| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 229.1 | Linn won't do it | CHEST::WATSON | Back to mono | Fri Nov 16 1990 08:23 | 9 |
| Linn have just (yesterday) changed the rules for traiding in your old
Troika (You know get �320-00 back - See 222.1).
As for retipping it - Linn won't do it (All traided in MC cartidges are
scrapped) and I'm not sure of the sound quality you'd get. I did here a
very convincing argument against a re-tip - but for the life of me I
can't remember it ... sorry.
Rik
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| 229.2 | ? Cantilever damage ?? | COMICS::FLANDERSD | The doctor is in ... | Fri Nov 16 1990 09:22 | 9 |
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I heard somewhere that the reason for not retipping (from Ortophon I
think) was that they couldn't be sure about invisible damage to the
cantilever (stress etc.).
I suppose they might also get cartridges for retipping which have been
retipped before (etc. etc. ...).
Dave
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| 229.3 | get potted... | BAHTAT::SALLITT | Dave @RKG, 831-3117 | Fri Nov 16 1990 13:37 | 11 |
| Another argument against retipping is that it isn't always just the tip
that wears. The cantilever suspension can harden - depends on age and
environment - and in modern centrally heated rooms this can accelerate
and cause a cartridge to sound "worn" well before the tip itself wears out.
Increasing room humidity with plants can extend the life a little if this
is likely!
I didn't think Linn scrapped used Troikas, as the body comprised around
50% of the cost anyway, but I could be mistaken.
Dave
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| 229.4 | Roxan do it | CHEST::WATSON | Back to mono | Fri Nov 16 1990 14:53 | 10 |
| If I'd bothered to engage my brain before making my comments I would
have added the following.
1. It was ASAKs that Linn were scrapping - these had horrible
plastic covers ...
2. The Roxan MC cartridge (Sharaz (? sp)) IS retippable - by Roxan
no less.
So there is more to this than meets the eye (or ear).
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| 229.5 | ...and the coils | SCARP::BRIGHT | I'm back! | Mon Nov 19 1990 08:54 | 5 |
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I was under the impression that when an MC cartridge wears out, it's
the coils that expire as well as the tip.
Steve.
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| 229.6 | Thanks guys! | HAND::LARSEN | Rob Larsen @BST | Fri Nov 23 1990 13:05 | 10 |
| Thanks Guys,
Ive decided to get a new Troika. What has been said in the previous
notes is along the same feelings Ive had.
Rob.
PS. A friend of mine is going to get his Troika retipped, I'll
report on the results.
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