Miyabi retip - the best options


Friends, call it my ignorance but only recently I learnt that there is no more Miyabi Labs. Takeda San, the maker of the legendary Miyabi cartridges has retired from the industry. I learnt this only because I am in the market to buy a new cartridge and possibly a Miyabi (though preowned).

47 Labs in their website have mentioned that they cannot help the existing Miyabi/47 cartridge owners for retipping or servicing issues so all of them (owners) are on their own.

In such a scenario what are the other options to retip or repair a Miyabi ? It is touted as one of the best cartridges ever and there are so many happy owners, I am sure people would have explored other options to have their cartridge maintained. So can we discuss, who are the other cartridge experts worth consulting when one needs help with a Miyabi ?

The usual suspect is of course Soundsmith but I am not sure if they are good enough to re-make a Miyabi!!
pani

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Thank you Syntax. This thread is indeed for that, to identify such masters who can help we audiophiles with these special cartridges. Do you know anyone ? You can mail me at [email protected]
Ira2000, I took a slightly different path. I sold the Miyabi and tried some other cart. None of them worked for me until I came across Audio Technica ART9. It is one heck of a cartridge. It did everything that the Miyabi did in terms of dynamics and staging but took the game one level higher in terms of speed, neutrality and directness (in the truest sense). What I hear now is almost a direct microphone feed like quality. No coloration, no veil, no limits on dynamics, just near live presentation. Check it out, the price will amaze you but the performance will blow you.