Family Problems...


My last post here was about how to keep my baby away from my Magnepans, but it seems I had my eye on the wrong person in my home! I stupidly let my wife take over turntable duties for an evening while I was busy in my office only to come home to a broken cartridge. I believe she literally dropped the needle on the record and part of it broke. So now I seek the wise advice of the internets on what to do. But first more details...

It's a 6-month old Denon DL301-mk2 and I was quite happy with it prior to it breaking. I know there are re-tipping services that might be able to fix it. It looks like material at the pivot of the cantilever that fixes it in place has separated from the rest of the cartridge. Think it's worth repairing or would scrapping it be the route you'd go? Again, I was quite happy with it before and I'm not particularly interested in experimenting with similarly priced cartridges at this point. 
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Records do require unforeseen investment. I agree with what has been suggested, except for the divorce route. You've already invested in your family, keep that. Look into Denon repair cost, where service. Now you have an opportunity to also try another, while Denon is out. That will be another investigation as what to get!! Of course, when you find yourself really liking the new one, it would be nice to have the choice of both available at a time, hence a second tonearm ..... and so it goes. Good luck.
Buy yourself a nice MM or MI cartridge with spare styli and simply change the stylus next time when someone will destroy it again. Do not use MC cartridge in your house (or remove it from the tonearm when you’re away).

When one of my MC was destroyed is was a $4000 cartridge :(
When a friend touched my tonearm another $1000 MM stylus was destroyed along with its born pipe cantilever. It happens.

Your Denon is relatively cheap, if you want another Denon buy new cartridge (or something better).

Get a new cartridge and why would you let your wife handle your turntable anyway?Good luck though.
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I was gonna say, maybe set her up with a CD on the system or streaming, when you're not there. Then both of you use the TT.  Just make sure you're there when she uses it, and be the gentleman you are, and do it for her.  :-)..
Spare carts aren't cheap... CDs are..usually..

16 years my stuff stayed stored..... LOL

Regards