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Broken cantilever Need options...

Hello All,

I am a recently entrant to the dark side, I had suspected that I would be initiated at some point. Well, that point in time came last night. As I attempted to put the stylus guard on my Clearaudio Concerto, I heard a tiny snap. Yep, you guessed it, cantilever broke clean off. Can't find it anywhere in my berber carpeting.:tears:

Well, I chose to sleep it off rather than stew in it, and when I woke up this morning to research my options, I quickly learned that I just became a member of a very large and anything-but-exclusive club. I bought the cart used as part of a bundled package. So far, I understand my options to be as such:

1) Buy a new one ($2,750 MSRP);

2) Send to retailer for re-tipping. $1,500 option for online retailers that I've checked;

3) Send to retailer for trade-in. Haven't gotten a price yet, but I'm guessing that will be more than the re-tipping will cost;

4) Send to Soundsmith for re-tipping. Probably between $300-$450, but obviously not OEM;

5) Sell cartridge as is.

I'm open to any other suggestions. Dark side, indeed!
asindc
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nandric
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There is this dogged illusion or myth that Van den Hul does
all the work by himself. At present he spend most of his
time in Ukraine were he is involved in aircraft industry.
Involved with his cable company. Nobody knows how
many people work in his cart-repair shop. Even we
in Holland can only approach his repair service via dealers.
But why should I pay for this added 'service' which is actually
a hatch and catch intermediary? BTW I have no idea if
he has a suster but only assume that if he had one
she would be probable in the position to give him a call.
BTW his own P&R about himself is impressive but when you
tell to have just one evening a week to mess with carts or that you just spend 6 months in Ukraine for this impressive contribution to their aircraft industry everyone can deduce how much time he can spend for the carts.
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syntax
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It's a sign from God.
Go to No. 5
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nandric
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Dear Syntax, There are infinitely many signs from God but
what is No.5?
tanathen78
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So getting a cartridge repaired by vdh himself is more than likely not remotely possible, he charges a premium to use his name and the work is likely less than adequate for the price payed. Is that the general idea? My apologies for being ignorant of all this, I was trying to help
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nandric
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If you want the master himself to do the jobe contact Jan
Allaerts. He is the only one who does all the work himself.
If one look at this small plate of 2x2 mm on which
all those wire are wounded I am sure nobody will envy the guy.
I myself would prefer the voluntary death above such kind of work.
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