Retipping Cartridge

Cardas Ruby is tweaked BENZ 
Cartridge Man is tweaked GRADO 

The obsession with retips is curious because there are other
more difficult repairs important. The coils are the most difficult
to repair even assuming that someone is willing to mess with
coils. Then damping is anyway more difficult to do then retip
of the whole cantilever/stylus combo or stylus only retip.
That is because the retipper can't get original by manufacturer
used damper but depends from his proveder. Ortofon , for example,
has its own laboratory for dampers research and production.
EMT has notorious problem with dampers. This problem is known
for years but never solved. By changing damper one need to first
losen the tension wire and remove ''movings parts'' ( joint pipe
on which coils , tension wire and cantiler/stylus are fastened).
We have never heard anyone complaining about tension wire. 
But those need to be centered and tension adjusted after any
damper change. The damper is behind the coils fastened on the
generator. So seen in this context the cantilever/stylus retip
 is the most easy to do. 

Wow, @nandric, way to crap on the OP's cornflakes. Why does he need to justify is so-called pr4 this place? He was happy with it, provided anecdital evidence about how it worked out for him; what else does he need?

No need to get discouraged by replies.

I’ve got a cart I’m sending to Andy to see if he can do his magic to it.
Hoping he can save my $2.5K cart that I didn’t see 1 year of service.

He has plenty of positive reviews, and it’s a faster turnaround compared to SS, since I’m in California.