Soundsmith Zephyr lll retip


It’s time for a retip and I wondered if anyone has had experience with the choices offered:  sapphire cantilever with contact line diamond,  ruby cantilever with nude contact line,,, or ruby cantilever with optimized conture nude contact line.   Or simple retip of existing undamaged cantilever.  Advantages ?  Disadvantages?

Thanks in advance for your help

 

george53

Showing 1 response by bpoletti

If you like the sound of the Zephyr Mk III, there’s no reason to change the cant or stylus design.  Just let Soundsmith rebuild it, as good or maybe better than new. 

On the side, some people, including myself, are not keen on aluminum cantilevers.  In this case, though, the cartridge seems to be tuned nicely to the line contact stylus / aluminum cant combo.  I’m not sure other combinations would give you the same quality reproduction.