retipping

Great experience having Andy Kim at Needle Clinic upgrade and refurbish my Ortophon Quintet after a catastrophic breakage. He is the real deal and a true craftsman. He prescribed that a new boron cantilever and microridge stylus be installed. He also recommended that it be denuded (cartridge...

Hi - Does anyone have any experience with retipping performed by Audio Origin in the UK? (https://www.audio-origin.co.uk/) I've just acquired a Beogram 1700 w/the original MMC20EN and need to get a second cart. I need to decide whether to go with Soundsmith (as I have in the past) or give Audio...

Hi! I am very, very pleased with how my ADC ZLM with the original stylus performs. I got it nos so there should be many more enjoyable hours left in it. But, but... one day it will wear out. I am worried it will be too soon becauese I play it so much, since it is so nice to listen to :-). Of...

I sent him a broken Shure N97HE stylus for retipping, so I could retain the original Shure look and the good integrated brush. I got it back quickly with the diamond and cantilever I ordered (a high-quality elliptical). I'm listening to it now, very happily. So I'm reporting that needlestein...

Hi all, it took next to nothing to break the cantilever from my Denon Zu 103. There is was, just lying beneath the cartridge... On the upside (desperate for a silver lining here), I bought this DL-103 Zu (not 103R), after it had been retipped at Soundsmith by a previous owner, and he chose the...

Found this little jewel online. The seller mis-labeled it as a well-used "ACE Low Output" and priced it accordingly. The seller had the box from an Ace, but the cartridge is a much higher quality Ruby 2 Open Air. It's kind of tough to sort out the Benz Micro hierarchy over time, but I...