ouverture wrote:

where are you living ?

ouverture wrote:

where are you living ?

ouverture wrote:

where are you living ?

I live in Worcestershire, Uk.

Vienna wrote:

For all other pages use common sense - and/or let google translate 😁

If you use Google Translate, you need a lot of common sense too - to understand the translation...😕😂

It's definitely not perfect...

I remember a german guy, who - in the Google translate version - told us that:
'Luckily I have a woman (whom I have exchanged) them this insanity tolerates.' ( I still haven't figured this one out...)

-and:
'If I put them in the ears mostly fly away to them and they have totally been surprised. And I them to me only a few years them to me "nicely look" had to go.'  😕 - I haven't figured this one out either...😂

Thanks, Steffen,

You are, of course, right.  What I guess I meant was that at least it enables you to get the general gist.  My problem is more that, even with a perfect English translation, I wouldn't know which re-tipping option to choose.  

Can you tell me why/how the "Repair with shibata diamond needle with renewal of the stylus suspension" is superior to "Repair with nude line and saphire cantilever"?

Sorry, but I am a complete novice, and don't want to make the wrong choice.

Axel has retipped a number of my cartridges and all are superb. He replaced a complete cantilever and stylus on an MMC2 which was just as good as getting a new one. I have also had a couple of cartridges fitted with the Shibata stylus which really do sound fantastic and are my favourites. 

Many thanks, Peter,

I just found a year old previous thread on this topic.  The suggestion was that the choice depended on the speakers used.  Do you agree with this?  If so, which do you think we should use with Bose cube speakers?  (Yes, I know they aren't B & O, but they were inherited along with the Beocenter 7000!)

Regards.

Not seen that discussion! On the whole, the better the stylus, the more information. However some profiles can sound brighter than others and the present Beolab range of ALT speakers also emphasise the top end so maybe a smoother cartridge could suit more. The Soundsmith range in particular are very bright with lots of perceived detail and could be wearing with BL3s.

As far as Bose are concerned, most of these speakers emphasise the top and lower ranges with the midrange being a little recessed. I would suggest getting the MMC4 simply retipped as a MMC4 rather than going for a line contact or Shibata. Good value and a well balanced profile.

Thanks for your, as ever, useful information.

My stylus is a MMC 1.  Does that make any difference?

Regards.

The MMC1 is the best one - Axel can simply retip this as a MMC2 - the difference was that MMC1s had selected diamonds and were supposed to be better specified. If used with a Beogram, I doubt one can hear any difference.

Once again, thanks very much Peter,

Hopefully my last question on this subject: which of Axel's options do I select in order to get the MMC1 re-tipped as an MMC 2?

Sorry for being so ignorant!

Have a good evening.

This one:

with Nude line diamond stylus and sapphire cantilever € 179,00 (such as MMC 1 / 2 inquire with sapphire cantilever) (previously available)

That will be the same essentially as you have now. You will notice that there is a cut in the cartridge body following repair.