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Koetsu Restoration

I just finished a weekend listening to a Koetsu Black I had restored by Soundsmith and thought I should share this with other members. I had it restored with Soundsmith's Ruby Cantilever and Optimized Contour. Their top of the line restoration. I have to confessed I never expected the out of the box performance I heard on this cartridge. I installed it on a second system and my wife said it sounded better than my main system which is $10K more expensive. The level of expression and musicality on this restored cartridge was beyond my expectations. Enough said! Before you discard your old cartridge you may want to consider a restoration. I did and I am really happy with the results. This is the first time I have had a cartridge restored and I am already considering the restoration of two other classic cartridges I have.
dserran

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IMO, once a cartridge has been rebuild/retipped by someone other than the original maker, it will be considered a different cartridge. The fact that if it sounds better or worse.....is up to the owner to decide. Some can sound better, some just different and I know some who dislike them after the fact.

I have a few cartridges I will be sending to Soundsmith as they are not made anymore and the company defunct. Only third party people can fix them. So will try them. I believe them to be highly reputable.

If you like your Koetsu to sound like a Koetsu, then you have to send it back to them.

Congrats to Dserran. Thanks for sharing your experience and continue to enjoy your new toy.
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