Expert Stylus Company
PO Box 3
Ashtead
Surrey
KT21 2QD
Tel: 01372 276 604
Fax: 01372 276 147
I think they only do phone and copperplate.
A complete overhaul and re-tip was £165+vat in 2002
I understood Expert had an email address. I was told it was [email protected] No joy with that. Anyone know of a new address ? It is some time since I contacted them ! Thanks MGM.
Confirmed. I've recently communicated with this ([email protected]) address.
This sort of thread still puzzles me because it so obviously lacks balance.It is one thing to say that a retipping firm does a good job, which is no doubt the case; it is quite another to assume that it is better than the original cartridge.....or sounds the same, or even similar. I have heard several re tipped Koetsus and they sound distinctly different to the original. This may matter to you, or may not....but you do not get the same cartridge back. They appear not to use the same parts, or same stylus shapes, or even cantilever materials.
If I go to the great expense of buying a top cartridge it is because I want that sound and performance. An 'aftermarket' retip is no doubt cost effective....but it ain't the cartridge you originally paid for. Or, from another perspective, would you put a Ford engine (fine as it is) in a Ferrari because it is cheaper? The market pays a lot less for these retipped cartridges...when sellers are honest about it...because they are not so desirable. You pays your money, and you makes your choice.
This sort of thread still puzzles me because it so obviously lacks balance.It is one thing to say that a retipping firm does a good job, which is no doubt the case; it is quite another to assume that it is better than the original cartridge.....or sounds the same, or even similar. I have heard several re tipped Koetsus and they sound distinctly different to the original. This may matter to you, or may not....but you do not get the same cartridge back. They appear not to use the same parts, or same stylus shapes, or even cantilever materials.
If I go to the great expense of buying a top cartridge it is because I want that sound and performance. An 'aftermarket' retip is no doubt cost effective....but it ain't the cartridge you originally paid for. Or, from another perspective, would you put a Ford engine (fine as it is) in a Ferrari because it is cheaper? The market pays a lot less for these retipped cartridges...when sellers are honest about it...because they are not so desirable. You pays your money, and you makes your choice.
This sort of thread still puzzles me because it so obviously lacks balance.It is one thing to say that a retipping firm does a good job, which is no doubt the case; it is quite another to assume that it is better than the original cartridge.....or sounds the same, or even similar. I have heard several re tipped Koetsus and they sound distinctly different to the original. This may matter to you, or may not....but you do not get the same cartridge back. They appear not to use the same parts, or same stylus shapes, or even cantilever materials.
If I go to the great expense of buying a top cartridge it is because I want that sound and performance. An 'aftermarket' retip is no doubt cost effective....but it ain't the cartridge you originally paid for. Or, from another perspective, would you put a Ford engine (fine as it is) in a Ferrari because it is cheaper? The market pays a lot less for these retipped cartridges...when sellers are honest about it...because they are not so desirable. You pays your money, and you makes your choice.
The emergence of prejudiced posts such as this where an anomymous poster has no experience of the service offered by people who have been trading successfully for many years, has shown an increase in recent years.
It seems to me that there are an increasing number of keyboard warriors, keen to prove that their opinion, biased as it usually is, should have the consideration of the many thereby raising the importance of these characters.
Such drivel deters myself and others from making any potentially hazardous comments on what used to be the most pleasurable forum on the 'net. No longer constructive I fear as the antics of the 'vested interest' brigade, make forums a minefield should one care to make a contribution (Listening Tony.?)
After using them for some 30 years, I can confidently assure the polite men among us that the services of Esco may be unreservedly recommended.
Personally I don't see any problem with Paskinn's post Where was he slagging off Esco in that quote?
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