I have joined in the ZYX Family

"I saw Carr’s posts, but it is not what i’m talking about, i have provided the link of very good picture in high resolution https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMCAEMLWAAA2x8G.jpg:large , on that picture anyone can see the part of the tall nude Micro Ridge diamond on top and on the bottom of the Boron cantilever, which means the diamong go throught the tube. If you know any other manufacturer who use the same construction in modern cartridges plz let me know. My point is that it was patented by ZYX or just an exclussive ZYX design (Nakatsuka-San will not use this method without good reason). As far as i know no one actually use this method or even similar cantilever construction among the modern retippers. Retipper use huge amount of glue arount the tip visible by naked eye, but on ZYX own cantilever i can’t see any glue even on macro lens. Maybe it’s inside the tube, but the effective mass of the tip is very low on ZYX cartridges."   

Chakster:

Both Andy at Phonocartridgeretipping and Soundsmith are currently offering the laser mounted through mounted cantilever construction on sapphire cantilevers. 

I have an Ortofon cartridge that I had Andy do for me earlier this year with a sapphire cantilever and microridge that is definitely through mounted and, as you say, has extremely low tip mass. I've been very happy with it. I think it is more detailed and either just as smooth/refined, or very close to a traditionally mounted microridge on a boron cantilever that he did for me a few years before on the same model of cartridge (Ortofon MC Super) that I still have in use which is currently strapped for mono. 

Soundsmith also seems to have added a line contact through mount on a sapphire cantilever as a retip option on their website recently (maybe in the last year) so they are out there. 

Appears to be much more difficult to find such an option on a boron cantilever through retippers, but boron cantilevers seem to have become more difficult to source in the past few years in general. 

If I had to guess, I would think that the laser mounts that Andy uses are coming from Namiki Stylus but I am not sure of that. 

But that type of construction is out there and currently available from at least those two retippers. 

Chakster: 


Your initial post that I quoted made no reference specifically to this type of construction on boron only and seemed to imply (at least to me) it was not available at all on any type of cantilever which is why I responded; simply to point out that it is available, albeit on a material other than boron.  

Probably available on diamond cantilever as well from Namiki. 

No problem at all Chakster. I found it interesting to see that Namiki may be doing this kind of laser mounting on a diamond cantilever.

I understand fully that many do not like to re-cantilever when they retip but as someone who has been very happy with that kind of job done on a number of cartridges (I think there can be a very good opportunity in many cases to actually improve a high quality body/generator with a better cantilever/stylus, notwithstanding the fact that the cartridge will not be "original" and to have an older cartridge that is now "supercharged" so to speak and offers very high value) so I found it interesting that Namiki may be doing this on diamond cantilevers.

Perhaps Zyx is sourcing this type of laser mounted stylus on diamond from Namiki for their new top model? In the future, it may even be available as a top of the line option from retippers perhaps?

In any event, the more information out there, the better for all of us!