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Family Problems...

My last post here was about how to keep my baby away from my Magnepans, but it seems I had my eye on the wrong person in my home! I stupidly let my wife take over turntable duties for an evening while I was busy in my office only to come home to a broken cartridge. I believe she literally dropped the needle on the record and part of it broke. So now I seek the wise advice of the internets on what to do. But first more details...

It's a 6-month old Denon DL301-mk2 and I was quite happy with it prior to it breaking. I know there are re-tipping services that might be able to fix it. It looks like material at the pivot of the cantilever that fixes it in place has separated from the rest of the cartridge. Think it's worth repairing or would scrapping it be the route you'd go? Again, I was quite happy with it before and I'm not particularly interested in experimenting with similarly priced cartridges at this point. 
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oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
I was gonna say, maybe set her up with a CD on the system or streaming, when you're not there. Then both of you use the TT.  Just make sure you're there when she uses it, and be the gentleman you are, and do it for her.  :-)..
Spare carts aren't cheap... CDs are..usually..

16 years my stuff stayed stored..... LOL

Regards
billwojo
397 posts
 
You don't say where your from but I would check with VAS Audio in NJ. He is very reasonable on cartridge repairs and has a fast turn around time.

BillWojo
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dekay
5,587 posts
 
2Juki has the 301/II for $300 and a USA based place has it for $329 (quick Google search).

Guessing that the Scarecrow Sprinker I recommended some time back is looking better now eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jHYV6nJksw

Anyway, my wife used to confuse the side weight jig with the tonearm lift lever on my SME so I've been there. 

I simply replaced the stylus on my MI Grado, so no big woop @ well under $100 a pop @ the time

Big woop is that I recently found a new OEM stylus that I don't recall purchasing - so I'm set for another  few years.

DeKay 
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kr4
3,685 posts
 
I bought my new wife a nice Beogram TT with push-button control of tone arm lift/lower.  She loved it and never touched my TT.


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rdk777
572 posts
 
Send it to VAS Audio.  Steve will retip for around $250 - but, best to call him for an exact quote and discuss options (upgrades).  He repairs tons of Denon's and knows what he's doing.  His turnaround time may also be better than Soundsmith. Cartridges break - they're very fragile. 

https://vasnyinc.com/repair-service/

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