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New Zirconia Pipe Cantilever .. What's up with that ?

Reading Namiki website i discovered new type of cantilever available today:

Zirconia cantilever (Pipe) , well this is the only pipe cantilever (except for aluminum) available today to my knowledge, correct me if i’m wrong. This is something new.

"Because the material’s relative density is comparatively high at 6.0, we make full use of our technology to process it into a pipe shape. This cantilever plays a charming sound that is different from other materials."

Physical properties for currently available cantilevers described here.

**Any new cartridges with Zirconia Pipe cantilever available on the market ?

BTW: Browsing Namiki website, to my surprise, on top of the page i recognized that "unique cantilever" of my ex ZYX Premium 4D cartridge. In many of my posts i have mentioned this construction as something special, because the MR diamond is press-fit and the cantilever described by ZYX as Boron. Now i think that joint pipe for stylus tip (press-fit) was made of Zirconia and the rest is Boron Rod.

Since they are both hollow PIPES (black color) i assume they are Zirconia (no other black pipes from namiki).
This is what Nakatsuka-San using in Airy III and Premium 4D ZYX models (owned both models).




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nandric
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Names have emotive meaning but referential function. So
Shakespeare asked the question: ''what is in a name?'' While
other were talking about ''nice'' and ''ugly names''. The best
illustration was by washing powder. Some producer packed
the same washing powder in much smaller pack but for twice
the price of the bigger one. The smaller pack sold much better. 
We all know ''emotive meaning'' of aluminum cantilever :
 ''worthless''. But nobody uses aluminum as such for cantilevers
but ''endless'' variations of alloy's and constructions. So no
wonder Reto Andreoli, ''our'' Dertonarm, Ikeda and Takeds san
used (some) aluminum alloy for their carts. 
So new names try to generate interest as function of curiosity
about  their ''meaning''. BTW ''nice names'' those ''Zirconia'' variations (grin).
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nandric
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Essentialist world view think in terms of parts and their importance.
The opposite view is the so called ''holistic''. There are no ''essential
parts'' but all parts together make the whole while whole is ''more''
than the parts. ''More'' is meant in metaphorical sense. 
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