Cartridges do not get better. They just get different. Might be nothing more that the color of the housing, or a different rubber compound for the suspension, but a change is perceived as an improvement so sales will continue. It's all about the money!
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The Airy 3 has been replaced by the Airy 3 Premium line, introduced over a year ago.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.
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The Airy 3 has been replaced by the Airy 3 Premium line, introduced over a year ago.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.