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In Reply to: Higher Level Koestus are Less Expensive to Retip posted by AnalogJ on April 14, 2007 at 15:17:21:
Your saying a Rosewood is only $400 to retip? This may be the winner if this is the case. I really like to think a cartridge can last a life time.I'll be back to visit Vu again next weekend. If what you say is true, I'll buy a Koetsu up the chain.
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This is what my dealer told me. I think he said $400. In any event, it was far cheaper to retip a Rosewood than a Black.
A diamond tip will last at least 1000-hours. Lyra claims up to 2500-hours for theirs. How many years will you play the cartridge before it needs a retip?I'm not sure I would base my cartridge buying decision on the cost of a retip. Furthermore, Soundsmith seems to have set prices regardless of cartridge make and model. I would recommend basing the cartridge buying decision on whether I thought I would enjoy the cartridge for the 1000 to 2500-hours of playing time rather than whether I might damage it on installation or whether I could afford a future retip. But, maybe that's just me.
What Soundsmith does is irrelevant, because if you want it to remain a Koetsu, you really have to have it serviced by Koetsu. Look, even at a couple of thousand hours, I'm not not going to relish spending $1500 on a cartridge every five years. For me, splurging once with the benefit of being able to keep it up at a reasonable cost is appealing.
It costs more than $400 to retip any Koetsu. Alot more. So what a retip from another company costs is relavent. If a Rosewood only cost $400 to retip I would have bought a used one and had it retipped awhile ago
It was someone here that mentioned the retip at $400 for the rosewood not my dealer.As much as love all the great things about Koetsu, the retip options really kill it for me.
> I'm not not going to relish spending $1500 on a cartridge every five years.Then, perhaps you should switch to digital. It's a whole lot cheaper and a whole lot better.
Or go for an equally good sounding cartridge that costs less to maintain. On the other hand, John, since you apparently have so much money, you may be my guest and fund the retips for us.
> On the other hand, John, since you apparently have so much money,
> you may be my guest and fund the retips for us.LOL! I don't know what gave you that idea. I can't afford anything more expensive than an AT-OC9ML/II.
I wish I did have some money because there's a CD player on Audiogon that I would like to buy, but I can't afford it.
Um, I suppose you could send me a private email, but I have never heard of this CD beast. Could you fill me in on what its strengths are?
I play music on average 2-4 hours per night. I have thousands of albums, many mint, many as rough as sand paper. I really don't care how good they sound, I care about the music they hold.I also have a 1 year old that I fear may decide to play with my cartridge some day. Retip insurance is a really nice thing to have.
> I also have a 1 year old that I fear may decide to play with my cartridge
> some day. Retip insurance is a really nice thing to have.Well, that's a different story. You should definitely buy the more expensive Koetsu for the cheaper retip price. I didn't realize you wanted your 1-year-old to play with it.
nt
but so do i.
~Slainte, Pardner
The OMalley
Well, not exactly by want.
nt
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