If the cantilever of your Concerto is aluminum I can recommend Axel with his pressure fitted line contact stylus in a aluminum cantilever. This is his 'best proposition' in terms of quality-price relationship (+/- 160 Euro). With the boron cantilever the cost rise to 359 Euro. Info : schallplattennadeln.de
Broken cantilever Need options...
Hello All,
I am a recently entrant to the dark side, I had suspected that I would be initiated at some point. Well, that point in time came last night. As I attempted to put the stylus guard on my Clearaudio Concerto, I heard a tiny snap. Yep, you guessed it, cantilever broke clean off. Can't find it anywhere in my berber carpeting.:tears:
Well, I chose to sleep it off rather than stew in it, and when I woke up this morning to research my options, I quickly learned that I just became a member of a very large and anything-but-exclusive club. I bought the cart used as part of a bundled package. So far, I understand my options to be as such:
1) Buy a new one ($2,750 MSRP);
2) Send to retailer for re-tipping. $1,500 option for online retailers that I've checked;
3) Send to retailer for trade-in. Haven't gotten a price yet, but I'm guessing that will be more than the re-tipping will cost;
4) Send to Soundsmith for re-tipping. Probably between $300-$450, but obviously not OEM;
5) Sell cartridge as is.
I'm open to any other suggestions. Dark side, indeed!
I am a recently entrant to the dark side, I had suspected that I would be initiated at some point. Well, that point in time came last night. As I attempted to put the stylus guard on my Clearaudio Concerto, I heard a tiny snap. Yep, you guessed it, cantilever broke clean off. Can't find it anywhere in my berber carpeting.:tears:
Well, I chose to sleep it off rather than stew in it, and when I woke up this morning to research my options, I quickly learned that I just became a member of a very large and anything-but-exclusive club. I bought the cart used as part of a bundled package. So far, I understand my options to be as such:
1) Buy a new one ($2,750 MSRP);
2) Send to retailer for re-tipping. $1,500 option for online retailers that I've checked;
3) Send to retailer for trade-in. Haven't gotten a price yet, but I'm guessing that will be more than the re-tipping will cost;
4) Send to Soundsmith for re-tipping. Probably between $300-$450, but obviously not OEM;
5) Sell cartridge as is.
I'm open to any other suggestions. Dark side, indeed!