re-tipping Dynavector17D?

My 17d3 tip broke off recently, is it worth anything to someone still? Or is it trash now? I opted to buy a new cart (art9xi), which sounds great. 

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Shooflyshoo,
Your cartridge's main value is as a trade in to DV when you buy another of their cartridges. It is not trash. 

I’m here to follow up on my re-tipping experience, now that I have received it back and have given the cartridge about 50 hours of break-in.

I used Joseph (cartridge_retipping-5 on eBay) to re-tip with the elliptical stylus, and I’ll see if I can capture in words the result of the work he did.

Getting this cartridge retipped by Joseph is the single biggest jump my system has ever taken. I would describe the difference as how it feels looking at a poster of a painting, versus the feeling of looking at the original painting itself. The texture, the brush strokes, the way the light hits it, all there. Sonically, this translates to pinpoint objects in 3D space, luscious midrange, a presence I’ve never felt from my records before.

It is perfectly tracking passages I literally thought were just blown out on the vinyl. Joni Mitchell - Blue, “This Flight Tonight” 2:20 “Star light, star bright” passage is a real screamer for every cartridge I’ve owned, so I figured it was the vinyl. It now sounds as if her upper extension has no limit, perfect tone all the way up.

In a word: incredible.

I cannot recommend his services enough. It leaves me wondering though...how much BETTER could it have been with the line contact? I will be using him again when the need arises, and I’ll most likely be going the upgraded route to see.