Demo Windfeld Ortofon Cart at Musicdirect

Ortofon offers ''refurbished Windfeld'' for 1750 euro. Raul introduced
this expression without much explanation. One can think about
cleaning, suspension change and retip either with cantilever/stylus
combo or stylus alone. But manufacturer ''refurbishing'' means
the whole new generator in the same body. My Koetsu Rosewood
Signature was refurbished by Koetsu for 2000 euro. The same
''method'' is used by Ortofon. Ortofon and other manufacturer
do not offer what we call ''retip''. That is obviously the reason to
use ''repair service'' instead because those are much cheaper.
Stylus alone, for example, cost about 180 GBP by ''Expert stylus''
in UK.  In this context the price of $ 2795 looks ,say, ''curious''.

rdk 777, what ''refurbished '' means to you is not relevant. New generator means new cartridge in technical sense. Generator's
and bodies are separate products put together at the production
end.  Demo carts are actually second hand carts because they
are used . As such not new.  The difference between ''existing body' and new body is academic. The ''old body'' by my Koetsu is preserved with the argument that ''old wood'' sounds better.