Talking about service!


My 20 month old Soundsmith Voice started miss-tracking. With the naked eye the stylus looked...odd. Viewed under magnification, the cantilever had twisted in it's fitting so that the stylus was pointed at the right channel. I mailed this picture to Soundsmith. Peter Ledermann wrote me back telling me to call him which I did. He told me to ship the cartridge back and leave a message on the box, "For Peter's Immediate Attention!" I got the repaired cartridge back IN FIVE DAYS and with no charge even though the cartridge was 8 months off warranty. Thank you Soundsmith!

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@mammothguy54 , good choice. The Sussurro is more accurate and tracks better. I have not looked at the Umami Red Stylus but I have only seen one stylus that was polished better than the Soundmith (the Sussurro and Voice use the exact same stylus and cantilever) and that is on a $10,000 cartridge. The picture about is of very high magnification but look at the stylus it is perfectly clear of imperfections. That is not what you commonly get. Some styluses are actually black. 

What I am seeing is that the more expensive cartridges have intentionally selected styluses and appear to be polished better. Soundsmith seems to have used it's best stylus down to the $3000 level for sure and maybe even further down the line. 

I will start more threads on the topic of styluses after I gather enough photos to show everyone. I will post them so everyone can see for themselves.  

In the above post The picture above is supposed to say "above is not of very high magnification." 

@mijostyn Thank you for the information and good comment.  Your contributions always attract my attention.