Ortofon is still able to deliver cartridges with Replicant 100 stylus, both with boron and diamond cantilevers. Perhaps this comes from their own supply of Gyger parts, which will eventually dry up. Or there’s another jewel company who has bought Gyger’s copyrights and is now supplying these styli themselves, either from Ireland as has been suggested or someplace else.
Replicant 100 stylus
My ''general statement'' that styli are produced by either Ogura or Namiki
may need correction.
Some friends of my ''discovered'' that Replicant (Ortofon), Decca and
''Expert stylus'' are the same. As is/was the case with Gyger and
Van den Hul. Van den Hul designed Gyeger I, II and S (?) but
Gyger produced them. This was obviously kept secret for commercial
reasons.
My assertion is that Expert stylus (Paratrace) provide them to the
other mentioned.
Is anybody capable to check this information?
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edgewear, We started with the fact that Ortofon uses Replicant stylus. In addition there were suggestions that ''Expert stylus'' ( Paratrace) and Decca London stylus look ''the same'' ( aka ''identical'') as Replicant. But we were not able to discover who produces those as well if those styli are available to other manufacturer as well ''retipers''. So we can't conclude that there are more styli providers than the two mentioned. So my first ''general statement'' that there are only two producers in relevant sense of availability is not refuted. To refute this general statement was intention of the thread about Replicant.
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There’s an eBay seller in the US that provides retipping service for any cartridge you can imagine. Beside Namiki micro ridge and Ogura Vital this seller also offers Gyger FG tips, with either boron or ruby cantilevers. While not using the word Replicant 100, it does suggest other sources. Does this sufficiently refute your ‘general statement’? |
edgewear, No mercy whatever for the proponents of 'rebuild'' and ''refreshment'' ideology whatever! Who of them would believe that one can get whatever stylus one wants by an RETIPER and not by the manufacturer? How could you be so cruel to our co-members? Not even an half glass of wine for you in (Dutch) N. Zealand. |
I would like to think the Link will supply @nandric a fuel coals for the fire that is set on this matter. The idea that the word Replicant can misused and used to mean Replica, might be instrumental in why there is an assumption the Styli is a Copy. The Link has a little further information of the similarity and uniqueness of the Form produced, as well as a reference to a Patent. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/the-ortofon-replicant-100-geometry.5909/ |
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