Anyone else having trouble getting cartridges back they sent for repair?

Cartridges Technics 100C and 205PMk3 sent over two years ago to Axel...nothing.

travbrow09-19-2016 5:01am

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chakster Details Discussions Posts This discussion 6,144 posts 09-23-2016 at 08:17am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Northwest Analogue - this is what Raul called "premium re-tipper": ------------------------------------ FG tip £325.00 to £375.00 DHC Cantilever and FG Tip £750.00 Ruby Cantilever and FG S Tip £700.00 Coil and suspension repair/adjustment start from £150.00 Coil rewind start from £300.00 EMT Based cartridges, new dampers £300.00 Cantilever straightening if possible starts from £150.00 Complete Rebuilds start from £1500.00. £60.00 inspection fee per cartridge but this amount is included on the overall price if further work is carried out. Axel’s prices are different: ------------------------------------ Nude GYGER II diamond stylus and aluminium cantilever EUR. 345 NUDE shibata stylus and BORON cantilever EUR. 495 Nude elliptical diamond and BORON cantilever EUR. 359 Nude elliptical diamond and aluminium cantilever EUR. 225 NUDE shibata stylus and Alu cantilever EUR. 299 Nude ( fine ) line diamond stylus and aluminium cantilever EUR. 199 Hyper elliptical diamond stylus and aluminium cantilever EUR. 199 Shibata diamond and aluminium cantilever EUR. 199 Elliptical diamond stylus and aluminium cantilever EUR. 99 Suspension repair starts from 60 EUR? inspection charge is 30 EUR? Expert Stylus & Cartridge Co ------------------------------------ Paratrace stylus on aluminium cantilever £162 Paratrace stylus on sapphire cantilever £180 **can't remember instection charge. P.S. According to the pricelist each of us can decide is that worth to re-tip, repair or rebuild or just buy new or used cartridge. Sometimes it’s better to buy another cartridge, especially when it comes to MM/MI and even for some MC if they are not mega rare.
mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,322 posts 09-23-2016 at 01:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Finding (replaceable) stylus is , in my opinion, better option. Yes, that was the point I was trying to make. I think we agree. It used to be pretty much all cartridges of all types had replaceable styli years ago during the "golden age".
chakster Details Discussions Posts This discussion 6,144 posts 09-23-2016 at 02:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @mapman don’t be so naive, replacement stily for rare vintage (discontinued) cartridges cost nearly the same as the whole cartridge+stylus, some of them are impossible to find, maybe you can find cheap styli, but it’s not easy to find NOS ruby, boron, sapphire styli for the best vintage MM cartridges. Even is you will find them you have to make sure the suspension is still alive. The subject of this topic is about Technics EPC-100C, i’ve been looking for replacement stylus for mk3 version of this cartridge for at least 3 years and NEVER seen it for sale anywhere in the world! In this case ONLY re-tippers can help. Another reason is upgrade from simple elliptical stylus to something else (of the new generation like FG stylus profile).
mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,322 posts 09-23-2016 at 03:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Chak, Sorry to hear that. I have not attempted to replace a stylus for many years so I am not up on those things. But its a disappointment to me that things are they way they are in regards to keeping phono carts running well especially since stylus wear is normal and nothing new. That’s why things used to be the way they were. I guess its like owning a luxury car. TCO is much higher, not just the selling price. Except timely good service is part of the deal. I guess high end phono carts are a very niche thing in comparison these days so it is what it is. But people should know these things before drinking the high end vinyl kool aid these days to avoid regret perhaps later with certain more esoteric carts that will be hard to replace or get serviced when inevitably needed. When my Denon DL103R goes up finally one day, I will simply just replace it with another. .
cleeds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,964 posts 09-23-2016 at 03:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete mapman It used to be pretty much all cartridges of all types had replaceable styli years ago during the "golden age". Sorry, but you're mistaken. MC cartridges have never had user replaceable styli.

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