Lyra Kleos Repair

Sorry.  I won my PayPal dispute against him, but it was only for what I had to pay to get my cartridges back, not the $1K in destroyed property he subsequently kept.  I can send you endless email chains of him trying to get me to pay for work I explicitly forbid from the beginning, how I don't know anything because I think the boron pipe cantilever he shattered (x2) is far superior to his replacements, etc. 

This is is the fourth time people have reported him doing different work than agreed or doing unauthorized work. The first three were private correspondence to me after I published the issues I had.  

I'd run. 

Looks like SS is the only game in town for retips or rebuilds.  Except of course the manufacturer.  Too bad Andy's work seems to be not up to snuff at this point!

What about van den hul?  Any experiences?

Have you read J. Carr's comments?
http://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/andy-kim-needle-clinic/post?postid=702459#702459

Yes I have read his comments. What do you expect him to say?  He has to support his companies ripoff policy. To answer a far earlier question, in my case what I was quoted equals the core trade in value. I believe the op will find his quote to be the same. Another reason for this is the fact that audioquest is probably taking a cut as well. Whereas in a sound smith scenario there is no middleman. 
Also as I have mentioned earlier in the thread, why the difference in pricing between my delos and the op's kleos?  It is essentially the same job but one costs 1200$ more??!!  Basically they are ripping you for every penny they feel they can.