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Sumiko EVO III sent to Soundsmith, which upgrade should I get?

Nashou66

Nashou66

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Years ago I bent my Cantilever on my EVO III. I sent it in to Soundsmith yesterday to have it evaluated.

I cant remember if also one channel drops in and out, but anyhow if it is repairable
which upgrade should I get ?

It might go on one of my AR XA's or a Rega RB300 arm on a custom table I made 20 years ago with
parts off an crappy Kenwood table. Its nothing special, at some point I want o modify one of the AR's to use the Rega Arm.

I listen to all kinds of music from Rock ,Hard core punk, Alternative , Metal to Jazz and some electronica.

Basically I like it all ;)

So any EVO III owners out there that had a Soundsmith upgrade? Which one and how did it sound to the old original BPS EVO III?

Athanasios
 
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I've had a number of carts repaired by Soundsmith and they all sounded as good, and in some cases better, than the original did. With your Blue Point Special Evo III, I would think the basic cantilever/stylus replacement would be appropriate and consists of an aluminum alloy cantilever with nude hyper-elliptical diamond. This would return it to a condition resembling the new product, which now sells for around $550 and can be found at various sellers. Anything more than the suggested rebuild would, to me, also warrant consideration of just buying a new one. For $220 +/- I think you will be quite pleased.
 
I was thinking of the ruby cantilever with a line contact stylus. I was hoping to hear from someone who
had this option.

Maybe once they contact me via e-mail we can go over what most of his customers get for this cart.

Nashou
 
Nashou66 said:
I was thinking of the ruby cantilever with a line contact stylus. I was hoping to hear from someone who
had this option.

Maybe once they contact me via e-mail we can go over what most of his customers get for this cart.

Nashou
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Go for it, I have that on a Blackbird they fixed
 
Nashou66 said:
Can you compare it to the original or did you buy the Black Bird already upgraded?
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I personally doubt you'll hear any difference, I have a stock EVO and another 4 Blackbirds. I have two identical tables side by side set up the same, the only difference is one BB has the Ruby cant, the other the stock Boron.
 
BTW. I think the EVO is a great bang for the buck and really the main thing I don't like about it is the bulky cantilever. The blackbird's boron is pretty fine compared, and the Ruby is just a tad thicker than that.
 
Well not only was the cantilever damaged but some how I badly rotated the coil.

David at soundsmith suggested the Sapphire cantilever with the CL stylus. I gave them the Green Light to do it!!!

Nashou
 
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louisjames said:
ruby would be great, i had this done and was very pleased. the one you're going with sounds like a good fit!
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Yeah I was wondering how much a difference the ruby would make for 50 more clams. I will use the 50 towards some new wax instead ! ;)

Nashou
 
Yeah I'm a little rough some times , so i guess i'll stick with this for now.

I have an Adcom XC/LT (# 4907 etched on top) that i haven't tried out yet i got for cheap.

I wonder how they behave with the Soundsmith treatment , Maybe on that one .....

Nashou
 
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Just got my EVO back !!!! Listening now, and man you guys are right that cantilever is thin !!!!!

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