ZYX Ultimate Dynamic
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IIRC, I've read a review that mentioned it may be due to lack of boron.I wonder why that is??
?? Cannot imagine that a cantilever requires that much in the way of material.
It is when everybody (in the industry) want to use it
(of course its a tiny mass all combine, but when the demand is growing also the prices does - so those small cartridge company got a different "costs" to use boron and may be searching for another materials to use - also under a cloak of an Upgrade
or not.. )?? Cannot imagine that a cantilever requires that much in the way of material.
I suspect that they are following the herd as everyone including Koetsu are using diamond cantilevers hence having a pure carbon cantilever is something unique and chemically similar to diamond but has a higher compliance. Market driven approach to make what the market perceives to be “better”?
Off topic, I am quite intrigiued by Miyajima using bamboo for their Madake. Listened to it once (Snakewood) and I must admit that it was superb.
IMO,it is not the cantilever material per se that improves things, but the adjustments/tuning that the material allows you to make to the overall cartridge design in order to have real improvements,including improvements in resolution,smoothness,speed etc..... The CF cantilever sounds very interesting indeed as it helps a cartridge designer to have extremely low mass and very high rigidity that are very important points allowing experimentation for improving the cartridge's overall design and performance.Not just detail/clarity etc...
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