Miyabi 47 cartridge: How many hours does it last ?

Dear Gilles, While I was very glad for myself and sorry for
Syntax by each new discovery of Takeda's American 'ducks'
you are obviously aiming at confusing and complicating the
issue. The more of those 'ducks' the better chance to get
some more for cheap. Such a kind of guy I become because of
the MM thread. I decided 20x already to stop with this
sickly habit to start each day with searching on ebay for
new/old MM carts but, alas, the sickness in casu seems
to be not curable. My 'solution' is to do the opposite
and convince this way my other egos that I am doing something
totally different. I look at present only for the LOMC's and
those American ducks in particuar. Are you in the
position to put them all in a ranking order such
that anybody can see what to look for?

Regards,

You guys a superb combination of fun and information. So, it is clear that 1000 hours mark for a Miyabi cart is a good time to consult the doctor. Now, the next important topic could be, in the absence of Takeda san who else can do a good job of retipping ?

Hi Pani, I assume that you mean with 'superb and funny' me in particular? As a service in return look at: schallplattennadeln.de. Axel Schurhoz is discovered by Raul and me while many members are already convinced reg. his upgrad/retip capabilities. If your cantilever is aluminum you should ask Axel for: pressure fitted line contact stylus in a aluminum cantilever. This is his best and mostappealing (qua price) 'retip'. What is more 'it' looks the same as the other 'ducks'. I can compare with the cantilever/stylus in my Virtuoso and both look the same to me.
Regards,

You guys a superb combination of fun and information. So, it is clear that 1000 hours mark for a Miyabi cart is a good time to consult the doctor. Now, the next important topic could be, in the absence of Takeda san who else can do a good job of retipping ?

Takeda Miyabis

I got my first Takeda Miyabi Alnico (later renamed to Standard based on the price policy of 47 Lab, they introduced the plastic body for 4k as their premium cartridge, later they also carried the Alnico and renamed it to hold the price hierarchy...it was great, in USA the Standard was - officially - much cheaper than in Europe :-)) in the 90's and it was running 10 years day in, day out. I guess 1000h is nothing for it.
Then I bought another one (I bought Miyabi 3x) and same story, always top Performer, I sold it to an audiophile who did visit me and wanted to have it. My 3. one was a spare and was at my Dealer's place, when I called him to send it, he sold it to one of his customers, ordered another one for me, but then Takeda gave the message, he will retire and that's it....
Retip is no problem for that Cartridge, but I think, they are rare to find.
I listened to 47Lab unit years ago, from my memory --> all those who knew both, preferred the Standard.

Thank you again Nandric and Syntax. Your words are giving me confidence to try out a Miyabi even though it might have done quite a few hours.

So, retipping might not be a problem, what about the cantilever itself ? As far as I know the original cantilever on the Miyabi47 and Miyabi standard is a special/secret recipe of aluminium alloy (correct me if I am wrong). If that requires any repair then ? Or is it that the cantilever normally doesnt require a replacement ?

One last request, if you do come across a Miyabi Standard or Miyabi47 in good condition for sale, please let me know at my email ID dr.basss@gmail.com