I too have just sent my first cartridge to Steve for a rebuild/retip, have been using Soundsmith for the last 10 rebuilds of other carts but felt the need to pursue other repair services with things being as they are, please do not read this as a reflection on Soundsmith as they have always given me service and price that was very fair. The turnaround time was more than fair with Steve as I just funded and the cartridge, a Dynavector DRT XV1s shows to be in my mail box. Will follow up here after I install and get a feel for the finished cartridge. Steve did not ask for payment till the day he finished the work and was ready to ship. Enjoy the music
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Greetings, all! While I haven't had Steve do any work for me YET, he did indicate that it wasn't a good idea to ship my Thorens 160C to him- damage risk. So, I'm asking him what things he can do that I can ship from Atlanta. Hopefully he can give my Precision Fidelity Strain Gauge the once over. That said: 1. are there any reputable individuals or outfits in Atlanta or the SE US that also do quality TT updates and mods? 2. do any of you have experience using or updating/upgrading/modifying the Precision Fidelity strain gauge system? Thanks much! |
Bill Thalman Music Technology does mods and repairs |
I have had 3 different VAS Nova carts over the years from Steve(.8mV, .4mV and now .25mV). Each better than the one before. Theses are hand built carts by Steve and they are EXCEPTIONAL, beating out Lyra Kleos and Kiseki PurpleHeart. I have also had him retip my Koetsu RSP and it is OUTSTANDING. HIGH INTEGRITY Person! Mike in Austin |
Steve is a gem to work with. I've had the original Nova, after Harry Westfield, if I remember correctly compared to the Lyra Atlas or the Goldfinger on the VPI forum. And he also repaired a Clearaudio Concerto V2 that a friend of mine broke the stylus off of dusting his TT. And now he just built me an Ultimate Reference .4 mv and rewired my VPI 3D 10.5 arm. I should have it tomorrow and I can't wait to hear it. Again, Steve is top notch and will communicate with you to make sure you are happy! |
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