Another favorite cartridge vanishes.. Dynavector 17D3. GONE! replaced..

Here is an interview with Dr.Tominari of Dynavector Systems with a nice story about his Gemstone cantilever.  

As good as the 17D3 is/was, I still prefer the 17D2MKII over the 17D3. 

@chakster - Thanks for sharing that article with details of several unique designs from Dynavector. Still unclear about the validity of your previous claim that the 17DS diamond cantilever and stylus are one piece. TIA!

@bill_k I’m not 100% sure, but some other manufacturers claimed their diamond cantilever/stylus is one piece of gemstone.

I can add few more pictures of my 17DS

Anyway, nude diamond is not glued on cantilever like retippers can do. It’s another story.

@chakster I admire both the quality of your pics as well as how clean you keep your cantilever and stylus! From the first macro pic you can see that the stylus has a square shank which is mounted to the finely machined tapered diamond cantilever. Quite a piece of workmanship indeed, but if it was entirely machined as one piece I don’t believe the stylus would have a square shank which is used to facilitate its proper alignment within the cantilever assembly. Definitely a unique cartridge!