Nearly no cartridge has top Parts which can't be improved. The question
here is, does your Re-tipper of choice use them?
On the other side, when you really like the sound of your cartridge and
you want exactly that again, only the manufacturer can do it.
A retip isn't a big problem, with a better diamond you normally get better
results than before, a complete re-built is something different. Only the
designer knows the specs from the rubber, the kind of voicing ... finally it
is your own decision.
I had a FR-Mk3F cartridge with the cheapest modification from
Soundsmith and it was really, really good. Later I sent it to a Master in
Japan with the order to do the maximum what can be done (he knows
these FR very well), expensive, but I needed days to believe what was
going in in the analog reproduction with that tiny little thing. A Killer
(and I don't use that description normally) cartridge now.
Another example to think about, Lyra Helikon for example, this is a very
good cartridge generally, when I remember right, J. Carr wrote some time
ago, when he ( or Lyra) gets back a Lyra cartridge and the owner has
some special ideas, they have an open ear for that. I never tried it, but JC
is in the Forum, so getting in touch isn't a big problem.
I think, every Manufacturer has his own Policy, at the end, everyone can
choose the way he prefers.
here is, does your Re-tipper of choice use them?
On the other side, when you really like the sound of your cartridge and
you want exactly that again, only the manufacturer can do it.
A retip isn't a big problem, with a better diamond you normally get better
results than before, a complete re-built is something different. Only the
designer knows the specs from the rubber, the kind of voicing ... finally it
is your own decision.
I had a FR-Mk3F cartridge with the cheapest modification from
Soundsmith and it was really, really good. Later I sent it to a Master in
Japan with the order to do the maximum what can be done (he knows
these FR very well), expensive, but I needed days to believe what was
going in in the analog reproduction with that tiny little thing. A Killer
(and I don't use that description normally) cartridge now.
Another example to think about, Lyra Helikon for example, this is a very
good cartridge generally, when I remember right, J. Carr wrote some time
ago, when he ( or Lyra) gets back a Lyra cartridge and the owner has
some special ideas, they have an open ear for that. I never tried it, but JC
is in the Forum, so getting in touch isn't a big problem.
I think, every Manufacturer has his own Policy, at the end, everyone can
choose the way he prefers.