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Hello All,
I wanted to add my two cents on the SoundSmith retipping service. I broke the stylus off of my Shelter 501 MKII so I opted for the level 3 stylus/cantilever modification from SoundSmith.
When I received it back I immediately took it to Brooks Berdan LTD. Rick at Brooks' did a marvelous job. Although he had a few problems he managed to make the necessary corrections.
At first the playback was very bright but Rick recommended I get a Music Hall Mat which helped tremendously. I have now put about 10 hours on the cartridge and the sound is crisp, clean, and focused. There are instruments I have never heard before and the sound stage is so good. I can now really pick out where instruments are. Peter said the break-in period is about 50 hours. In just the ten hours of play the brightness is subsiding.
Only draw back is a badly recorded album really stands out. Otherwise, I am extremely happy and would highly recommend anyone wanting a retip to go to SoundSmith (the wait is worth it) and for those in So. Cal. to go see Rick at Brooks' he is good people.
Regards
Richard
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Topic - Kudos to SoundSmith and Brooks Berdan LTD. - rockpassion 18:11:09 10/18/14 (8)
- What did the mat do other than change VTA? nt - volunteer 19:03:22 10/18/14 (7)
- RE: What did the mat do other than change VTA? nt - rockpassion 21:11:10 10/18/14 (6)
- Did he try raising the platter? - Rick W 08:41:22 10/19/14 (2)
- I thought about suggesting that. - Tre' 12:10:22 10/19/14 (1)
- 19 mk. 4 doesn't have an inverted bearing unless he changed his bearing. nt - Rick W 12:25:39 10/19/14 (0)
- RE: What did the mat do other than change VTA? nt - Tre' 21:29:30 10/18/14 (2)
- RE: What did the mat do other than change VTA? nt - rockpassion 22:36:31 10/18/14 (1)
- You're very welcome. - Tre' 12:06:30 10/19/14 (0)