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Worth rebuilding Linn troika or fix shelter 501II?

Yesterday I managed to break the cantilever of a lightly used shelter 501 II which I bought about 6 years ago new. I used it with an early 80's vintage linn Sondek lp12 with Ittok LVII tone arm. Since I had an old troika I decided to mount it and my ayre phono pre had no trouble with the cartridge's low output. The troika needs work; the shelter needs repair. Which would you do? I think the troika is a better cartridge to my ears but it's more than 30 years old. Can you recommend someone to rebuild/retip the troika? I plan to contact sound smith to see if they would repair the shelter.
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sondek12
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Troika is the obvious choice. Expert Stylus did a full rebuild on my Linn Arkiv and it came back sounding better than new. Many on the Linn Forum swear by them for their Troikas, and they were even written up in Stereophile as doing excellent work. He usually has quite a waiting list, but there's a reason for that...

http://www.78tours.com/Expert_Stylus_Company.htm
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