103r Stylus replacement?

Try Andy at www.phonocartridgeretipping.com  I like the SMR Sapphire cantilever with Micro Ridge diamond. With that and a paradoxpulse body I rate it an 8 out of 10 performance wise.

There is an excellent chance that the sound will be significantly altered from the original if the cantilever or dampers/suspension are changed.

Replacing the stylus only will alter the sound by a far lesser degree.

hth, jonathan carr

Brf is right! I had a retip done on a Technics MC310 and it changed in entire character of the cartridge. Not in a bad way but it is different.

It should be noted that most re-tipping services will not return the 103R to stock but will re-engineer the cartridge to a higher performance standard.

Retipping may cost as much as a new replacement. Get the numbers.

Thanks very much for the pointers, really appreciate it. See if it works. --Jose

Another excellent retip & repair service: (http://www.eugenehifi.com/VanDenHul/htm/van_den_Hul_Cartridge_Retip_Repair.htm)