Stylus Re-tipping in India

[TD150]

I have tried his service on one of my MC cart Audio Technica AT3200XE and he has done a very good work. My Cart has come back to life. However I asked him to replace the stylus with a sapphire (not diamond) and the results were near identical as original. The sapphire stylus has less life say 200 to 300 hours. But results are good. He is a gentleman (senior citizen, around 80+ yrs old) and my dealing with him was very good. He has his life long experience in this field and a genuine person. I would recommend his service. I am not affiliated to him in any way neither personally or commercially, but am only a satisfied customer.

Here are my Shure V15 III and Audio Technica AT-11 stylus replaced/re-tipped by this gentleman and he has done a fabulous job in restoring it to its original glory.

 

[Beast_of_burden]

I have Dl103R that has a pronounced channel imbalance, have reached out to Mr Mony. Thank you for sharing his contact info.

 

[vnmathur57]

I got my Shure 97xe, which was lying for more than 5 yrs with a broken stylus, re- tipped last week by Mr Mony. He did it in just one day and returned the repaired cartridge within the week. Now it's working fine.
Meanwhile, after watching a video on YTube about a gentleman from Bokaro(Jharkhand) who claimed to have spare parts for vintage turntables, I contacted him over phone. He offered a replacement stylus for 97xe for nearly 30k!

 

[Rajeshrev]

He is a very good at re-tipping but only does conical. I got my ortofon om5E retipped with conical tip working fine.However Original om5E tip is eliptical .No noticable difference at all

 

[hifimaddy]

Thanks Sreejith, although I have not been in touch, he is an old friend of my father and one of the old-school amplifier and speaker builders who operated in his hay-day, the 1970s. Unlike Mr. Bajaj or Mr. Nakra, he built his amplifiers to order and without any branding. They were quite popular in those times. Once things cool off a bit, I will pay him a visit.

This message is not related to this topic, but when I see this message, I remember this.

There is a similar kind of person in Kazakuttam, Trivandrum, who used to custom-make amplifers and mixers and sell them, but without any badge. My father custom built 3 amplifiers from him around the 1990's. Those audio quality was top notch; I still remember it had better audio quality than national amplifiers at that time. Then later on he died, and his son took over his business. Last 7-8 years back, me and my father contacted him to repair his father-made amplifier, which was with us. but he stopped the business for a while now. If they were in good business, they should at least know in our hifivision.

If I get his number, I will share it here. He is very talented. He can help us in some ways when we need it, I am sure.

 

[viren bakhshi]

Look up https://www.ebi-audio.com/

Viren

 

[souravin]

For any MM cartridge, JICO styli are great options. I have series of Shure carts with original styli and a JICO styli for each. Love JICO performance.

 

[reubensm]

For any MM cartridge, JICO styli are great options. I have series of Shure carts with original styli and a JICO styli for each. Love JICO performance.

+ to that, I have the same approach, as Shure NOS styli are difficult to find, I have for Jico spares for all my Shures.