Sound-Smith retipping


Recently broke the cantilever on my Dynavector 17D3, although still think cat did it!

Anyone else have experience retipping a 17D3? After researching a few options I ended up contacting and then sending to Sound-Smith.

Don’t understand some negative feedback I’d seen in terms of time and quality. Service was personal, fast (back in 3 weeks from sending out) and best of all sound I feel is improved especially the low end - I went with their Boron Cantilever with nude contact line and the work was done by David Moskowitz. Clearly a great deal of attention was paid taking into account the short cantilever of the original.






uthlidian
If you really do hear an improvement, then the sound has been altered.  Any alteration can be for the better or for the worse depending on your taste and on how the change interacts with the rest of the system.  The fact that most of the reactions to SoundSmith rebuilt cartridges is favorable speaks to the general quality of their work.
True. Understand there are many components and interactions. I always found the low end a little thin with my Technodec wRB250 arm. Always felt the separation and detail was really great. 
Don’t feel I’ve lost those at all but the overall balance so I guess I’m endorsing it with the new Boron cantilever. I never expected it to sound the same and knew that going in. And I’m no way an expert, I just know what I like and was nervous about the outcome. 
I would think it is a given that when you replace a truncated diamond cantilever and stylus with a boron cantilever, even regardless of the new stylus’ shape, the sound is going to be different. But it might be great. It might even be better than the original. It just isn’t the original any longer.
Whatever, but who is David Moskowitz ? 
Peter Ledermann did not touch this cartridge.