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My Cartridge needs a new Stylus


Hi Guys, I need to get my stylus replaced on my Supex cartridge and have a question. At this time the cartridge has a Boron Pipe cantilever, The company I decided to do the rebuild, I read good things about, they cannot do the Boron Pipe but can do an aluminum or a sapphire cantilever. My question is, does anyone know if there would be any or what the difference would be in the sound between the cantilevers.

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nandric
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I just purchased an old Nakamichi MC 1000 which is recently

(30/03/16 ) re-tipped by Expert Stylus&Certridge Co, with

Paratrace stylus in the existing beryllium cantilever. According

to the bill the re-tip includes examination of the coils  and suspension

as well the removal of magnetic particles around the coil former.

The work is perfectly done but the price was 268 GBP. The boron

pipe is similar to  the beryllium pipe and both are superiour to other

kinds of cantilevers ( see Fleib about cantilevers in the MM

thread).

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thefile OP
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Thank you Nandric,
      That is what I was looking for, to see if it was possible to use my existing Boron pipe. I looked at the tip of the cantilever with a stylus scope and it looks good to me but I am not an expert. After all the years I had the cartridge it was time for a rebuild anyway.
fleib
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Thefile, I agree with Nandric. The boron pipe can not be replaced with its equal, and any substitute will most likely be inferior.

It might cost more money to retain the original cantilever and have it retipped rather than a rebuild which replaces it. If you wish to retain the original performance, have the same type (as original) stylus as a replacement. This is one area where I would consider an upgrade. If it had an elliptical tip I would consider a line contact or micro, but I'm not familiar with your Supex to make such a recommendation.

Regards,

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thefile OP
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Thank you Fleib, I am going to ask about using my Boron pipe. I have owned many cartridges in my time and I just got lucky with this Supex, cartridges that cost 3 and 4 times as much. Just so you know the Supex line was made by Sumiko.  Nandric had mentioned to check your thread on cantilevers but I cannot find it, is there any way you can put in a link so I can read it, I would be interested. 
johnnyb53
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Boron's pretty hard to beat, I would think. Its atomic number is 5, making it lighter than oxygen (8) of aluminum (13). I've never had a sapphire cantilever, but I've been enjoying the boron cantilever on my AT150MLX for eight years now.
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