Retipping of cartridge

[Wilkin Lam]

I have experience for cartridge re-tipping. The tip of my Micro Benz was coming off from the linkage. I sent it back to Micro Benz Factory, retip and calibrated for me. Price was reasonable. Now another cartridge has the same problem. It is a Koetsu Black Goldline. Does any member can source for me any reliable smith can do the retipping work for my Koetsu cartridge for me.

 

[Another Johnson]

Steve Leung comes highly recommended (by me, and many others). I have no business connection with Steve, but I have used his services with excellent results.

Phono Cartridge Repair & Retipping Service | VAS Audio

VAS offers professional phono cartridge repair and retipping services for those in need of a rebuild.

vasnyinc.com

 

[Wilkin Lam]

Thank you very much for sharing the information., Johnson. It is very useful. I will approach VAS.
Wilkin

 

[Salectric]

Steve did a great job repairing my Koetsu Black (old Sugano model). I recommend him highly.

 

[Another Johnson]

I like Steve because he is very competent and also very responsive. He is also honest about time frames.

I have also used Sound-Smith (Peter Ledermann) and he is also very good. But historically his turnaround times have been longer than Steve’s. I don’t know if Peter is still doing this kind of work. He had serious medical issues during Covid 19.

I just looked them up.

https://www.sound-smith.com/services/phono-cartridge-repair-restoration-tip-repair

It looks like Sound-Smith is still an option.

 

[Wilkin Lam]

Johnson, thank you for the valuable information. I will try to contact both Steve and peter. I learnt from Face book there is a technician name Mr. Thanh from Vietnam. He showed a video for re tipping the Koetsu Black Goldline. I can't tell his workmanship. Please price is 1/2 of a used Koetsu priced from E bay. Price is a consideration factor, but the quality is a big issue. As my Koetsu was made by Sugano San. It becomes a legend. The re tipping work of this cartridge is unable to give up.