Wonder Why No Japanese Retippers?

@rauliruegas Well the Japanese did buy up much of the vintage JBL, Western Electric, McIntosh, Altec and other classic gear. Seems like they have an appreciation for the old also. 

How do we know that there are not re-tippers in japan available for Japanese audiophiles? I would bet that there are such persons. The Pacific Ocean is a significant obstacle to their doing business in the United States.
 

It is considered sacrilegious to revive the dead in Japan - the retippers would have to perform harikari - hence no retippers in Japan.  Arigatou!

are you fluent in japanese, @neonknight ? or do you live in japan? how did you come to conclusion?

@cey Neither to both, although my adopted mother is Japanese and I have been to Tokyo twice. There are plenty of sellers of vintage cartridges on Ebay, and one thing I notice is that none of the cartridges are advertised as retipped, but there are ones sold for parts or needing new diamond. Also the analog community is fairly tight, and we hear about places like Fonolab that is a resource for vintage Japanese tonearms service and parts. But nothing for cartridges. Audio boards like Audiogon, Audio Asylum, Audiokarma and what not have members all over the world and have not reported on one that I have seen. I imagine the Japanese have their own audio boards, and I suppose Google translate will let you read a lot of what is written, it's a matter of finding the sites. But that is the reason for the post...are there Japanese retip services, as I have never run across any info indicating there is.