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What about diamond cantilever/stylus combo

In the so called 'MM thread' J. Carr explained the differences between cantilever materials.The advantage of aluminum cantilever being that the stylus can be pressure
fitted while by the so called 'exotic cantilevers' the stylus need to be glued in the cantilevers. There are different conditions which the cantilever need to satisfy
in order to ,uh, satisfy the preferences of an designer. J. Carr also explained why he prefers boron cantilevers. Now I own the Sony XL 88 as well as the Sony XL 88 D.
'D' referring to the cantilever and stylus made from one piece of diamond. But here is my confusion. Both carts have the same 'generator' and also the same technical specs. But 'soundwise' they are as different as an Lada and an Ferrari (by way of speaking or by exaggeration). The comparisson between French wines as well between the French chief cooks come to mind.BTW the pudding will also do. Without any technical pretenitons I would think that the only explantion for the mentioned difference should be the diamond cantilever/stylus combo. If it was possible I would gladly retip my chosen MC carts with such cantilever/ stylus combo and pay, say, $1500 for the jewel. Now if there is demand then there should be supply? The question is if there is 'interesting demand' for the possible producer(s)?

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nandric OP
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While we all know that dead is unavoidable the grieve for those

we love or admire is also unavoidable. We just lost Ikeda and

now (the younger) Mori san. In his Sony time he invented this

8 form coil former as well  ''potting'' the inside of the cart body

to ''tame'' resonances. His XL series MC carts was meant to

give Sony some kind of leadership in this domain of analog

designs. His XL 88 D was the most expensive cart in the 80is

in Germany : 5000 DM. Back than one could get an Volkswagen

for less. According to some the best MC ever made.

We in Europe force people to retire at 65 . Probably in order to

''make place'' for the younger and because our pension funds

make ''decente life'' after 65 possible. The curious situation in

Japan seems to be  that people there work till they ''drop dead''.

From my comrade Don (Griffiths) who was/is very fond of those

JICO SAS styli I heard that Mori san made those SAS styli

for Jico.

I was curious how this ''tension wire'' in SAS styli was possible

to ''install'' with just one adjustment screw? Anyway the other

Japanese curiosity is the ''other combo''; being genius designer

AND master craftsman. To name few there are Ikeda, Takeda ,

Sugano , Mori , e.a.



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@nandric ,

I love the idea of a one-piece diamond cantilever/stylus. The benefits seem obvious. Then there is the cost. At $4k, that will never be an option for me.

Just wondering how these are manufactured...a laser? It would seem that there needs to be a way that brings vibration in the manufacturing process to zero for it to be a viable option?
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Hi slaws, I am not sure if in the 80is laser technology existed.

Well of course diamond , say, polisher. There are many ''old

diamonds'' which we the mortal souls can't afford. The old rich

could not show off with expensive cars or yachts but well with

jewels. The most talented diamond polisher were used for such

jobs like Michelangelo for church paintings. They were regarded

as simple workman then but become ''artist'' later.

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My dear brother Griffithds, I am even more impressed with ''our''

economist who can predict economic development in 10 years

time but have no idea what will happen tomorrow.

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