Asindc, sorry about your carty mishap. Your tale is exactly what I talked about in another OP about super high end carties. It's a heart-break when a carty breaks; but from what I've read, and based on my own experience, the stylus in most carties have a top life span of 2000 hours. If you use your vinyl gear as much as I do, that might be 12-18 months and then it's retip time. So one way or the other, sooner or later, you'll be laying out big bucks.
Btw, there's a couple of folks on the Gon who own and swear by the Benz LPS. That carty costs $5K new. Think about the heart-ache if that carty breaks or just wears out.
I recently started an OP about Peter Ledermann at Soundsmith. I just had my trusty "mid-fi" SS Zephyr retipped for a song, more a tune. And I'm back in business.
My suggestion is that us LP spinners be more practical about the cost of breakage and normal wear. I believe that some of the Soundsmith higher end carties come with either life-time free or reduced price retip charges. That makes a lot of sense to me. Perhaps there are other high-end carties that come with similar retip/repair arrangements??
Hope you work something out that doesn't break the bank.
Btw, there's a couple of folks on the Gon who own and swear by the Benz LPS. That carty costs $5K new. Think about the heart-ache if that carty breaks or just wears out.
I recently started an OP about Peter Ledermann at Soundsmith. I just had my trusty "mid-fi" SS Zephyr retipped for a song, more a tune. And I'm back in business.
My suggestion is that us LP spinners be more practical about the cost of breakage and normal wear. I believe that some of the Soundsmith higher end carties come with either life-time free or reduced price retip charges. That makes a lot of sense to me. Perhaps there are other high-end carties that come with similar retip/repair arrangements??
Hope you work something out that doesn't break the bank.