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does a stylus retip makea cartridge as good as new

I notice quite a few cartridges being offered on Agon with stylus retips and claims that the cartridge is as good as new- or better! I thought cartridges deteriorated with age due to oxidation regardless of tip wear. I seem to remember Michael Fremer in Stereophile giving a life of about 5 years. Am I wrong?
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dopogue
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I hope you're wrong about that 5-year thing. All my carts except one are either older than that or M U C H older than that As to stylus retips, I've had everything from Denons to Koetsus retipped by Soundsmith and haven't been unhappy yet. YMMV of course.
dopogue
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All the Soundsmith retips noted above do replace the cantilever. Under certain circumstances Peter will replace just the diamond, but my understanding is that this costs MORE, not less.
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