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?

 

nandric

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''names and reference'' again.

The dominant sentence form consist of ''subject connective (is) and

predicate'' . The name say nothing about its bearer that is why

we need predicates to ''describe'' the bearer. 

This however is different in trade relations. Among intellectual properties

there also trademark. As example we can name the case of ''Audio

note Japan'' and ''Audio note uk''. Kondo san designer and owner

of Audio Note Japan was cheated by Audio note UK. Audio note was

trademark in UK and as such protected  by British law. This made

stealing of Audio note Japan products possible.

ASR from Germany known as ''Basis Exclusive phono-pre'' and

''Emitter II amp '' has as trademark in Germany ''HIFI Exclusive'' but

this does not apply abroad. So for their export ASR needed some

other tradename.

Well Gyger is also an trademark  so this explains why ''Paratrace'' is

different name . Patents are not relevant because expired while

trademarks can be prolonged.

 

 

 

 

 

needlestein, thanks to keep my thread alive. Your contribution to

intellectual property is less interesting than to Decca's dimensions.

 I own Ikeda's 9 series REX which is MC ''opposite'' to Decca. 

Its diamond also looks larger than ''usual exotic kinds''. Except

of course ''micro ridge'' which ''explains itself'' , so to speak.

What I am wondering about based on my own experience with

''Expert stylus'' is : ''how such small company'' can produce

Gyger kinds of styli + retip works? My only guess is that exclusive

contracts make this possible. My correspondence was either with

Julia or Mr. Hodgson. 

 

 

 

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