pinda, you made my day. I had no idea about your level for humour.
But in order to value high kind one need to have some other level;
higher kind.
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Replicant 100 stylus
My ''general statement'' that styli are produced by either Ogura or Namiki
may need correction.
Some friends of my ''discovered'' that Replicant (Ortofon), Decca and
''Expert stylus'' are the same. As is/was the case with Gyger and
Van den Hul. Van den Hul designed Gyeger I, II and S (?) but
Gyger produced them. This was obviously kept secret for commercial
reasons.
My assertion is that Expert stylus (Paratrace) provide them to the
other mentioned.
Is anybody capable to check this information?
According to my (American) brother Don, Dover may be right. Alas as is the case with his wine he delivered only half work. The explanation by Don is low wage countries in the context of labor- intensity. Diamond, you know is very hard material and difficult to ,uh, work with. Hence removal to Ireland. Whoever was in Switzerland and was confronted with their prices will also understand why Gyger is out of production. |
Thanks You @nandric its not all Tunnel Vision only, during my allowance of time to be intentionally shared in harmony, at the small space I am occupying on my journey on our wonderful planet. |
@Yeti42. The following is a selection of quite recently posted information about he services that are offering a FGS Styli. The one referring to NWA is very recent. I had my DL103M done by Dom at NWA - ' North West Analogue' - (DCS cantilever with FGS tip) and the service and quality of work is excellent. Goldring are also reported to offer a 'retip' service offering the FGS The link to Lenco Heaven will also show the 'retip' rebuild service from needlestein, where the FGS has been used. This service is based in the Location: West Hartford, CT https://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=8090.855 I'm sure a few more options might surface as well from the USA side of the pond.
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By intellectual ownership one need to distinguish between patent, licence and trademark. Gyger I,II and S are designed by Van den Hul who owns the patent while Gyger got either licence or trademark. ''FGS'' and other ''names'' used by Gyger suggest their own design .Considering the fact Van den Hul sold more than Gyger it is understandable that they wanted to end arrangement whit Van den Hul. But this imply that their own styli are different than those designed by Van den Hul. So we are again confronted with names which lack clear reference. To put this otherwise we have the problem of ''identity'' which I try to explain in my introduction. To put this in ''identity'' terminology neither of all of them is identical with the other. So the name Gyger is only clear for the company in Swiss because each company (legal body) must be registrated with its address and assets in each country were present. I also made questions by ''original parts'' while this info by our ''high level humorist'' illustrated that people think that name ''Fritz Gyger'' refer to some ''original stylus'' whit the same identity . But the case or ''the fact'' is that there are 5 different styli. |