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What about diamond cantilever/stylus combo

In the so called 'MM thread' J. Carr explained the differences between cantilever materials.The advantage of aluminum cantilever being that the stylus can be pressure
fitted while by the so called 'exotic cantilevers' the stylus need to be glued in the cantilevers. There are different conditions which the cantilever need to satisfy
in order to ,uh, satisfy the preferences of an designer. J. Carr also explained why he prefers boron cantilevers. Now I own the Sony XL 88 as well as the Sony XL 88 D.
'D' referring to the cantilever and stylus made from one piece of diamond. But here is my confusion. Both carts have the same 'generator' and also the same technical specs. But 'soundwise' they are as different as an Lada and an Ferrari (by way of speaking or by exaggeration). The comparisson between French wines as well between the French chief cooks come to mind.BTW the pudding will also do. Without any technical pretenitons I would think that the only explantion for the mentioned difference should be the diamond cantilever/stylus combo. If it was possible I would gladly retip my chosen MC carts with such cantilever/ stylus combo and pay, say, $1500 for the jewel. Now if there is demand then there should be supply? The question is if there is 'interesting demand' for the possible producer(s)?

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nandric OP
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Dear chakster, We all can see what  we call ''styli  shapes'' but

can one see the difference between, say, Van den Hul shape and

Shibata shape? Both got patents for their design. This means that

they are different otherwise patent would be not granted. What we

call ''shapes''  the diamond industrie calls ''facets'' . The more facets

the more expensive (jewel) diamond the color included.

So only some diamond grinder or polisher can explain how those

''one piece diamond styli combo's'' can be made. We have very

similar ''picture'' about MC generators. Those looks like our Eastern

eggs which you in Russia also know. The ordinary eggs look

like twins but painted kinds look all different (grin). Faberge kinds

are the most exclusive and only meant for the kings and the very

 rich.

intactaudio
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I to have heard rumors of the one piece sony diamond stylus / cantilever combo but have never seen a picture. Namiki currently makes a diamond assembly but it is two piece where the diamond is set in a laser drilled hole.

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tomic601
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 @jcarr So sorry to hear of the loss of a dear friend 
grace and peace
dover
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@chakster 
This is the only Diamond cantilever that i have. Is it one piece or two pieces ?
2 pieces plus glue
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nandric OP
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Dear dover, I do know that you in New Zeeland have holy water

but ''obviously'' also some ''mean poisons''. You are a kind of

master in putting the poison in your post. But the known saying

''Diamonds are for ever'' is misleading because one of those 2

pieces need to be ''retipped'' after , say 1000 hour of use. In

this case the owners of ''one piece diamond + stylus'' are

probably the dupe. Consider , say, Coral stone with one piece

diamond + for 15 K and worn out  stylus.  Should such person

take ''your poison'' to kill himself?  While with some disadvantage

in terms of ''sound reproduction'' the two pieces diamond has

at least 14 K advantage. So, obviously, the glue is not a bad thing

at all (grin). However , except in terms of luxury, there would be

not much difference between boron and diamond cantilever.

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