Is it worth getting an 11 year old cartridge re-tipped?

Dear @bazb  :  I owned the Kleos and other Lyra cartridges along top other cartridges from different designers.

Don’t make the mistake to send the Kleos to any re-tipper but directly to Lyra that not only will return a NEW Kleos cartridge but one Kleos with all Lyra up-dates till today

and these facts can’t do it by any re-tipper.  @jcarr  you can be in toich with the designer through Agon or wait for Jonathan to chime in this thread.

Here the Lyra site and if you have enough gain in your phono stage the you can ask a interchange for a new Lyra Kleos SL that’s even better quality performer:

https://lyraanalog.com/kleos.php

Regards and  enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

I have had both factory re-tips and VAS re-tips over the years and both 

were excellent with zero regrets. 

@bazb 

A few months ago, I purchased a Clearaudio cartridge.  I had a few questions, so I e-mailed Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings (USA distributor of Clearaudio products).

One of my questions pertained to re-tipping.  I wanted to know the process.  Who do I work with (Musical Surroundings or the store where I made the purchase)?

Do I have to ship it to Germany?

Garth told me that I would get a brand new cartridge.

I asked him what would happen if that model is no longer in production.  He replied that I would get its replacement or better.

and suspension seemed a bit flat.

If Lyra works the same way as Clearaudio, then the suspension issue is not an issue.

I had Soundsmith re-tip my Lyra Skala several years ago, and the results were fine, but it was no longer a Lyra.  It sounded OK, but nothing like the original.  Soundsmith's 'one size fits all' re-tipping strategy just didn't do it for me personally, and I would likely never use them again.  That same cartridge is now with Joseph Long with instructions to restore it as closely as possible to original Lyra spec.  I expect good things, as I would from VAS.  

I would contact Lyra for a price and time as well if you haven't to compare a factory rebuild to others.  I feel the others will all do a fine job but not with original parts if that concerns you as palasr comments.  I had S.S. rebuild a Helicon last year after I snagged and broke the stylus.  Lyra would only take it on trade-in for a new Kleos or better as the Helicon was now too long out of production.  Trade-in's are done through a dealer. Peter installed a new boron cantilever and contact-line stylus for under $500 and turned it around in a couple of weeks.  I'm happy with the sound but it's been too long to remember how it sounded when it was new to comment on comparing. Additionally after the mis-hap I put on a factory re-built Decca London Gold and it was a year before I acted to fix the Lyra, so a long break from hearing it in it's last warn condition and the Decca sound is different. I'm back to using the Helicon and enjoying the sound of the re-build.