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cartridge repair....repair service center needed

I need to have a Monster Alpha Genesis retipped ...broke off....

I got a quote of 400 from a place in Bellevue WA at phonocartridgeretipping.com.

Anyone use them before? Not sure where to turn.

Thanks 
mswobo
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rauliruegas
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Dear @frogman : For stylus tip only Needleclinic is what you need. Your ZYX relatives si a good design. I owned the Genesis 1000 and the 2000 and for me the 1000 is a little better.

Better than VDH?, well that depends of the VDH model. If you own the Colibri I think that the Monster can't outperforms it but.......

Regrads and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
frogman
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Thanks for the suggestion, Raul. Do you have a reason(s) for recommending Needle Clinic over Expert Stylus for a new tip? Btw, I don’t agree re the two Monsters. I too owned both and find the 2000 to be considerably more refined and better in just about every parameter that matters to me. Yes, better than the VDH’s that I have owned: MC1S, Frog, Grasshopper. Regards.
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nandric
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Dear @frogman , my advice was not accidental. First gluing an

new stylus in the ''old'' cantilever is much more difficult than gluing

the cantilever/stylus combo in the so called ''joint pipe''. Second not

every repair service offers this possibility. I moved to ''Expertstylus''

because my friend Axel was not (anymore) willing to do ''only

stylus'' exchange. The engineer by Expertstylus who does this work

has 40 years of experience. Besides they produce their own styli

with ''Paratrace'' ( variation of micro ridge) as their best. 180 GBP

all included was my price.

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rauliruegas
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Dear @frogman : Unfortunatelly I owned first the 2000 with a different system than when I owned the 1000 so maybe you are rigth and yes are better than the Fog that I owned at the same time than both but not at the Colibri level.

About the retipper all what you need is a line contact ( different names but at the end almost the same shapes. ) stylus tip and Andy can do for you fast, good and at low price.

If you want the best retipper then you can go to Northwest in Europe and obviously for a high price.

I don't see any real " trouble " that Andy makes that job.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC not DISTORTIONS,
R.
frogman
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Thank you both for the suggestions.  I will report back when I have the work done.
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