Clearaudio Titanium V1 (cantilever colour.)

[Stump]

Clearaudio Titanium V1

Looking at the cantilever and wonder if it is the correct colour or has it been over heated.
Cheers Stump

Edited November 5, 2013 by Stump

[andyr]

Canti lever?   Why do you think it's been over-heated?

 

Andy

[Stump]

Canti lever?   Why do you think it's been over-heated?

 

Andy

The multi colour of the cantilever to me looks like steel which has been heated and cooled.Must be how it is made!!

Stump

[Newman]

I once had a Norton with pipes like that!!

[Newman]

Canti lever?   Why do you think it's been over-heated?

 

Would be interesting to know what temps a cantilever gets up to -- given the vinyl is said to soften right up and that's only momentary contact! The canti has full time contact.

[Newman]

Quick search is coming up with numbers like 160C and 300-500F.

[Newman]

Stump, that thing's a boron cantilever right? It's probably just alloy plated. Nothing I would worry about. (In fact the more I think, the more I think it's like my Norton pipes!)

[Hergest]

It certainly looks like steel that has been heated but this is the first time i've come across a steel cantilever apart from the needles on the old wound up gramaphones. Or am i missing something and the cantilever is titanium hence the name of the cartridge?

[Guest yamaha_man]

The body is titaniun, the shaft is boron.

Edited November 6, 2013 by yamaha_man

[Stump]

I once had a Norton with pipes like that!!

Thats what I was thinking when I seen it for sale.It is a boron shaft.I don't own this but just looking as my own cart just snapped a cantilever! Should have used the 20 cent cover

[rocky500]

I had a Clearaudio Maestro cartridge and it looked the same.

It had a Boran cantilever.

Edited November 6, 2013 by rocky500

[Newman]

Maybe it is a factory pre-treatment? Or did they look different when new?

[Chill3]

Thats the natural look of boron