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Posted by Paul S on
05-14-2021
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Steve Leung, VAS Audio, saved my Ortofon MC3000II
cartridge after SoundSmith told me it was trash. Further, the cartridge tracks
better than ever now, and transients are better than ever now. Particulars are:
My right channel went dead “out of nowhere”. SoundSmith told me a coil wire was
cut. Steve later confirmed this, and he also told me the rubber damper was
“melted”. As I’d hoped, the Al cantilever and Replicant stylus were fine. A sort
of weird curveball was, Steve told me that the coil wires are gold. That’s news
to me, as the last trip the cartridge took before going to New York/New Jersey
was to Ortofon, DK, for a “factory rebuild” to original specs, using all new
parts. That should have meant copper coils. ??? The cool thing here is, Steve fixed everything, and he micro cleaned
everything, and now it tracks great at the factory spec’d VTF, and it’s dialed
in at the same height as it was before I sent it to New York/NJ.
Based on my own experience, I recommend Steve as someone
who can “fix the un-fixable”. I suppose cheap cartridges won’t pencil for
anyone; but if you looking into the abyss with your broken classic MC in your
hand, call Steve before you jump.
Paul S
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