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What's Missing?

Postby Dorian » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:07 pm

Can anyone see what's missing in this photo?

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Re: What's Missing?

Postby adeep42 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:19 pm

Where is the stylus?
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby 10ovr » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:20 pm

Hope you saw that before you dropped it on a record :shock:
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby Dorian » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:44 pm

Good eyes gents! I was re-doing my alignment tonight and accidentally bumped the arm (not the stylus) and next thing I know, no stylus! Weird thing is I didn't bump it hard. The stylus did bump down onto the alignment jig but I really didn't think that hard. It didn't get stuck in my clothing (I was wearing a T-shirt). The even weirder thing is, I cannot find the stylus anywhere for the life of me. Who knows what happened but bottom line it looks like its going back to SoundSmith. Very annoying!
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby mreeter » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:31 am

Dorian wrote:Good eyes gents! I was re-doing my alignment tonight and accidentally bumped the arm (not the stylus) and next thing I know, no stylus! Weird thing is I didn't bump it hard. The stylus did bump down onto the alignment jig but I really didn't think that hard. It didn't get stuck in my clothing (I was wearing a T-shirt). The even weirder thing is, I cannot find the stylus anywhere for the life of me. Who knows what happened but bottom line it looks like its going back to SoundSmith. Very annoying!


I guess if there is any kind of 'Silver Lining' you will receive back an 'as new' Cartridge...
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby 10ovr » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:36 am

Hope you have a back up cart ,,May be a good time to get a VAS NOVA LOL
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby gene9p » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:44 am

My Vas met a similar death but i didn't see it until I dropped the arm and it actually broke on contact. I think the stylus guard was the culprit so I won't be using one of those again..LOL.
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby jonathanb » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:50 am

Gene, you should definitely use the stylus guard. Just be sure that you remove it properly by pulling in towards you rather than pulling it downwards.

Dorian, if Soundsmith can't quickly repair your cartridge--they usually have quite a repair queue--don't hesitate to have Steve at VAS repair it.
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby Dorian » Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:21 am

jonathanb wrote:Gene, you should definitely use the stylus guard. Just to be sure that you remove it properly by pulling in towards you rather than pulling it downwards.

Dorian, if Soundsmith can't quickly repair your cartridge--they usually have quite a repair queue--don't hesitate to have Steve at VAS repair it.

Good call, thanks Jonathan. Do you know if his pricing is competitive with Soundsmith's?
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Re: What's Missing?

Postby jonathanb » Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:39 am

Dorian wrote:Good call, thanks Jonathan. Do you know if his pricing is competitive with Soundsmith's?


Yep, his pricing is competitive with Soundsmith's.
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