before picking one.
 
-https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QZT488Uu1b9Pxoie9Hs2lnxtOhMD4Pwr
-
-The previous production checkpoint, `Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep2-Q8_0.gguf`,
-remains available for comparison:
-
-https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q1w_XMp6oRmfx8xqXDV-HvDx_krVxQtD
+- `Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep3-Q8_0.gguf` (~31GB): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QZT488Uu1b9Pxoie9Hs2lnxtOhMD4Pwr
+- `Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep2-Q8_0.gguf` (~31GB): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q1w_XMp6oRmfx8xqXDV-HvDx_krVxQtD
 
 Memory needed: ~31GB for the weights plus ~3GB of KV cache at the full
 32768-token context, so ~35GB total. Confirmed working on a DGX Spark;
@@ -57,6 +56,8 @@ This produces `llama.cpp/build/bin/llama-server`, which is what
 
 ### 3. Start the model server
 
+Point `MODEL_PATH` at whichever checkpoint you're testing:
+
 ```
 MODEL_PATH=/path/to/Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep3-Q8_0.gguf \
 LLAMA_SERVER=/path/to/llama.cpp/build/bin/llama-server \
@@ -67,6 +68,17 @@ Leave this running in a terminal — it's the process `voice-bench.html`
 talks to. If you'd rather not set environment variables every time, edit the
 defaults at the top of `start-model.sh` instead.
 
+**To compare epoch 2 and epoch 3 directly**, run both at once on different
+ports (memory permitting — see below):
+
+```
+MODEL_PATH=/path/to/Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep2-Q8_0.gguf PORT=8200 ./start-model.sh
+MODEL_PATH=/path/to/Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep3-Q8_0.gguf PORT=8201 ./start-model.sh
+```
+
+then switch `voice-bench.html`'s "Server" field between `:8200` and `:8201`
+on the same packet to compare their generations side by side.
+
 ### 4. Open voice-bench.html
 
 Open the file in a browser. The "Server" field in the top-right corner