Glanz moving magnet cartridges

Dgob or Raul or anyone, last year I picked up a defective MF2500. It plays music but sounds strident, shrill, and distorted. Andy Kim more or less declined to work on it, either because he didn’t feel it was worth the cost of his effort or because he felt he couldn’t fix it. I couldn’t tell what he really thought. I have two stylus assemblies and neither one works well. Can anyone recommend a repair person with some expertise in these MF types? Thx.

@lewm 

I would suggest you talk to. Expert Stylus in the UK or Garrott in Australia.

Both have extensive experience with wide range of cartridges. Expert can rebuild some pretty weird cartridges.

Alternatively if the cantilever/suspension is dodgy have you investigated using a donor cartridge for another stylus assembly and retipping it with the appropriate stylus profile.

Hi Lewm,

You could try Franz-Josef Schulte (the heir to Axel). His email address is: FJS info@tonabnehmerservice.de and he does a range of cartridge types and makes. As you can see above, he mended my Acutex 420 STR and is currently refreshing my Highphonic MC-D15.

Good luck

While I'm on it, I now need to update my list of cartridges. I have just managed to get hold of a Denon DL-1000A MC cartridge, after decades of waiting!!!

It was the cartridge that Jonathan Carr recommended to me back in the day as the most accurate cartridge he knew of. Whilst he felt the the Highphonic MC-D15 was the most beautiful sounding, he had this Denon as hands down the most accurate. That opinion seemed to be confirmed in John  Gilbert's review for Gramophone in November 1983.

I can hardly wait for it to arrive. Excited!!

As always...

Thanks, Dover, and thanks, dgob, for your suggestions. I hadn’t expanded my horizons in the search for a repair much beyond the continental USA. Maybe I should do so. Dover I confess I don’t understand your suggestion regarding a donor. I do have two MF2500 stylus assemblies. Neither sounds “good”.