Koetsu Rosewood retip or replace

Raul, no offense, but you can pretty much tell when this cartridge (at least my friend's) is in need of a retip. The diamond and cantilever looked okay but it was many years old, had at least three owners and thousands of hours on it. Honestly, it sounded pretty woeful -- closed-in, two-dimensional, lacking in dynamics. Certainly the Soundsmith retip proved the point. Dave

Dear Dave: Those " old " Koetsus " suffer " between other things with suspension problems even if does not have many hours, here the culprit is all those years pass.

Now, I ask Frogs if he had trouble about but he don't give any direct answer but sending to re-tip.

Now, a " modern " re-tip like the Soundsmith works very fine. I have at least two cartridges re-tipped by them, that's always an alternative but for some other cartridges say XV-1s, Colibri, Orpheus and the like certainly I want it back in original brand condition that a re-tipper maybe could not do it at the same level than the original builder/designer.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Raul, i appreciate your imput and u have a valid point. however,i have used this cartridge for about 6 mos and frankly as Dopogue stated it does sound pretty woeful, with lots of pops and clicks being the most alarming.i bought this cartridge as part of a package deal. i sent the turntable into sota for refurbishing and was told by the tech who set up my t/t that the cartridge had seen many hrs and suggested a retip i have bought a zxy cart to use as a fill in and before i send the koetsu in i will have it checked by a reputable source. i trutfully dont have the knowledge or equipment to make that call. i believe this cartridge was bought new with the t.t which is 84 vintage and it has been retipped by van den hull at some point ( dont know if that affects future retips or not)> if any one has information i would appreciate imput.
basically I fear i may be damaging my lps and dont want to risk it.my old t/t a rega p25 with an entry level cartridge sounded better and frankly i havent had the money, nor do i now actually but..... i know the capability of this set up and wish to experience it Thanks