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Boron Cantilever and Ruby Cantilever, Why Ruby?

I have noticed that many of the better cartridges use Boron cantilevers. I know that Soundsmith uses a Ruby cantilever. I was thinkin of having my Benz Wood Body cartridge retipped but was not sure if the different material used for the cantilever will impact compliance and even sound. Why not boron like the original?
tzh21y
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roscoeiii
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One of these days I'd like to compare my SoundSmith rebuilt XX-2 (snapped cantilever, so replaced with SoundSmith's ruby) with an orginal boron cantilever XX-2.
tzh21y OP
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I am interested in the difference in sound. I like the way the Benz wood sounds. Soundsmith must be very busy as I have had a difficult time getting in touch with them. Do anyt other cart manufacturers use Ruby cantilevers in their better cartridges? I noticed that Lyra and Benz both use Boron.
mechans
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Ruby is just a red Saphire. I am sure they use synthetic Corundum why not the blue or yellow??
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nandric
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There is the old notion of 'connotation' and the more modern one of the 'emotional meaning'. This may explain the association with jewels . No harm is done with Peter's Ruby cantilevers considering the price but think of those + 10 K Koetsus 'tuned' in synthetic precious stones. However even if those are 'real' or 'natural' one should never try to sell them as separate merchandise.
Elizabeth, those Dyna 'diamonds' are those also, uh, not real?
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