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Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges?

I was reaching across my Rega P8 turntable with Linn Krystal cartridge (four months old with 250 hours), and the back of my finger hit the stylus, and severely bent / broke the stylus and cantilever, as the stylus is now pointing straight down,and the tip is facing backwards (instead of down).  I was probably going to send the Linn cartridge to Sound Smith for repair.  Has anyone had experience with their various stylus repair options for Linn (or other non-Sound Smith) cartridges?  
Thanks. 

 

drbond

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big_greg
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I broke the cantilever on my Clearaudio Virtuouso Wood cart and had it rebuilt by Soundsmith.  It sounded great.  When I broke it again (arggh!), I sent it to Andy Kim, who was much faster and if I remember correctly, the price was a little less.  I recently sent a trashed Zu Denon DL 103 that came with a turntable I bought to Andy and it sounded amazing when he was done with it. 

Soundsmith does quality work and if that's your preference, I don't think you'll be disappointed.  Andy is another option worth considering.

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