Audio Technica AT ML-180 Cartridge Advice

''It depends'' as we are used to say in general but in this case

it depends from the description which can be one way or the other.

I would say ''disputes'' instead of ''banter''.  The other thing is that

''valuation statement''  can't be true or false. The old Romans

already stated ''de gustibus non est disputandum''.

I admire J. Carr as anybody else. There is no question about

his competence regarding cartridges. But he knows what is

available to him as, say, producer. This does not necessary

apply for the retippers. From my friend Axel Schurholz  I know

what is available and what not to them. I ever asked Carr for

the address of Japanese ''jewel producers'' with intention to

order styli for Axel. I never got any answer from them. So Axel

was not able to provide styli which he was not able to get.

This also apply for ''dempers'' (aka ''rubber rings''), coils ,etc.

So all those advices about what which retipper can do are

based on sand. Or, to put this polite, on their assumptions.

The hypothetical statement like ''If Van den Hul can produce

Colibri then ''certainly'' (?) he can fix any cart whatever''  is

like any hypothetical statement; it can be true but also false.

The same apply for the assumption that Van den Hul himself

does all the repairs. Van den Hul owns many companies

and earns the most of the money from his ''wire company''.

His wire are also used in the aircraft industry so he spends 6

months per year in Ukraine in this connection. He produce

one cart per week in order to keep his capability  in good

condition. He lacks the time for more. But in some ''parallel

world'' which is different from the known one other things may

be possible then in the one we know.