I believe that if you run a search, you will see that Dougdeacon has posted his impressions of the Universe II, about which he thought highly enough to trade in his Uni. As far as pricing goes, IF the yen tracks the Euro, then the price increase cannot be attributed to currency fluctuations.
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The Airy 3 has been replaced by the Airy 3 Premium line, introduced over a year ago.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The Airy 3 has been replaced by the Airy 3 Premium line, introduced over a year ago.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.