Quote Originally Posted by steveharman View Post
Recently my parents-in in-law's Zu-Audio DL-103R lost its cantilever and tip - we still have no idea how.

After some crazy quotes from specialists here in the UK (usually many hundreds of £ more than the cartridge cost) I was recommended to Joseph Long in the US, by Terence at Paradox Pulse (https://www.paradoxpulse.com/)

Long story short - Joseph is highly recommended and the work was done for a great price. There was literally a menu of diamond & cantilever options to fit all pockets. We went for a "Nude 8/70 micron Ogura Vital line contact diamond on hardened tapered thin wall aluminum cantilever" which including fitting, testing and and full report with microscopic and test equipment images ame to $250 USD. Shipping was £25 GBP each way and the cartridge was back within two weeks sounding way better than new!

• Email: Cartridge_Retipping@outlook.com
• eBay: https://www.ebay.com/usr/cartridge_retipping-5
•*Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groovetickler/

Hope that helps someone.

Cheers,

Steve
I found Joseph Long thru one of his eBay listings
He did an excellent job on my 103r. I went for the standard $125 (at the time ) elliptical .
Going to send him a couple of old Ortofon MCs to sort out. Highly recommended.