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| Lyra Delos and Soundsmith Jcarr: Sorry, correction to my last post (IN CAPS, BELOW):Finally, you wrote: " ...his subsequent correspondance suggests that he is clearly happier with the stock Delos than he was with the Soundsmith-retipped Helikon / Argo." In this case, was t... | |
| Lyra Delos and Soundsmith Jacrr: You recommended periodic fluxbusting. Can you please clarify what you mean by periodic? Monthly? Every x hours of playing? Etc. Also, I have an Audioquest DM-1000 cartridge demagnetizer. What about using that instead of fluxbusting?Finally,... | |
| Can't get answer from Soundsmith on retipping ques Lewm, as I said noted in my earlier post, when I spoke to Tom on the phone, he said the fees do not include a new elastomer (which I assume means suspension). Given this, I don't know the price until he gives me a cost estimate (that's what the ev... | |
| Can't get answer from Soundsmith on retipping ques ...so I called Andy Chong at phonocartridgeretipping.com. My specific issue with the Dynavector is that the cantilever is collapsed and the stylus is missing (under the microscope you can see that a tiny portion of the flat facet hat holds the sty... | |
| Can't get answer from Soundsmith on retipping ques Coincidentally I got a return call from Tom at Soundsmith a few hours after posting. So my questions are answered. Here's what he said:Turnaround is currently 12-14 weeks. There's a $75 eval. fee if you decide not to repair the cartridge after the... |