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Goodbye ZYX Airy 3

A recent ad on the Audio Asylum from SoraSound, tells of selling off the last of the ZYX R1000Airy3 SB cartridges for $1875 (was $3000).

This was about the same price that 2Juki sold them for, for years (also now gone).

Sad to see this expensive (but not absurd) gem go!

The Airy 3 had many fans and good reviews.

The Airy 3 has been replaced by the Airy 3 Premium line, introduced over a year ago. The Premium is about $1000 more.

Oddly there have been no reviews, and very little user info on the premium line that I can find. Are these "new" premium models actually better??? What is up?

SoraSound seems to "push" their own, "Universe" versions instead.
don_c55

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don_c55 OP
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don_c55 OP
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"you will have to pay more day by day bcoz dollar is only paper now."

BS! The strong US dollar means cheaper imports.

The "premium" is a redesign that is touted by ZYX to be superior.

The Premium line was introduced in September 2014. Why no reviews or user info, on the internet, 20 months later???

What do you have to say, Doug Deacon, the ZYX man???

You have strong ties to SoraSound.
don_c55 OP
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The expensive ($5K up) cartridges are IMO a money grab, and not worth the price. However that is becoming the norm, with all high end audio, since the old died-in-the-wool middle class audiophile, is retired and broke.

I avoid paying list if I can. I bought my grey market Airy 3's from juki for $1600 to $1850, instead of $3000 list. They were well worth that price!

I feel the Universe 1 and 2 is a rip off!

Maybe the Premium line is a breakthrough, and will be available from juki!
don_c55 OP
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Here is the ONLY review of a ZYX "Premium" cartridge I could find.

http://hifilivemagazine.com/zyx-premium-omega-gold-2/
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