I've had experience only with Soundsmith's ruby cantilever OC line contact version, but after three cartridge retips (Koetsu Rosewood, Grado The Reference, Denon DL-103), I would say yes. In each case, the retipped cartridges very much reflected the sounds of the original, although an actual A/B comparison is, of course, impossible. In the case of the Denon, the line contact retip was far superior to the original conical version IME.
