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 ).
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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?
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My plea for retips made my psychology to mention lower price than
the real one. It is 216,67 GBP. instead of ''about 200''. I deed ''it'' for all
my cartridges with elliptical stylus. If later styli are better who can
protest?
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The paradox of thinking to know. As was the case in, uh, my own
case when I had no idea that ''Paratrace= Replicant '' but deed
''retip'' while '' knowing'' or believing that retip is a priori
stupid to do.
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''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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dover, imagine me being your visitor in N, Zeeland and you offering
to me only an half glass of your excellent wine. That is how I feel with
your info about origin of Replicant .
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mijostyn, my problem is not the microscope but my capability to
see the difference between them. To me all ''not oval kinds'' look
the same.
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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''.
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mijostyn , I am fighting against prejudice and assumed meaning of words.
At my age (84) I can hardly see with my glasses. But , curiously, I see
more beautiful women than ever before. I need to consult my eye doctor
and ask how this is possible (grin).
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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?
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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''?
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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?
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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
.
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pinda, I lost ''Adriadne thread'' in your explanation .
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pinda, I assume you mean with '' FG'' Fritz Gyger? But Gyger is out of
business because they never made any profit. Van den Hul sold more
than Gyger. This means that Gyger styli are not anymore available.
What than is the sense of it inclusion by comparison with other?
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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.
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raul, speaking about ''level of knowledge''. Your level of English is the
same as 20 years ago. Still not capable to produce one single
decent English sentence and you dare to speak about ''level of
knowledge''.
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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.
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pinda, you made my day. I had no idea about your level for humour.
But in order to value high kind one need to have some other level;
higher kind.
;
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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.
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By intellectual ownership one need to distinguish between patent, licence
and trademark. Gyger I,II and S are designed by Van den Hul who
owns the patent while Gyger got either licence or trademark. ''FGS''
and other ''names'' used by Gyger suggest their own design .Considering
the fact Van den Hul sold more than Gyger it is understandable that
they wanted to end arrangement whit Van den Hul. But this imply
that their own styli are different than those designed by Van den Hul.
So we are again confronted with names which lack clear reference.
To put this otherwise we have the problem of ''identity'' which I try
to explain in my introduction. To put this in ''identity'' terminology
neither of all of them is identical with the other. So the name Gyger
is only clear for the company in Swiss because each company
(legal body) must be registrated with its address and assets in
each country were present. I also made questions by ''original parts''
while this info by our ''high level humorist'' illustrated that people
think that name ''Fritz Gyger'' refer to some ''original stylus'' whit
the same identity . But the case or ''the fact'' is that there are 5
different styli.
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Dear ''high level humorist'' , ''digression '' about whatever ''subject''
does not mean more clarity. So preconception about ''reference of
an name'' does not warrant identitity of an entity. Certainly not when
producer try to hide the origine of an product. Think of my example
with ''Glanz'' and '' Astatic''. The inventor ( patent) is Mitachi company
in Japan who invented MF technology while ''Glanz'' and ''Astatic''
suggested their own product . So Raul was convinced that Astatic
made its own cartridges. BTW Van den Hul and Gyger have had
lawsuit about patents. What we are trying to do is provide right
information. We lack the right information about Replicant and
this was my reason to start this thread.
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pinda, I suggested to you to start your own thread. I think that you
needless extend our ''subject'' to other subjects which are not
relevant for our questions about Replicant. We are not investigating
Fritz Gyger and the question if ''someone'' produce ''those'' nor are
we investigating ''patent laws'' which imply national legislation
according to ''territorial principle'' ; each country on its own except
Europen '' bundle patent law'' which apply for each member of the
agreement. You can also not extend American duration of 20 years
to all countries. One need to know Chinese rules about ''intellectual
ownership'' instead to assume that American legislation apply
to China and then accuse China of ''breaking the patent law'' in general .
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As I explained in my introduction 3 persons looking true microscope
were not able to see any difference between Paratrace, Replicant
and stylus in London Decca. This imply that ''someone'' must produced
this stylus. ''Someone'' is existential quantifier because ''lt'' assume
existence of some object or entity. There this name Pegasus which
assumes existence of an flying horse. We somehow know that this
animal does not exists. Logical reading of this quantifier is that the
statement which entail this expression is true if at least one object
satisfy condition ''some''. More than one is also welcome.
You stated : ''I am open to be corrected''.
Really?
Well which question are you trying to answer?
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''We'' also have similar problem with dover. He is not only ''high level
humorist '' but also enjoy teasing his co-member nandric. .To my
self invitation to N.Zealand he offered to me one half glass of wine.
And to my opinion about ''retips'' I got his advice to ask my
retiper to turn the same stylus ''left for right'' because only right
side is worn out because I don't use anti-skate.
So it may be possible that his place were Replicant are produced is
not really Ireland?
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pimda, sorry my humour must be '' low level'' kind.
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Prove first documents about you education!
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''The other person'' ( Don Griffith) left the forum because of Raul.
Also ''very low level of knowledge'' , He is aircraft engineer.
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I try to explain function of names in my other thread . Raul
missed my point by Glanz and Astatic because of lack of education.
Those names are used not to refer but to hide reference by
suggesting different ''animals'' while being ''the same'' product
of Mitachi company in Japan. Aka ''misleading names'' . The
Glanz thread is illustration of name confusion and our own
discovery that both names refer to the same products.
The same is/was the case by Gyger versus Van de Hul styli as well
by ''Van den Hul'' cartridges them self. Those are not made by
Van den Hul.. The explanation of terms, use of words , kind of sentences
or statement or propositions is not possible without knowledge of logic,
linguistic and philosophy of language. Those are ''subjects'' about
which Raul has never heard because of his very low level of knowledge.
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Intellectual property, justice and cheating. The older among us
know who Kondo-san was. His company ''Audio note'' produced
very expensive component. In UK however was a company
with trademark ''Audio note'' which copied Kondo's inventions.
This is obvious stealing. Kondo-san was not able to do anything
against UK law. Consider (general) patent duration of +/- 20 years.
Compare this with the discrepancy with copyright . Duration is 70
years after passing of the ''author'' . ''Original'' (sic) this right was
meant for, say, writers, Check at present what singers heir get for
their ''copyright''. American are complaining about
hinese accusing them of stealing but are not able to get the
idea to increase duration of patent law. We have seen Raul's
''argument'' that Glanz and Astatic got ''licence'' for production
of ''MF'' technology invented by Mitachi in Japan. He obviously
have no idea what ''licence'' means. ''Glanz'' is an German
expression meaning ''shining'' . So it suggest German company.
But as dgob mentioned in his Glanz thread this company is
Japanese, So according to Raul an Japanese company sold
''licence'' to other Japanese company. But the sense of an licence
is to sell permission to some other country because establishing
own company abroad is very expensive, So as one can conclude
intellectual property is pretty complex for even the professionals
not to mention an nitwit from Mexico.
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Our question was if Replicant can be added to Ogura and Namiki as
supplier of styli in the sense of availability to manufacturer as well
''retipers'' ( aka repair services) .The context was the assumed
difference between ''original parts'' by manufacturer and ''retipers''
as the reason to do, say, either ''refurbishing or rebuilding'' by the
manufacturer or retipers. We got answers about the ''sound'' of
Replicant but not about its availabillity. BTW Benz LP ( the 16 g )
moved from Gyger to micro ridge. The reason being that Gyger
is no more. We can conclude that the mentioned Japanese Jewel
companies have monopoly position. As Axel told me: ''they
increased the price with 100% without any consultation''.
Then we also have JCarr's ''levels of styli'' which can be
get by special order in order to charge prices of + 10 K.
I don't believe that this is ''our problem''. Also ''the kinds
of diamonds'' are not relevant for our investigation despite
they ''natural'', ''industrial'' or ''artificial nature''.
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edgewear, We started with the fact that Ortofon uses Replicant stylus.
In addition there were suggestions that ''Expert stylus'' ( Paratrace) and
Decca London stylus look ''the same'' ( aka ''identical'') as Replicant.
But we were not able to discover who produces those as well if those
styli are available to other manufacturer as well ''retipers''. So we
can't conclude that there are more styli providers than the two
mentioned. So my first ''general statement'' that there are only
two producers in relevant sense of availability is not refuted.
To refute this general statement was intention of the thread about
Replicant.
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edgewear, No mercy whatever for the proponents of 'rebuild'' and
''refreshment'' ideology whatever! Who of them would believe that
one can get whatever stylus one wants by an RETIPER and not
by the manufacturer? How could you be so cruel to our co-members?
Not even an half glass of wine for you in (Dutch) N. Zealand.
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dear pinda, as you already know there not only '' levels of styli'', but also
''levels of knowledge'' involved in our ''discussions'' . Alas I am forced
to add ''the level of humour'' in order to react to your contribution. I must
also confess that my ''associative thinking'' was not capable to connect
Replicant with copy. I had to many variables to think about.
Anyway personal psychology is not an accuse, Thanks for your
contribution and I am glad that you deed not start your own thread.
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dear pinda, I checked your reference . I theached civil law and intellectual
ownership. According to me one can't speak about Gyger styli in general.
As i mentioned elsewhere Van den Hula designed Gyger I, II and S.
So those are different animals in the sens of patent law. ''Symilar '' will
not do, The reason is that ''all are similar to Shibata''. Anyway Gyger I,
Ii and S have different dimension and imply different patents for
Van den Hul. So Replicant may look as but can't be ''identical'' with
any Gyger kind.
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identity conundrum
There are two criteria:
1. leibniz indiscernibilis based on properties
2. Frege's based on meaning or sense
What we can discriminate or not is not easy to say ,say one egg and the
other.
The evening star and the morning star
Those say, names , are obviously different but both refer to the same,
uh, planet Venus. However before discovery that both stars are
the same people had the right to give them different names. Aka
geocentric world view,
Well we think that Geiger refers to something else than VDH.
But Van den Hul invented ,uh, Geiger stylus , but with his own
patent . He even claimed that Namiki has stolen his invention.
Aka not paid royalties.
So it seems that our Replicant , Paratrace and Decca are
copies of Van den Hul. But which one ? Geiger I , II or S?
edgewear I am really sorry but I could not resist .
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Wishful thinking is , say, general feeling. We all have some. My guess
is that Van den Hul confused patent duration with ''authors kind''.
The later are about 70 years after authors dead. The former only
+/- 20 years. The lowest duration have trademarks ; 10 years, But
the cheapest. For +/- $700 one can get one. But who would not
long for royalties from such big company as Namiki? Only, say, 3%
and one can compete with the new rich from Russia and Chine.
So why not try?
The ''sense of difference'' of rights duration make no sense but this
this is different issue.
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needlestein, As you can see in the introduction of this thread the
intention was to possible correct general statement that only
Ogura and Namiki produce styli. Replicant 100 as well Decca and
''Expert stylus'' were the reason to assume that some ''third party''
also produce styli but we were not able to find WHO. If this ''third
party'' produce styli which are available to everyone that would be
impossible to hide. So I think that you are not correct with you
accusation or qualification ''Yikes'' against participants in this
thread. You also avoid to answer the relevant question if ''your''
Geiger styli are available to everyone or only to Ortofon, Expert
stylus and Decca. If those are the only and exclusive receivers
of Geiger styli than this does not contradict the general statement
about Ogura and Namiki. For any customer not availability of
whatever item is not meaningful . One can't order what is not
available..
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I wrote about different names with the same reference. As example
I mentioned Vienna, Wenen, Bec and Wien. According to logic
whatever is true about Vienna is also true about Wenen (Dutch) and
Bec (Serbo -Croatian )etc, ''salva veritate''.
But with trademarks the situation is different. It looks more as deceiving.
We have had this problem with Glanz cartridges which were different
animals than Astatic according to our MM authority. Till the members
them self discovered ''the same animal'' produced by Japanese company
Mitachi.
Now we learn that not only Geiger but also ''Expert stylus'' produce
''the same animal'' but by different names: Geiger x,y. and Paratrace I. II.
But why should they hide behind different names?
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addendum.
needlestein, we already have an BIG EGO in our forum with
high level of knowledge and (very) low level of education. Can
you explain to us how Geiger with ''low level of production'' can
deliver styli not only to you but to all of us? This may be called
contradiction in logical sense. The logic is other way round. From
general statements to singular kinds. You obviously overlooked
this ''small difficulty''. Yikes.
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needlestein, ''I order Geiger'' so everyone can order Geiger will not
do. This is called ''induction from one case to all cases''. You are
not, i hope, assuming that neither of participants in this thread is
not able to search on internet ? There is nowhere F.Geiger to find,
Yikes. Besides VDH patent from +/-1970 is expired because the
patent duration is 20 years. He deed not produce styli so which product
of his needed protection ? Geiger as producer needed protection
so they made some agreement . But as stated there is no
patent anymore so everyone is entitled to produce VDH styli.
The trademark is different. Usually granted for 7-10 years but
it can be prolonged . It also an cheap procedure.
Can you provide search info regarding both F. Geiger and
''Expert stylus'' by which their styli production is mentioned?
Yikes!
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neeedlestein, the logical explanation is that ''names have no predicative
function'' . That is to say that names tell nothing about they bearers.
That is why we need predicates which describe properties and
qualities which apply to the bearers of the names. Now you mentioned
''hiding names'' which would make no sense if they were easy to discover
their real names. Consider tax authorities confronted with hiding names.
of tax payer. Even with all kinds of taxes states would go bankrupt with
added borrowing on capital market . Many have no idea how those loans
will be paid back. But with hiding names of tax payer the bankruptcy
would take place direct . Gyger or Geiger is similar to Vienna, Wenen,
Bec and Wien . Aka ''many names'' which refer to the same ,uh, object.
Different languages use different names for the same object but
the objects them self are assumed to be bearer of the names.
I its very interesting that the ''small production by GYGER '' seems
to can produce huge amount of styli available to all of us in addition
to all cartridge manufacturer as well retipers. Not to mention its
judicial limitation to to Switzerland. For you the task to explain your
difference between small and huge.
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needlestein, If you (re) read my introduction to this thread you will
see that I used the name GYGER. The case with names I explained
elsewhere. The logical rule is so old that it is expressed in Latin . It
is called ''substitutio salva veritate''. This apply for names with the same
reference . Aka whatever is true about Wien is also true about
Vienna. In German language the sing "Y" is never used instead
of ''eI''. The reason is probably ''trade mark'' for international use.
I see you got help from the person who think to be authority which
can grant ''levels of knowledge'' to others while I can bet that he has
never heard about just mentioned logical rule. So your ''argument''
about the ''right name'' should imply that Americans should never
use the name ''Vienna'' but the ''REAL NAME'' of the capital city
of Austria which is WIEN.
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I own Benz LP with micro ridge stylus which is about 7 years old. Benz
which used Gyger styli for years obviously changed to Namiki. The same
is the case with my EMT which used Gyger for years but not anymore.
Van den Hul own explanation is that his ''stock'' is full of old Gyger
styli. As I explained already trademark is different than patent . The
patent duration is 20 years but the owner must produce and trade
the product to get patent protection. This is obvious in case of VDH
because he deed not produce any styli. So, obviously, he stipulated
by Gyger his right to sell Gyger styli which he designed under his
own trade name. BTW he sold many more then Gyger. As I also
mentioned trade mark can be easy prolonged. Cost about 600 euro.
If you have read contribution of our ''Professor'' JCarr who is even
at higher level of knowledge than Raul HIMSELF deed no mention
Gyger at all. He agreed with my general statement about Namiki
and Ogura but explained his (aka Lyra's) exception in the sense that
they provide Ogura with boron and order special styli for their
cartridges. This thread was started with intention to find ''third
party'' because Replicant and other styli can't be from Mars but
produced by someone. The candidate are Gyger and Expert stylus.
I have different retips by Expert stylus since my friend Axel Schurholz
passed away. BTW Experts stylus is one of few who does ''stylus
only'' retip for an modest price. I was in the same position as this
French trader who hired an teacher French in order to be ''allowed''
to the French high society. He said to his teacher: ''My Gosh I speak
prose my own life without knowing that. I am very thankful to you
Professor.'' . I had also no idea that ''Paratrace'' is ''Gyger x'' despite
the fact that I own 3 of those.
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needlestein the expression is ''burying the hatchet'' but , curiously,
we actually fight for the same cause: the third styli source. I am still
not sure about Gyger but am very glad for Expert stylus. I also like
Mr.Hodgson very much. There can my beloved ''retip'' be done.
You should provide the address for ,uh, ''Geiger'' (grin).
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pindac, Thanks for your ''conclusion'' for MY THREAD (grin).
It does not count as ''intellectual property'' but we all have some
idea about what belongs to whom. Now my conclusion is that
needlestein deed not ''exactly'' grasped my invitation to provide
''address'' of Gyger (alias Geiger). What I meant with ''address''
is the address were our members can get Gyger retip. So
reference to Switzerland will not do, We can also explain the
''Decca mystery''. John wright and Mr. Hodgson from ''Expert
stylus'' are close friends. So those ''Decca styli'' are produced
by Expert stylus but not necessarily glued in Decca's by Hodgson.
However this would make John's work more easy.
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pindac, If I understand you well you mean ''REBUILD '' Ortofon but because
of dover you avoid this expression?
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pindac, Sorry my intention was to tease dover. I need to rephrase
the problem. If we think in the context of ''wear and tear'' reg. parts
in an (MC) cartridge we can ''deduce'' that styli are the first candidate.
So after, say, 1000 hour of use, one is forced to think about stylus
replacement in order to protect his records. There is not much ''wear
and tear'' by other parts (original or not) except by very old carts
by dampers. Because Replicant is used only (?) by Ortofon one can
ask Ortofon about Replicant replacement. But Ortofon does not
offer ''stylus only'' replacement but the ''whole rebuild'' which is,alas,
not clear at all. Rebuild what? We have hiding names, curious vocabulary,
styli in disguise (Decca & Paratrace) and different names for Gyger.
If : ''Gyger=Replicant= Paratrace'' than ordering stylus only replacement
(aka ''my retip'') is clear and obvious choice. This was btw our assertion
by introduction of this thread. Members who compared those 3 with
microscope and were convince that they are equal but not ''identical''
(grin). So conclusion ''in short'': ordering replacement by Expert stylus.
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As is the case by all ''collective valuations'' the members of our
forum which participate in this and the other connected thread
should decide which contribution is more clear.
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