Have had several ZYX Cartridges including the Universe2 and the Diamond - they both were fantastic sounding Cartridges.
The Diamond suffered a broken cantilever at the hands of my customers Grandchild. Repair at ZYX at the time was almost the price of a new cartridge so we had Andy at Needle Doctor repair it, he did an ok but not great job on that one so I now have it at SoundSmith for a total replacement of the cantilever/stylus. Lets see how that goes.
I was at a customers house a few days ago to do a complete system setup including installation of a rebuilt Lyra Skala by SoundSmith if any indication of what to expect on the Diamond I'm very reassured Sound Smith had done a fantastic job with the Skala.
Good Listening
Peter
The Diamond suffered a broken cantilever at the hands of my customers Grandchild. Repair at ZYX at the time was almost the price of a new cartridge so we had Andy at Needle Doctor repair it, he did an ok but not great job on that one so I now have it at SoundSmith for a total replacement of the cantilever/stylus. Lets see how that goes.
I was at a customers house a few days ago to do a complete system setup including installation of a rebuilt Lyra Skala by SoundSmith if any indication of what to expect on the Diamond I'm very reassured Sound Smith had done a fantastic job with the Skala.
Good Listening
Peter