WRT to retipping, not all retyping services are alike, and a re-tip isn't necessarily a return to original.
I had van den Hul retip my Koetsu Rosewood - nice, sweet, round and emotionally engaging water color of a cartridge.
It came back from vdH a black and white line drawing. It was dumb to send a Koetsu to vdH, but the choice arose because
I thought a retip was a retip and a return to the original.
I can't give you personal experience as I sold the Koetsu rather than having it rebuilt at Koetsu per Koetsu's suggestion. In this latter instance, you'd be looking to Koetsu rather than Peter Lederman or vdH, for instance.
BTW, the XX2MkII is a full bodied sounding cartridge in my system, slightly richer in sound than Ortofon's Jubilee, which was also a very nice cartridge similarly priced, the latter was just a bit leaner. I've only heard a few Dynavector cartridges at length, but I'm especially engaged by their sound, excellent dynamic contrasts in my experience. very good imaging, too. Clearaudio cartridges, by comparison (about 10 years ago) were more muted and less dynamic. My experience may not translate to yours, but it's another data point to consider.
Larry