I'd had my Technics EPS-310MC re-tipped by SS. After a few weeks on the job, I was cleaning the stylus and the cantilever snapped off where welded. I was disappointed but after the re-tip I never really like it anyway. The re-tip completely changed the way it sounded. It was ok, it just didn't sound the same. I dropped the remains in the trash. If a cartridge worn I just replace it.
Who's done it besides me ?
The worst thing you could do while playing some vinyl snap off the *&%$# cantilever yes I did it so pissed
So my table is a Clearaudio Performance DC with Clarify arm ,Talismann cartridge ,Outer Limit weight and HRS record weight
When to flip the record took everything off flip the record then put HRS back on when to put on the Outer Limit on and SNAP caught it with the side of my pinky I guess boron cantilever are really brittle can't find it any where accept a few shards I'm allways so careful I keep the guard and dust cover on when not using it
So if you have totaled your cartridge how did you do it and did you replace it retip it upgraded it or down graded it like to hear your stories and you can see my rig in virtual systems
Time to take a deep breath and pour a bourbon and no I didn't have one before LOL
Enjoy your music
Tom
So my table is a Clearaudio Performance DC with Clarify arm ,Talismann cartridge ,Outer Limit weight and HRS record weight
When to flip the record took everything off flip the record then put HRS back on when to put on the Outer Limit on and SNAP caught it with the side of my pinky I guess boron cantilever are really brittle can't find it any where accept a few shards I'm allways so careful I keep the guard and dust cover on when not using it
So if you have totaled your cartridge how did you do it and did you replace it retip it upgraded it or down graded it like to hear your stories and you can see my rig in virtual systems
Time to take a deep breath and pour a bourbon and no I didn't have one before LOL
Enjoy your music
Tom
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millercarbon doesn't look like a Stanton on your tonearm LOL Look closely, Grasshopper. You have eyes yet you do not see. Technics SL1700, Stanton 681EEE. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367#&gid=1&pid=11 |
The Stanton has an aluminum baseball bat for a cantilever. Bend it enough and it will tear. Boron is very strong but brittle. Go far enough and they just snap. They stick the cantilever out there so that there are no reflections off the body. Lyra does the same thing. Like a wood turning lathe you have to be very deliberate when you approach it as you are always close to disaster. I did snap the cantilever off a Grado. But, it was an old worn out cartridge. I was playing around with it under a microscope. I'm not having it retipped. If I do another Grado it will be an Aeon. Old MM cartridges can not compete with a modern MC cartridge or a Grado. I have never used a Soundsmith cartridge so I can't say for sure but I suspect them also. |
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