What If Stylus Is Bent?
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cubby01
aka Buck
Usually fatal.
Trying unbend a bent cantilever is next to impossible. If the cantilever is straight but he suspension is causing it to skew one way or the other there *might* be something an expert can do for it.
In some of my gear hunts I have seen AT carts - the MM ones with stylus that has the two magnets on the a little V structure - that were inserted incorrectly catching one of the V arms making it look like a bent/skewed stylus. Sometimes these will relax when inserted properly.
All that said, the Ortofon cart you mention is MC isn't it so it doesn't have a replaceable stylus. Some MCs can be retipped but my understanding was that Ortofon does not retip. Instead they will (used to?) give trade in value on a new MC cart.
Trying unbend a bent cantilever is next to impossible. If the cantilever is straight but he suspension is causing it to skew one way or the other there *might* be something an expert can do for it.
In some of my gear hunts I have seen AT carts - the MM ones with stylus that has the two magnets on the a little V structure - that were inserted incorrectly catching one of the V arms making it look like a bent/skewed stylus. Sometimes these will relax when inserted properly.
All that said, the Ortofon cart you mention is MC isn't it so it doesn't have a replaceable stylus. Some MCs can be retipped but my understanding was that Ortofon does not retip. Instead they will (used to?) give trade in value on a new MC cart.
SA-708
Appalachian-American
Needle Doctor says an X5-MC is worth $100 in trade-in on another Ortofon moving coil cart: http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Ortofon-Moving-Coil-Trade-In-Program
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SoCal Sam
Lunatic Member
Hmmm. $100 towards an Ortofon Windfeld still leaves me three thousand and something dollars short...:scratch2:
I would imagine that the retipping shops could probably replace the cantilever as well.
SoCal Sam
Lunatic Member
Hmmm. I might go back to the TS I saw the X5 MC. It was in a cheapo TT and it was cheap.
DougMac
Super Member
I never trust an unknown stylus even if the cantilever is fine. I've bought a few used carts and the first thing I do is replace the stylus.
I have some 49 cent thrift shop records that are just as precious to me as some of my rare and relatively valuable ones. I'm not going to endanger either with a an unknown stylus, even if I've examined it and it looks in good shape. In the scheme of things, replacement stylii just aren't that expensive.
I have some 49 cent thrift shop records that are just as precious to me as some of my rare and relatively valuable ones. I'm not going to endanger either with a an unknown stylus, even if I've examined it and it looks in good shape. In the scheme of things, replacement stylii just aren't that expensive.
agypsy
Active Member
hi folks,
this thread came right on time. i actually bent my stylus yesterday.
my hand accidently bumped into the stylus while i was taking a record off.
i hit it in a downward motion so the stylus is now sitting in a more downward angle.
it seems to sound the same. how bad is this? from what i can remember once the stylus was sitting on the record the angle was more like 30 degrees.
tell me it's okay...
this thread came right on time. i actually bent my stylus yesterday.
my hand accidently bumped into the stylus while i was taking a record off.
i hit it in a downward motion so the stylus is now sitting in a more downward angle.
it seems to sound the same. how bad is this? from what i can remember once the stylus was sitting on the record the angle was more like 30 degrees.
tell me it's okay...
agypsy
Active Member
ouch... :tears:
:tears:
i just got this less than a month ago.
that bad huh?
so will this damage my records?
