Cartridge Upgrade ...AT ART-9?

Re-tipping Technics cartridges is a very bad idea, refurbishing it with a different cantilever is a completely waste of money. I don’t want to start all over again, it’s all on this forum and anyone can search for it. Andy destroyed jpjones cartridge, Axel refurbished mine for Foxtan from whom i bought it "as the original" (he cheated me) and later when i compared refurbished cart with original the original was so much better (day and night difference).

Easily buy another cartridge if you have a problem with Technics cartridge, the AT-ML180 is much better than Technics 205c mk4. Or LOMC if you wish to.

SoundSmith does not guarantee a possibility of re-tipping Technics, i asked him ones. For any re-tipper it is more "like a project", they can do that maybe, or maybe they can destroy your cartridge. This is a very expensive and too complicated job. Actually original cartridge is always better, much better to invest more money in better cartridge. After all the P205mk3 is not so special as the mk4. 

this is kind of off my original subject , but I tried switching inputs L/R on the RCAs of my SL15 to power amp & it seemed to clean up the distortion , I think The RCAs are going bad . These Technics cables are hard to find & not cheap , guess I could just use regular RCAs & ground wire to any screw on SL15 ....

 ^^ Old hat wars again :_)

Dear @harold-not-the-barrel : The OP 205MK3 are in operation condition but after so many time a change is in order due that the cartridge motor design is similar to the MK4 and any re-tipper only need to change cantilever/stylus with out repair anything else. Even with today boron/stylus will outperform the MK4 and probably its big broter EPC 100C MK4.

As a fact the 205 MK4 and 3 started in the market two years latter than the 100C MK4.b Were the latest MM Technics great designs.

All those are facts to help the OP but if he want to go for the Art 9 is fine with me or even with other MM/MI cartridges.

Other gentleman posted here that the OP needs a phono stage different from what he owns if he wants  LOMC cartridges. At the end it's up to the OP that's whom will " live " with his choices, not you or me.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

Raul, your post was meant to be some other as I never have talked ´bout Technics cartridges. I agree that ART7 may very well be even better than ART9 because it´s very low output 0.12 mV. But it needs a very HQ preamp to get the best out it. For OP it´s better to stay with ART9, first upgrade his deck, then cartridge. Besides, I doubt that ART7 is better than a vintage LOMC say Highphonic in that very low level 0.12 mV.