I have snapped off the cantilever on my Clearaudio Virtuouso, not once, but twice. The second time was shortly after I had it retipped. After that, it sat in it's box for a long time, I was afraid to use it out of fear of snapping it off again. I hate the way the
cantilever
extends so far in front of the body. I do have it mounted again and it sounds great, but I'm super paranoid when I use that turntable (which is not very often). I had the first retip done by Soundsmith and the second by Andy Kim. I didn't get to spend enough time with the Soundsmith retip to form an opinion. Andy was a lot faster and easier to work with and more affordable. He would be my first choice if I ever find myself needing that service again. Nothing negative about Soundsmith, I just liked dealing with Andy better.
Who's done it besides me ?
The worst thing you could do while playing some vinyl snap off the *&%$# cantilever yes I did it so pissed
So my table is a Clearaudio Performance DC with Clarify arm ,Talismann cartridge ,Outer Limit weight and HRS record weight
When to flip the record took everything off flip the record then put HRS back on when to put on the Outer Limit on and SNAP caught it with the side of my pinky I guess boron cantilever are really brittle can't find it any where accept a few shards I'm allways so careful I keep the guard and dust cover on when not using it
So if you have totaled your cartridge how did you do it and did you replace it retip it upgraded it or down graded it like to hear your stories and you can see my rig in virtual systems
Time to take a deep breath and pour a bourbon and no I didn't have one before LOL
Enjoy your music
Tom
So my table is a Clearaudio Performance DC with Clarify arm ,Talismann cartridge ,Outer Limit weight and HRS record weight
When to flip the record took everything off flip the record then put HRS back on when to put on the Outer Limit on and SNAP caught it with the side of my pinky I guess boron cantilever are really brittle can't find it any where accept a few shards I'm allways so careful I keep the guard and dust cover on when not using it
So if you have totaled your cartridge how did you do it and did you replace it retip it upgraded it or down graded it like to hear your stories and you can see my rig in virtual systems
Time to take a deep breath and pour a bourbon and no I didn't have one before LOL
Enjoy your music
Tom