By all accounts, the original MC2000 bears an aluminum cantilever with a "fine line" tip. That’s another way of saying "line contact". According to our friend, Nikola, Axel had a small supply of actual original alu cantilevers with "fine line" styli he obtained from the same suppliers that made the MC2000 cantilever/stylus for Ortofon. Ergo, one could say he had the actual Ortofon part. One of those he installed on my MC2000. I think Nikola insisted on this, because he prefers pressure-fitted styli to glued ones. As you know, pressure-fitting can only be done with an alu cantilever.
So, my unit may (or may not) be identical to NOS. I am only repeating here what Axel told Nikola. I also have a copy of the bill to Nikola from Axel, which is consistent with Nikola’s information. Yes, it is an unusual looking cantilever; I agree. I don’t wish to misrepresent Nikola; he did not promise me that my re-tipped MC2000 was exactly like an NOS one as a condition of the sale. But I am happy with what I got, regardless.
But my point is that re-tips can be worse, the same as, or better than the original. There is no certainty that a re-tip will always be a downgrade. And by the way, you are a lucky man to have a known NOS MC2000; 90% of such cartridges on the market these days are actually MC2000 Mk IIs, a very different animal. And even those are quite rare. NOS MC2000s are nowhere to be found on my side of the planet.
And I apologize for this digression from the actual topic.
So, my unit may (or may not) be identical to NOS. I am only repeating here what Axel told Nikola. I also have a copy of the bill to Nikola from Axel, which is consistent with Nikola’s information. Yes, it is an unusual looking cantilever; I agree. I don’t wish to misrepresent Nikola; he did not promise me that my re-tipped MC2000 was exactly like an NOS one as a condition of the sale. But I am happy with what I got, regardless.
But my point is that re-tips can be worse, the same as, or better than the original. There is no certainty that a re-tip will always be a downgrade. And by the way, you are a lucky man to have a known NOS MC2000; 90% of such cartridges on the market these days are actually MC2000 Mk IIs, a very different animal. And even those are quite rare. NOS MC2000s are nowhere to be found on my side of the planet.
And I apologize for this digression from the actual topic.
