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Re: Shinon Red Re-tipping, possible and/or worthwhile?

Posted by unclestu52 (D) on September 10, 2006 at 11:59:35

In Reply to: Re: Shinon Red Re-tipping, possible and/or worthwhile? posted by M3 lover on September 10, 2006 at 11:35:48:

I used to sell the Shinon: made in Japan and imported by a guy up in Canada, IIRC. I believe they all had boron cantilevers which gave them that dynamic quality. The first generation did have have a problem with collapsing cantilevers as you point out. The later models were not quite so sweet, but at least lasted fairly long. AS you correctly point out VdH and Benz, in addition to others, can retip the cartridge. Make sure you retain the boron cantilever, though!
Production ceased when stricter OSHA laws were enacted in Japan and thus limited the availability of born (potentially toxic in dust and vapor form. I believe that's the same reason given for Shure elimination of the V15 type V.

Stu

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