''It depends...'' . There are not many ''retippers'' who do ''stylus only retip''. The best in my opinion is ''Expert stylus'' in UK. Alas they left the Union so one need to pay their VAT and your own import duty. Much more easy is the ''whole retip'' with cantilever included . But this is more expensive. I would never again do this ''whole retip'' . Certainly not with my ''exotic'' cantilevers.
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@nandric good to " see " you again. Welcome.
This re-tipper is recommended too:
Joseph Long : Cartridge_Retipping@outlook.com
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Thanks Raul. Searching for relevant information is not easy. I was ''spoiled'' by my friend Axel Schurholz so I had no worry about ''which retipper''. Alas he passed away so I was forced to search for some other. So I deed find ''Expert Stylus'' in UK but when they left the Union they also lost ''competitive prices''. In E.U. one need to count VAT ( +/- 20% + import duty of 13 % ) as added cost by rettiping. So the circumstance where the retipper lives become relevant info. As is the case with your carts collection you also have ''extended'' knowledge about reapair services. In this sense you can help other in both ways. (grin)
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@rauliruegas, @nandric After having looked at a bunch of styluses I have come to the conclusion that the styluses of the most expensive cartridges are being hand selected. The diamonds appear to be cleaner and have better shape and polish. This is still a relatively very small selection but I can not ignore what I see. The only place I am sending my cartridges to be retipped or replaced is to the original manufacturer. |
But sometimes, as in the case of my 2 Transfiguration carts, they are no longer made and an aftermarket retip is necessary. Soundsmith did one for me and it sounds excellent. VAS did another one, but I haven’t installed it yet. Too bad Transfiguration went under. They were really nice cartridges. Even the less expensive ones. |
