The best replicant is the Nexus-6 model Roy Batty. Assuming of course you don't mind the 4 year life span.
Replicant 100 stylus
My ''general statement'' that styli are produced by either Ogura or Namiki
may need correction.
Some friends of my ''discovered'' that Replicant (Ortofon), Decca and
''Expert stylus'' are the same. As is/was the case with Gyger and
Van den Hul. Van den Hul designed Gyeger I, II and S (?) but
Gyger produced them. This was obviously kept secret for commercial
reasons.
My assertion is that Expert stylus (Paratrace) provide them to the
other mentioned.
Is anybody capable to check this information?
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It is easy to ask questions but sometimes very difficult to answer them. My assertion is that only JCarr can answer my question. But he may lack the time to read all threads in our forum. The conditions are 1. owning all 3 cartridge kinds 2. owning the right microscope and 3. the needed knowledge, That is to say how important Replicant is in comparison with ''nude Shibata'' , ''micro ridge'' and Van den Hul (alias Gyger ). |
The VDH / Gyger Collaboration has been discovered in the Web Search available information, when an investigation in to Stylus Types is undertaken. There will also be information discovered if a Web Search is carried out, that claims a certain Gyger Stylus Form is made up from very similar dimensions od the Ortofon Replicant 100, or vice-versa, hence the Gyger Stylus referred to, is seen as a retip on certain Ortofon MC's, as Ortofon would not make the Replicant 100 available for such MC Models. These Stylus Forms are again attached, most commonly to the Cartridges that are entered to the Market at a Certain Price Level, and it is these select parts in the assembly that are seen to be instrumental in the MC Model being Sonically Superior to lesser models. Projected Lower Volumes of Sales for these models dictates the Inflated Marketing Price. The Buyer of such a luxurious item, and not only limited to Cartridges, will justify the Purchase, by adding to the Sales Spiel, and furthering the fantastical descriptions on offer, to bolster explaining their decision made to purchase. What really matters when the Smog of Fantastical Spiel Lifts, is whether the Stylus can offer many hours of service prior to becoming noticeably compromised. A £3000 - £5000 MC Cart' with exotic Stylus only performing for approx' 300 Hours prior to the Stylus condition being recognised as being deteriorated to the point of impacting on the Sound Quality- Ouch - and a WTF Ouch to follow. The raised Smog of Fantastical Spiel around a Certain Type of Cartridge does not usually extend to making such a discomforting experience made known. I have no intention of making the Cart's I know off, made known, I say such a statement, because a Cartridge offering a projected replay period at approx' £3.00 - £5.00 per Album being replayed, can actually be £10.00 - £17.00 per Album replayed, as well as a costly 'retip' to follow, and in some cases, a very long wait for the Cartridge to be returned. Again it is very much down to the Purchaser to forget the fantastical spiel, leave it alone and wipe all thoughts from that book clean, and to seek out information that shows the Purchase Price for a Certain MC Model, is for a Model that is proven to offer the longevity of service the Buyer is expecting. If such an information is not confirmed by the Purchaser, then a very expensive incremental cost to a replay can be incurred.
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pindac, Interesting information but as is always the case depending from the truth of assertion or premise. My is different from yours. I have several cartridges retipped by Expert stylus with their ''Paratrace'' stylus . So if Paratrace = Replicant than both can't be as ''exclusive'' as in your premise. The stylus only retip is about 200 GBP. The whole Roksan PR about Shiraz is based on the premise that Gyger II is the ''best ever'' stylus. This stylus is designed by Van den Hul because Gyger I was very difficult to produce. This means that Gyger II was ''more simple'' than Gyger I. Alas Van den Hul deed not mark his styli as mk. 1, 2 and S. suggesting the ''same stylus'' for all his styli. Shakespeare ''what is in a name?'' can be answered in different ways. Also as confusion. Who would believe that Serbo-Croatian name for Vienna is Bec? |
The Cadenza Bronze’s predecessor, Kontrapunkt "c", was also quite excellent. I’ve had both (still have a Bronze). The Kontra used a Fritz Gyger FG80 stylus. Supposedly the FG stylus was discontinued and they switched to Replicant for the line refresh. Someone from Ortofon (Louis?) mentioned that they thought the Replicant did splendidly well on its tapered aluminum cantilever. |
''From a logical point of view'' ( Quine) names lack ''predicative function'' that is why we need predicates which ''say something'' about , say, bearer of the name. So names are supposed to only refer to ,say, objects (old expression) or entities (new expression for objects). But as we have just ''seen'' the different names for the (same?) stylus are more confusing than clear. So we have not easy task to first ''discover'' if Replicant = Paratrace= Decca or like by Wien also Vienna , Wenen (Dutch) and Bec (Serbo-Croatian) are different names with the same reference. The logical statement ''whatever is true about Wien must be true about Vienna , Wenen, etc. because they all refer to the same city in Austria. But what about those who have no idea that, say, Wenen and Bec refer to Wien in Austria?
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@mulveling so good to hear your experienced input - always valuable.. Have you heard the new Black - Beethoven anniversary model ? My best to you on the music journey Jim |
@pindac , I would love some of what you have been smoking. @nandric , Wally Tools is about to release a specialized stylus microscope which is really not that expensive. Get one and have at it. The various fine line styluses are converging on one basic design. The replicant 100, Gyger S and Soundsmith OCL look surprisingly alike under magnification. All serve to maximize contact area while keeping it as narrow as possible front to back. All three seem to minimize surface noise to the same extent. It is impossible to say if they actually sound different. I think that is more dependent on the cartridge they are attached to. Any difference in wear characteristics is more likely due to the quality of the diamond more than anything as their contact areas are very similar. I am sure rauliruegas would have something to say about this. His experience is broader than mine. |
When it comes to ESC offering their Stylus, whether it be a same form as a Replicant 100, how the two Parts are perceived by the Purchaser will be dependant on the Sales Spiel that is attached to the part when used in an assembly. When it comes to Ortofon, it will be offered with the noise attached that it is the finest diamond in the world, what ever that means. I have never pursued any knowledge of the Paratrace as a Styli, as it is a stylus that can be found with reports of short life expectancy, and for myself this is an unwanted experience to be met with. With Styli there is a great wealth of information that should show the unique form of the part. They are usually shown with their shape as the side wall dimensions are shown, Square or Rectangular can be determined, the length is made known, but this can be altered ? and the uM and Conical or Elliptical is known. With having access to this information for the Styli, it will be very possible to determine how accurate each one is to another a match, the math will answer the queries. Does 0.01mm on a Side Wall Dimension, or 0.5uM Tip Size/Radius, allow for a different Patent for a Design to be produced ?? The FGS and Gyger I, are two styli, that can be found with user recommendation to offer an extended service life, and maybe this is also part of the attraction to customers doing their research. Then there is the common theme seen across most forums where Vinyl is being discussed, the more the Styli is able to gain access into the Groove, the more the skill set is required from the user to optimise the set up, and the time is required to achieve this and the constant tweaking of the Tonearm is not a task all want to be subjected to, so a Conical Tip might be a preferred Shape for this very reason. |
@mijostyn My 'on the sauce' moments is fuelled by off the shelve products, no need to use illegal substances, fortunately for myself, caffeine based beverages is ample to get the party going. I have not any recollection from any input from yourself on this subject, and I have read many individuals accounts over a long period of time. It is hard to determine where you are in your comprehension of this subject and if the subject of Styli Forms is something that you are quite serious about. To help you understand my place that I am with this subject, a Styli is a Material that is hard wearing and has become the preferred material over other Jewels used in times past. More importantly it is a interface between two materials, and contaminants that might be present on the surfaces of the interface materials. There are Jewels designed to have a form that are mechanically more suitable than other forms at this interface. These forms of Jewels are produced mainly as an item offered by a Brand and are selected to be supplied at different levels of purchase value. The Sales Spiel offered to the Consumer is usually the information that will indicate where a Part offered fits into the Production Companies Pricing Range. Customers who receive of such Parts, especially those who produce a Cartridge Range will be quick to add their own Sales Spiel to a already supplied Sales Spiel from a Producer, and hence the fantastical descriptions commence. The 'merry go round' evolves to their being a Cartridge offered, of which there will hopefully be many, to make the product a worthwhile venture. This results in multiple Customers and Users of the Produced Cartridge, of which many will publically make their assessments known, with information supplied as a result of subjective description, combined with historical recollected information from the Sales Spiel, this can quite easily turn into a description that does not mirror the supplied information from another's assessment. Hence the suggestion I am keen to make, that is to attempt to experience the device in advance of purchase, or definitely speak directly with somebody totally qualified through a broad experience of carrying out assessments on differing assemblies of parts, to help with the decision being made. |
In the context of ''intellectual ownership'' which can be seen as the usual ownership of movables and immovables in the sense of relating persons and objects in ''one to one'' relation there are public registers in which ''objects and persons'' are kept together such that people can see ''who owns what''. But there is also ''know how'' which is only available to the inventors. This knowledge is different from scientific knowledge because it is secret. There are commercial interest involved . In this sense Gyger and Van den Hul are kept apart as well Replicant and Paratrace suggesting with different names different animals. There are btw also different names as intellectual ownership called ''trademark''. Think of our disputes about Glanz and Astatic with believe that those are different animals and even our MM authority was convinced that Astatic is not Glanz. while the ''poor thing'' is produced by an Japanese company called ''Mitachi'' the inventor of ''MF'' (moving flux) technology. The consequence being embarrassment of some of our ''honourable members''. |
It must be my dyslexia but I am having trouble following pindac and nandric. @pindac, styluses are typically made of diamond which is the hardest jewel. @nandric, there are large models of all the styluses you can look at. It all has to do with the angles the stylus is ground at. It is a pretty incredible process which I am sure you can see online. The diamond itself is dirt cheap, pennies. It is the process of shaping it that results in the expense. The more complex shapes are probably made possible by robotic control of the process. |
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Dear @mijostyn : some gentlemans really don't know what they are talking about as the one about " jewels " and why designers/manufacturers choice of top cartridges in cantilevers are diamond and boron and for stylus only DIAMOND: period.
I posted in the MM long thread this:
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Btw, after 1977 the cartridge stylus are made of synthetic diamond and the last and an exception is the Audio Technica MC 1000 that was the latest cartridge to use natural diamond in the early 80's.
Diamond is not only has hardness cartridge stylus material but the one with the highest Young' Modulus, both mainly and critical characteristics for the cartridge stylus very hard and tortuose works/jobs.
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@mulveling on my list to hear as well, i need to hear the Beethoven Black so i can help others…..buddy w LP-12 going thru that downselect now. Thanks again. Jim |
I will not discuss dyslexia to any in depth extent in a Styli Thread, as it is a condition that is widely misunderstood and is commonly the root cause of much anxiety being incurred for those that are afflicted with it. If one is not genuine in their report of having the condition, using the terminology, in a very public disclosure, as being afflicted with the condition of dyslexia, to describe a misunderstanding of a written description, is a below the belt punch, and not helpful to the individuals who live daily with the condition. If the condition is genuine, and there has been a Important Word not included in my previous Post, the following will correct the sentence used, 'To help you understand my place that I am at with this subject, a Styli is a Material that is hard wearing and Diamond has become the preferred material over other Jewels used in times past ' . I am a sceptic on the matter of a Stylus Form, especially wary/aloof of the Sales Spiel, that is associated with the Styli Form and a Brands willingness to claiming the extraordinary capabilities of a particular Styli Form. From experience there is a much improved Cartridge Performance to be had when the mechanical interface materials are selected for the qualities they can add to the function of the Cartridge. Not too far back, I compared Four Cartridges within one system on the same Tonearm and Head shells. Three Cart's were the same models, of which of the Cart's had undergone rebuilds using different Spec Materials from other Cart's offered from the Brand, and one Cart' had a FGS Styli added and was recently overhauled. The Styli on these Three Cart's are a FG 80, FGS and Ogura Vital+S. The Fourth Cart' was from the same Brand and Production era as the others in the line up, but was a production variant of the three Cart's. This Cart was also rebuilt, using parts belonging to another Model from the same Brand, which was a model that was at one time the Top of the Range model. This Cart' had a FGS Styli. The Cart's had from recollection an approx' usage of between 50 - 200 Hours on the differing models. After hearing the four Cart's, the Three attendees during discussion could not distinguish how much a Styli was seen to contribute to the noticeable differences in Sound Quality a Cart was able to create. The basic assessment was such that the Brands Standard Cart' was the inferior performer on the day, and the Variant Model with the New Parts within, was noticeably the one with the most attractors over all the Cart's in the Line Up. The owner of the Variant Cart' today owns the same Model that the Cart's rebuild donor parts belonged to, and is using the Replicant 100 styli, in regular communications and listening experiences of this Cart' the owner is not feeling the need to consider the FGS as an alternative styli. |
When I posted my second cart , Magic diamond, to Mr. Hodgson , the owner and engineer by ''Expert stylus'' I told him the story about Reto Andreoli who at age of 15 moved to Australia with intention to learn the trade by brothers Garrott. To my big surprise I got an long email from him and learned that the mentioned brothers were his good friends in UK. They obviously started their ''repair service'' in UK but moved to Australia hoping for more success. In this sense they were his competitors so he refused to provide them with his PARATRACE styli.So even back than Mr. Hodgson was able to get those, say, Replicant. What is more he is also good friend with the person who produce London Decca which also use Peratrace stylus in his cantilverless design. In Holland small and family companies earn 70% of national income. My guess is that whomever produces those Replicant does this exclusive for Ortofon, Decca and Mr. Hodgson. My earlier guess was that ''Expert stylus'' produces them but this is negated by dover who mentioned production in Ireland.This may explain the fact that Replicant is not available in general? |
Unfortunately the audio forums are full of bs. John & Brian Garrott were as Australian as Pavlova and Marmite. They were born in Tasmania. They were in the UK briefly on holiday in 1967 and although they rebuilt cartridges as a hobby, they were never in business in the UK. Up until the early 70’s John was an Accountant and Brian was a Pharmacist. They started their cartridge business later in their home country of Australia in the mid to late 1970’s. They were never in business in the UK.
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Yes that is correct. Some our New Zealand red wines are world class. Unless you decant them, best to serve half a glass to maximise the surface area and let it aerate. Of course if I was serving you a cheap Dalmation Red, then indeed I would give you a full glass, on the basis that by the third or fourth glass it might be more palatable.
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Dear dover, I told the story as I heard from Mr. Hodgson. I had no idea about his relationship with Garrott brothers . I was interested and still am about Andreoli. Now regarding your ''bs''. I have next to my Russian- also an American brother with whom I have daily correspondence (Don Griffith). His story you can probably deny or confirm. The story is that people posted their in Japan bought Koetsus direct to Garrott brothers for their ''retips''. Aka ''not rebuild'' or ''refreshment''. Considering the fact that I am fighting for ,uh, retip recognition with the argument that there is no such thing as ''original styli'' but that (nearly) all are produced by either Ogura or Namiki which are the real ''origine'' of styli used by manufacturer as well retippers. Now regarding your ''magnanimous'' invitation for an half glass of wine I don't believe that this is attractive proposition for me because I can buy for 15 euro either excellent Italian as well French wine. Anyway you made ''retips'' as well ''rebuild'' + ''refreshment'' of carts superfluous by your discovery and praise of Denon 103 D for $ 280. The only thing ''uncertain'' in the context of this thread is which stylus is ''build in''? |
@rauliruegas Happy New Year to You In your reply that references a Post made by myself, it seems your reply does not reflect my added information that was subsequently posted when @mijostyn pointed out the Hardness of Diamond in comparison to other Jewels, which I assume was @mijostyn pointing out a information deficiency in a Post I had made, which did not cover this information, even though the intention by myself was to cover it, I was quick to correct the sentence in the follow up post produced. @rauliruegas Your reply does not reflect the Subject of the Thread. The Thread is a general inquiry about the form of a Styli, and whether the same Styli forms are available from different suppliers where the name given to the part is different, and Styli dimensions and Tip Shape is not shown, to be able to make a fair assessment of all the similarities between the parts. The information about designers Top Choice as being Cantilevers produced from Boron and Diamond, is far removed from the subject of the thread and it is possible that the claim is not absolutely correct, I would say that the Miyajima designers would have a challenge to this theory, and I would assume Soundsmith also challenge this theory to, as either in their designs would also add the organic materials of Madake Bamboo and Cactus Spine to the list of Top Choice. The suggestion about the use of Diamond Styli is undoubtedly the most commonly seen. I am not qualified in any way to suggest that a Natural Diamond used to form a Styli is a improved option over using a Styli formed from a synthetic produced diamond, but that is a topic far is seemingly far removed from the subject of the thread. I am quite restricted to encountering experiences of demonstrations of Cart's where the Styli Form is being assessed. I am intrigued by this very interesting subject and it is undoubtedly a subject I have an interest in, to the point where I have been active in comparing a small selection of Differing Stylus Forms. As made known previously, I have been instrumental in arranging for a demonstration to be put in place, and set up a Demonstration that was heading towards a useful analysis, where different Brands and Styli Forms on Similar designed Carts were placed in a line up for demonstrations. Where Four Cart's were made available and Three were the same model, but one of the Three has a different Cantilever Material and Different Brand Styli. The other Cart's have the same Cantilever Material, but Two have the same Brand Styli Model and the other has a Styli from the same brand as the former, but a different model. It would be reasonably fair to say all the Styli to be demonstrated are in the Manufacturers Sales Spiel, within the items that are considered to be offerings from their Top of the Range listings. The Demonstration was carried out in a reasonably controlled manner, i.e, on a system where all attendees were familiarised with it over many years of visits to the home of the system owner, and all demonstrations Cart's were pre mounted onto a identical Headshell and used on the same TT > Tonearm. The exchange period of time taken for Three Cart's was the same for each one and required only about a minute in time as the Cart's are same models and the Tracking Weight is identical. One Cart' was an incremental amount heavier and required a tracking weight tweak, resulting in approx' a Two- Three Minute exchange time. This fast exchange time ensured that the recollection of the previous replay was able to be used for the comparison and assessment during the follow on demonstrations. As there were Two of the same Brands Styli Model and One other Styli from the same Brand of the former, the effect of the Styli on a replay was suggested to be a consideration to be assessed when listening, i.e surface noise, and whether any comparatively noticeable changes to the information retrieval was being detected. As said previously, not one attendee was able to say with conviction that they felt the Styli was solely responsible for the noticeable differences in the SQ and Performance on offer from a Cart'. The discussions concluded with an agreement that leaned toward, the known differences about the methods used for the assembly of the Cart's, was most likely the reason why the Model used in the Standard Form, which was also the Model with most hours of usage of approx 200 Hrs, was the one showing the least attractors and the model with the rebuild to the New High Spec' Parts and approx' 100 Hrs of usage was showing the most attractors. The Cart' that was closest in similarities in performance to the Standard Spec' Cart' was the Model with a FGS Styli that had been overhauled, with approx 50 Hrs of usage, it was agreed that this was only marginally improved over the Standard Spec Cart', I recollect it being suggested that it was a worthy method to carry out as a Retip for the Standard Cart', when the Cart' was met with its time of noticeable demise. The Cart' with the Differing Cantilever and Different Brand Styl and had new internal parts used during the rebuild, with approx' 100 Hrs of usage, was extremely close in performance to the overall preferred Cart', it matched the high frequency performance, projected a little further in the mid's and was noticeably not as prominent in the delivery of the Bass, but this was also suggested to be due to the low user hours on the new suspension and damper in use, and may improve over time, which was proved to be the case, as later comparisons between the Two Cart's had shown the differences were marginal in the Bass and the differences in the mid's projection was still noticeable. I would not feel comfortable suggesting that the Styli Form is solely responsible for the detection that the projection of the mid range frequencies is noticeably more prominent between the Two Cart's being compared.
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I know for sure what the Garrott Bros did to Koetsu's. I sent them somewhere between 30-40 Koetsu's personally in the mid 80's. The Garrott's tweaked Koetsu's were so good that we occasionally had customers request a "Garrott retip" for their brand new Koetsu. Part of the reason was the micro scanner styli they installed. However, this was only part of the story. With each retip the Garrotts went through each cartridge from stylus tip to pin outs. Any issues were tidied up. Production flaws fixed. Sometimes they reworked what they considered to be design flaws. This is true of all cartridges the Garrots retipped. Every retip, repaired cartridge was fully tested in a live system before leaving their premises. As far as Koetsu's go I can tell you Garrotts considered them the worst built cartridges in the world. For example with the stone bodied Koetsu's built by Sugano, the generator/cantilever/stylus assembly were held in by paper shims. We actually had a couple of Onyx Gold where the guts literally fell out of the cartridge body. The Garrott's would remove the paper shims and rework the mechanical integrity of the cartridge. There were other internal mods they did, but they kept most of the details to themselves. It was this attention to detail that their reputation for delivering cartridges better than new flourished - they were much more than your average modern retipper. It is no coincidence that the three best cartridge rebuilders in my view - Garrotts, Van Den Hul and Andreoli - all produced their own range of superb cartridges.
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I never said this cartridge outperformed my Dynavector or any other cartridge. All I said was that with an exceptional front end - turntable and arm - it can sound very good - the point being you don't have to spend a kings ransom on an esoteric cartridge to get a great sound. Unfortunately I see too many folk on this forum buying megabuck cartridges for turntables and arms that are not able to unleash the cartridges' full potential. |
It obviously come down to linguistic; if the mentioned ''super the super'' individuals are called ''retipers'', ''cartridge repair service'' or ''rebuilders''. Because this thread is about styli which are specific parts among the other parts by each cart which other parts are not mentioned in this discussion It is obvious why dover persist on the expression ''rebuild''. I would think that stylus exchange or cantilever/stylus combo exchange is called ''retips'' . That is the part which is glued in front side of the so called ''joint pipe'' ( aka ''aluminum tube'') and at which back side the coils and tension wire are fastened . Those are the so called ''moving parts'' which are connected to the generator by tension wire. There is also damper (aka ''rubber ring'') against which the coil is positioned. All those parts have their own name and can be identify as such. However those are not named or referred to by vague expression ''rebuild''. It is the choice of expressions which make statements more or less clear. Styli and cantilevers are, I would think , pretty clear. But it seem more easy to point out at less relevant issues like what brothers Garrott deed or not and qualify info about THEM as ''BS''. In latin: testimonium paupertatis . |
Well in order to make ''cost-benefit'' analysis we need to know the prices. I mentioned ''stylus only'' retip as well ''cantilever + stylus'' price. Alas we deed not discover what ''rebuild'' price is . For dover this is ''not our business'' to know. That is to say what his (3x) ''rebuild'' of his precious Dynavector cost. BTW if his Dynavector needs each time ''rebuild'' instead changing wear off stylus only I would not recommend such cartridge (grin). In addition to ''my cost '' there is also known the price for the priceless Denon 103 D; $ 280 . Why should anyone with my ''budget'' of less than $3000 spend more on an cartridge? |
In relation to the previous posts produced by myself in this thread. It is predicted by the owner / user of the Cartridge with the Replicant 100 that the Cart’ will have received approx’ 100 Hrs of usage during the Month of February. From the Cartridges used in the last comparison there are Two still available to be used offered for use for a Comparative Assessment during another arranged demonstration for the Spring Time. The Three Cart’s used if all goes to plan be from Models produced by the the same Brand. The Longest owned Cart’ that to be used is the Standard Model with an FG Stylus remains with only approx’ 200 Hrs usage on it. The second longest owned Cart’ is the same as the above model, but has been rebuilt and has a different Styli and cantilever material, this Cart’ now has more than 300 Hrs usage. The Cart of real interest to be offered for the demonstration and compared to is the shortest owned Cart of the Three, I have been listening to its performance when at approx’ 20-30 Hours usage, it is yet to have over 100 Hrs usage, I look forward to revisiting it with a extended usage behind it. The Cart’ has the Replicant 100 Styli, the ’specially selected Super Fine Polished version’ according to the sales spiel. I’m not sure what to expect from this upcoming experience as there are three different cantilever materials and Three Different Brands Styli, even though each Styli will be seen to be from a Brands Top of the Range in the product listing. Most importantly the meetings and demonstrations are social get together’s, with short periods of time taken out for assessing the performance from a demonstration. All evaluations are subjective and produced by individuals whose qualification is a willingness to travel to encounter new experiences, as well as a long time maintained use of the Vinyl Medium, and the interest in learning the most valuable method to be used for extracting the information embedded within the LP pressing. That is the extent of my interest as well, even though I do believe I have learned some very useful lessons from the demonstrations offered.
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In summary I have compared Styli from similar schools of design philosophy against another Style with a noticeably different form and different design philosophy and was not too influenced along with others that were present at the thought that the Styli in use were contributing significantly to the detected differences in a Cart's performance. There is another opportunity in the not too distant future to do similar methods of comparisons, but have a Replicant 100, the ’specially selected Super Fine Polished version’ according to the sales spiel, as the Styli with a difference to the other used in the former demonstrations. |
The Cart' Comparisons are not only reserved for the assessment of Styli, they are assessed to see how they compare to each other in the overall performance and what technology might be responsible for defining any differences that was noticed. It was only on the last occasion that the Styli were suggested to be included to see if a styli could be detected for having an influence, as there were Styli of the same Brand and Form used on two Cart's in the demonstration line up. There are FG Styli available if one looks into work carried out by Cartridge 'retip' services, the Brand is being used. The same can be said for Two of the Cart's to be used in the upcoming line up, as they are not made any more and one of these is a bespoke rebuilt version, in the previous demonstration comparison session, not one of the Cart's in the line up was being produced when this took place. My descriptions are offered on this matter only to inform that the attendees at a demonstration did not suggest and encourage the analysis to lean toward, that a Styli only was responsible for the performance differences being detected. It was felt that the overall assembly of the Cart' was most likely responsible. Experiences such the above reinforce my own thoughts that it is prudent to be wary / aloof of the Sales Spiel attached to certain components used in an assembly. I don't think I will be looking into seeing if a arrangement can be made for a comparison between a Ultra Fine Replicant 100 and the later version with the description as being the extra polished Ortofon Replicant 100, I could not even think where the improvement might be found in the extra polished version, but it does stand out in the Increased Font Size - Bold Text used in the Brochure containing the Sales Spiel. |
Dear @mijostyn : Well sometimes some persons like to show their low knowledge levels. To each his own and futile/useless to follows. R. |
pinda, your,say, domain of search is much wider than our. We want to know if Replicant=Paratrace =Decca as well who produces this styli. Also if this stylus is available to other producers and or retippers? Our assumption or rather my assumption is that those are the same. If they are the same what sense has comparison between them? You should start your own thread . Raul, our forum is not the place to express your frustration and hate against other members. You should write in other media which are more suitable for your character. |
Well I hope there are still a few Gyger S styli about as I’ve just had one fitted in place of a worn out Ogura PA.
Framer, in a recent review seemed to think the Replicant stylus was Swiss sourced.
I only have experience of the Replicant in it’s cheapest application, the SPU Royal N and if Ortofon are selecting their styli these will be the lowest grade. Still I preferred this cartridge to the PA equipped Proteus it replaced in my system and this is my reason to go for a Gyger for the rebuilt Proteus. Resale value isn’t a factor so I can indulge my curiosity.
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yeti, We can't know what each retipper has in his stock. My friend Axel Shurholz had ''some Gyger II '' in stock but was not willing to do ''stylus only'' retip. This was according to him much more difficult than gluing the whole cantilever stylus combo in the joint pipe. The joint pipe is an aluminum pipe in which front side cantilever is glued and its back side coils and tension wire are fastened. So actually all cantilevers are HYBRIDE. That is to say whatever material of the ''front cantilever'' the ''cantilever behind'' is aluminum pipe. As JCarr explained in my other thread : Sony XL 88 D (D= diamond) had an extra long aluminum part so the diamond could be as short as possible .That is why diamonds are only for the ladies ; to expansive for man (grin). Well because neither Gyger ( I, II and S) is available in general there is no sense to speak about their availability. They are not available to all producers nor to retipers.
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''Dissection'' of an fake intellectual. Every academic knows which subjects are compulsory at high school. High school is obligatory for university education. Well one need to read only 3 sentences produced by Raul to be able to deduce that he can impossible have high school education because English is obligatory subject in each. This imply English grammar. |
@rauliruegas as your direction of your very personal opinion, on a persons low levels of knowledge is very vague in determining who it was directed at, and at present, from my vantage point, it is looking like @mijostyn took the brunt of it. I am very happy to declare ’I have low knowledge levels’ when it comes to the most important design concerns for any product. I keep my knowledge levels limited by the end user, to allow for correct usage and learn what is required to make the product function, i.e, an item being, Passive, Key Wind Up, Battery, or Mains Powered Electricity. The next once the above is properly understood, is considering how much input is required from myself to achieve the best function from the item selected to be used. In the most basic periods of learning, I have come to understand it is best practice when I ’Don’t put the Electric Toaster powered by ( Mains Electric Power ) on a Maximum Time Setting and think it can be left unattended’, such a practice will be heeded when the Smoke Alarm ( Battery Power Supply and Strategically Placed as per manufacturers guidelines ) starts to function as designed. Not setting of the Smoke Alarm is also quite important for another reason, one of our Dogs has severe reaction to the alarm and it is not nice to a loved pet traumatised and the prolonged condition remains when the alarm is audible function of the alarm stopped. In my case any my case only, I do declare that my low level of knowledge did enable the above experience to be encountered, but at the same time my low levels of knowledge have also allowed preventative measures to be put into action and there have been no reoccurrences. A request can be put to myself for information about how devices have design concerns attached to them that need to be considered, and where asking for my understanding of these design considerations to be offered will be futile, as I can go on in the pretence that I am with knowledge, but this is not myself, I might comment, but not at any time would I reassure a person I am right with any information offered, it is not my skill set. I definitely would not pretend I had more knowledge than I have when it comes to HiFi and especially within the Sub Category of Analogue Replays. From my experiences within this forum, I think this is probably the case of nearly every contributor, who post within the raised threads in the analogue section of this forum, but I do suspect there are a few who do comment within the raised threads under the pretence that their knowledge is the most important consideration to be adopted, and then there is the very few forum members, that are quite odd in their individuality, who appear to avoid the subject content of the thread and add a contribution that it is difficult not to class as utterly rude toward another contributor to the subject within the thread. Putting a focus on my low levels of knowledge into the world of the Phono Cartridge and then to the Sub Category of Phono Cartridges, such as a MC Phono Cartridge, both myself and a vast amount of users of these devices, have over time and from expressing an continued interest, have come to understand how to attach the device to a Headshell/Tonearm. There are many including myself, who have learned the art of extracting the best from the device, by using specific geometries when setting the Interface between the device and supporting ancillaries. Through taking the time out to read the supplied information from the Producer about the Cartridge, the Cartridge end user can become versed in quoting a proportion of the Materials used for the Cart’s assembly and if a Cart’s is produced with the latest cutting edge technology available to the Brand for their design. That unfortunately is low knowledge, it is a generalisation of the product, it does not incorporate any of the concealed IP around the Cartridge Design, that is the manufacturers concern only. For a person like myself, does knowing the IP about the Cart’ make it any better a experience, for myself it is a no. Does knowing a description of the IP about a product and being able to comprehend it make me an authority with information that supersedes another’s shared experience with the same product, In my view definitely no. I am interested only in how endearing the Performance of the Cart’ is to my unique preferences for a SQ and Sonic Signature presented within my system. So I openly declare with all the above being followed by myself, I remain low in knowledge, but remain an individual with an inquisitive nature, and one who will happily converse with individuals who are very skilled with a Phono Cartridge Design, as well as being an individual who has historically had access to a unlimited introduction to a Producers IP and who has been involved in discussions abut the Companies areas of design concerns for my chosen Brand of Cartridge. I have been in correspondence about the parts used for the Cart’s assembly across the Brands Range, and how the parts are able to influence the presentation, this information has been freely discussed along with other options of Cantilever Materials and Styli that are not used by the Brand. That is the best I could achieve on the matter and am not in any further pursuit to gain further knowledge, I am happy and content to remain with my low levels of knowledge. Being endlessly inquisitive, I would happily jump at the chance of encountering a demonstration of a Cart’ from the Brand that I am expressing a very long term interest in. . |
Replicant 100 is the description used by Ortofon for their highest level stylus. In the techno babble accompanying the models equipped with Replicant 100 is says this was designed in collaboration with Gyger, suggesting Ortofon had a hand in the final shape. The same is said about the very similar Ortoline stylus used in MC 7500. This a probably why the name Replicant 100 is used exclusively by Ortofon, although it was made by Gyger. Usually such an arrangement excludes the maker to supply this stylus to other brands. Yet I have a first edition Benz LP that has the exact same stylus/cantilever as Ortofon A90, A95 and Anna. It seems likely that Gyger supplied it to Benz, but it was not called Replicant 100. The later LP (with the bronze body parts) used a micro ridge. The stylus change was of course described as an improvement, but perhaps this also had contractual reasons. This provides no answer to who’s making this stylus now, since Gyger is said to be out of business, but I have low knowledge levels 😁 |
According to my (American) brother Don, Dover may be right. Alas as is the case with his wine he delivered only half work. The explanation by Don is low wage countries in the context of labor- intensity. Diamond, you know is very hard material and difficult to ,uh, work with. Hence removal to Ireland. Whoever was in Switzerland and was confronted with their prices will also understand why Gyger is out of production. |
